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Day 31: Understanding Your Shape – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #4: You Were Shaped for Serving God Point to Ponder: Nobody else can be me. Verse to Remember: “God has given each of you some special abilities; be sure to use them to help each other, passing on to others God’s many kinds of blessings.” — I Peter 4:10…
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DiaBlogue: To Good, Too, Be True
My fellow DiaBlogguer Alan warns, “This Better Be Good” as we continue our attempt to build a mutually satisfactory epistemology. I at least am finding the process enjoyable and productive, though he half-seriously complains about my filibustering some of his questions. 😉 Of my five points: 1. Truth exists 2.…
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Day 30: Shaped for Serving God – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #4: You Were Shaped for Serving God Point to Ponder: I was shaped for serving God. Verse to Remember: “God works through different men in different ways, but it is the same God who achieves his purposes through them all.” — I Corinthians 12:6 (Ph) Question to Consider: In…
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Day 29: Accepting Your Assignment – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #4: You Were Shaped for Serving God Point to Ponder: Service is not optional. Verse to Remember: “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” — Ephesians 2:10 (NIV) Question to Consider: What is holding…
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Day 28: It Takes Time – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #3: You Were Created to Become Like Christ Point to Ponder: There are no shortcuts to maturity. Verse to Remember: “God began doing a good work in you, and I am sure he will continue it until it is finished when Jesus Christ comes again.” — Philippians 1:6 (NCV)…
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DiaBlogue: Aristotle’s Spiral
While “Heating a Red Porsche“, Alan kindly affirms the truth of my first two axiomatic principles in our new effort to define a mutually-satisfying epistemic framework: 1. Truth exists 2. Belief in Truth is Good However, he also raises an issue that appears to have long troubled him, which I…
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Day 27: Defeating Temptation – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #3: You Were Created to Become Like Christ Point to Ponder: There is always a way out. Verse to Remember: “God is faithful. He will keep the temptation from becoming so strong that you can’t stand up against it. When you are tempted, he will show you a way…
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DiaBlogue: Hard Truths vs. Hard Liqour
In his post, Vodka Is Not A Belief System (a claim refuted by the renowned philosopher W.C. Fields 🙂 Alan describes his reaction to my invocation of my radical centrist manifesto: I thought he was talking about having to start with some kind of epistemological framework. But if I understand…
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Day 26: Growing through Temptation – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
But, the solution is not to demand that *they* obey the Law, but to dig deeper into God’s Grace so that *we* can redeem the situation.
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Day 25: Transformed by Trouble – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #3: You Were Created to Become Like Christ Point to Ponder: There is a purpose behind every problem. Verse to Remember: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” — Romans 8:28…
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Day 24: Transformed by Truth – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #3: You Were Created to Become Like Christ Point to Ponder: The truth transforms me. Verse to Remember: “If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed; And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” — John 8:31b–32 (KJV) Question to…
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DiaBlogue: Absolut Beliefs
In “Presumption, I Presume” my friend Alan has some fun with the suppositions of presuppositionalists. Like him, I haven’t read enough about them to know how much I agree, but I share some of his concerns about their circularity. That said, Alan himself both asks a question: What would it…
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Day 23: How We Grow – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #3: You Were Created to Become Like Christ Point to Ponder: It is never too late to start growing. Verse to Remember: “Let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God — what is good…
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Day 22: Created to Become Like Christ – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #3: You Were Created to Become Like Christ Point to Ponder: I was created to become like Christ. Verse to Remember: “As the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him and reflect his glory even more.” — 2 Corinthians 3:18b (NLT) Question…
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DiaBlogue: Does secularism = relativism = nihilism?
One of the more provocative Christian blogs I follow is called “Dignan’s 75-year plan“, which had an interesting analysis of relativism vs. presuppositionalism (see [Read More]). While I don’t know enough about presuppositional apologetics to say how much I agree with it, I do think it presents an interesting critique…
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Day 21: Protecting Your Church – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #2: You Were Formed for God’s Family Point to Ponder: It is my responsibility to protect the unity of my church. Verse to Remember: “Let us consider the things which make for harmony and the growth of our fellowship together.” — Romans 14:9 (Ph) Question to Consider: What am…
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Day 20: Restoring Broken Fellowship – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #2: You Were Formed for God’s Family Point to Ponder: Relationships are always worth restoring. Verse to Remember: “Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody.” — Romans 12:18 (TEV) Question to Consider: Who do I need to restore a broken relationship with today? [Read…
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Day 19: Cultivating Community – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #2: You Were Formed for God’s Family Point to Ponder: Community requires commitment. Verse to Remember: “We understand what love is when we realize that Christ gave his life for us. That means we must give our lives for other believers.” — I John 3:16 (GWT) Question to Consider:…
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DiaBlogue: Truth or Cons[ist]equences?
In his “Tao Cow, Take Two” post Alan returns to the question of Truth vs. Consistency: In TTOH, Ernie enumerates a number of things that he believes, including a description of the Tao according to Ernie, the judgement that may await us, and possible examples of hell-worthy behavior. In HNTC,…
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Day 18: Experiencing Life Together – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #2: You Were Formed for God’s Family Point to Ponder: I need others in my life. Verse to Remember: “Share each other’s troubles and problems, and in this way obey the law of Christ.” — Galatians 6:2 (NLT) Question to Consider: What one step can I take today to…
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