Meanwhile in the real world, Trinity confesses what the Oracle told her: She would fall in love with the one. ... He was one of the few in the world, ever to be born in the body of a virgin (of course this was before test tube babies). ...
I have opportunities to receive and give love, listen to others, smile, laugh, accomplish something that were previously a challenge for me and ultimately become a more proficient person. ... This is a powerful explanation of what Christ saw in His children, whom he loved. ...
Understanding the Christian Doctrines of Divine Sovereignty, Predestination, And Free Will for Counseling "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." ... (John 6:65, ESV) "We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. ... (Romans 8:28-30, NRSV) "The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance." (2 Peter 3:9, ES...
One traditional Christian view of survival of death runs, in outline form, something like this: On some future day all the dead will be bodily raised, both the righteous and the unrighteous alike, to be judged by God ; and the guarantee and model of the general resurrection (i.e., the raising of the dead in the last days) is the already accomplished resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.My aim in this paper is to explain and defend this basic view of resurrection. There are many ways it might be understood, of course, and perhaps more than one is coherent and even from a Christian point o...
