Category: Truth
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Communicating with Precision in a Changing World
Introduction Language is the lifeblood of human communication and understanding. The words we choose to express our thoughts, beliefs, and ideas matter immensely. As our society continually evolves, the meanings of words can shift and diverge from their original intentions. Words like respect, justice and freedom have multiple nuanced meanings, often creating a tangled web…
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Reasoning God’s Existence from First Principles
Introduction As skepticism and secularism gain more traction in our world today, establishing a rational defense of belief in God and Jesus Christ has become increasingly important. The principles of first principles reasoning, foundational to philosophy and science alike, offer a compelling avenue to ground such an argument providing convincing reasoning for this belief. This…
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The Church at The End of The Age
Is the Western Church the Church of Laodicea Spoken of in Revelations? The book of Revelation is a mysterious and challenging book to be sure. In it God reveals what His wrath against the unbelieving world will look like at the end of the age. Fortunately, it is not written to scare or worry those…
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The Church in Perilous Times
Maintaining Godly Standards Amid Cultural Decay In the Christian West we stand at a crossroads. We are watching hundreds of churches leave the United Methodists and others grapple with the inroads that modern culture is making in traditional Christendom. Christian standards are under attack amid todays rampant cultural decay. What are we to do as…
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Why the Doctrine of Hell Matters
The Gospel is a rich tapestry of God’s love, hope, and a call to reconciliation. While it predominantly resonates with His grace, it also makes clear His sovereign judgement. A Just and Holy God will, by definition, judge the unrighteousness of man. The doctrine of Hell is a core component of this truth, challenging yet…
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The Quest for Truth
The Quest for Truth: Knowledge, Fact, and Transcendence One of the key tenants of Approved to God is that God is truth and God is knowable and thus truth is also knowable. In the larger world view Truth, Knowledge and Fact are much more malleable. What we seek to do in this essay is examine…