Suffering and the Character of God
Suffering is an inescapable part of life east of Eden. This fallen world is pock-marked and ravaged by sin. Shortened lives, violent...
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Christopher Diebold
- Sep 11, 2019
- 4 min
The Bible - Book by Book - Titus
Paul’s letter to Titus is brief and direct. While many of his letters follow the pattern of instruction (doctrine) and then application...
Jared Smith
- Sep 6, 2019
- 3 min
The Bible - Book by Book - Philemon
The Apostle Paul along with Timothy (v.1), while imprisoned in Rome around C.A.D. 62, wrote his shortest yet personal letter to his...
Christopher Diebold
- Aug 29, 2019
- 4 min
The Bible - Book by Book - 2 Timothy
Though 2 Timothy is not the last letter written by Paul in the order found in your Bible, it is chronologically the last letter we have...
Donny Friederichsen
- Aug 15, 2019
- 4 min
The Bible - Book by Book - 1 Timothy
The Pastoral Epistles (1 & 2 Timothy and Titus) come from a time in the life of Paul that is not recorded in the book of Acts. These are...
Donny Friederichsen
- Aug 7, 2019
- 4 min
The Bible - Book by Book - 2 Thessalonians
Modern scholarship frequently attributes the authorship of 2 Thessalonians to some unknown author. It is argued that 2 Thessalonians is...
CPC Short Hills
- Aug 1, 2019
- 5 min
Sending and Receiving
By Dr. David Talcott Anna and I spent eight years in Bloomington, Indiana. It’s a university town, where more than 1/3 of the total...
Donny Friederichsen
- Jul 23, 2019
- 3 min
The Bible - Book by Book - 1 Thessalonians
During Paul’s 2nd Missionary Journey (Acts 15:36-18:22), Paul, Silas, and Timothy go with the blessing of the Jerusalem Council to preach...
Donny Friederichsen
- Jul 18, 2019
- 3 min
Attributes of God - Review
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. The history of mankind will probably show that...
Christopher Diebold
- Jul 3, 2019
- 4 min
Attributes of God - Communicable Attributes
This reflection series has, with the exception of God’s goodness, focused on the incommunicable attributes of God. Incommunicable...
Donny Friederichsen
- Jun 26, 2019
- 4 min
Attributes of God - Infinity
“To infinity, and beyond!” This is one of the most well-known lines in all animated films. It is the catchphrase of the Space Ranger,...
Donny Friederichsen
- Jun 18, 2019
- 4 min
Attributes of God - Eternal
The attribute of God’s eternality is probably one which is easily confessed. In some ways we seem to have some better concept of that, as...
Christopher Diebold
- Jun 11, 2019
- 3 min
Attributes of God - Impassibility
Blind rage. It’s a rather evocative phrase that gets at the heart of the passions of humanity. In polite terms, we might describe such a...
Donny Friederichsen
- Jun 4, 2019
- 4 min
Attributes of God - Omnipotence and Omniscience
Marvel’s movie The Avengers: Infinity War introduced audiences to the comic book character Thanos. Thanos is the fictional supervillain...
Donny Friederichsen
- May 29, 2019
- 4 min
Attributes of God - Aseity
John Donne’s Meditation XVII includes this well-known passage: No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the...
Christopher Diebold
- May 22, 2019
- 3 min
Attributes of God - Goodness
This week we temporarily pick up one of the communicable attributes of God, i.e. those attributes of God that we possess to a degree....
Donny Friederichsen
- May 15, 2019
- 4 min
Attributes of God - Simplicity
There was an old nursery rhyme I knew as a kid. “What are little boys made of? / Snips and snails / And puppy dogs tails / That’s what...
Donny Friederichsen
- May 3, 2019
- 4 min
Attributes of God - Immutability
The Christian writer A.W. Tozer once said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” What...
Jared Smith
- Apr 16, 2019
- 2 min
The Bible - Book by Book - Job
Why do bad things happen to good people? This question boggles the mind of humanity, both from ancient days to the present. There may be...
Christopher Diebold
- Apr 9, 2019
- 4 min
The Bible - Book by Book - Esther
When we read the Bible, it can sometimes feel like extraordinary events happen every day in the lives of Biblical men and women. Abraham...
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