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Clear searchSir Robert Anderson · Biblical and apologetic argument · 1897
The Silence of God addresses a question that is both theological and painfully human: why does God not openly intervene when evil flourishes and His people cry to Him? Anderson refuses the easy…
View recommendation →Trusting God when voices seek to weaken our confidence
…a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.” —Isaiah 36:21, KJV Their silence was obedience. They had heard the challenge, but they were not obliged to enter an argument on the challenger’s terms. That is a lesson worth remembering when confident voices make f…
Read article →Near-death experiences, neuroscience, and the authority of Christ
…overturned a simplistic picture in which the brain merely fades in a smooth line towards silence. Under some conditions, severe oxygen deprivation and physiological collapse may produce a brief, organised burst of activity. Yet these patients died and could not describe any expe…
Read article →The LORD, Zion, and the meaning of Beulah in Isaiah 62:4–5
…ccidental residence or ordinary property ownership. It is an enduring bond established by divine promise—a bond involving belonging, possession, habitation, fruitfulness, vocation, and permanence. Isaiah’s imagery must therefore neither be overstated nor weakened. The land is not…
Read article →Why a loaded label does not settle the question
…ed freedom from persecution; the Church has suffered throughout its history. The issue is divine judicial wrath, not ordinary Christian hardship. What Revelation's change of scene contributes Revelation 1–3 repeatedly names the churches and addresses Christ's messages to them. Fr…
Read article →Spiritual ecstasy, altered states, and discerning what is from God
…t; another believes she has met a Hindu deity; another speaks of Allah, the universe, the divine self, a spirit guide, or an impersonal consciousness. They cannot all be confirming the truth of their respective beliefs. The intensity of an experience may demonstrate that somethin…
Read article →Two accounts of judgement, mercy, and the sinner's hope before God
…y just judgement according to works. Christianity does not replace moral seriousness with divine indifference. Yet at the centre of the gospel stands an answer that no scale can supply: the Judge has provided a substitute, and righteousness is given to the believer through Christ…
Read article →A forensic reading of Christ's Olivet Discourse
…g of the Son of man; a worldwide gathering as the public advent unfolds. An argument from silence is not decisive by itself. Here, however, the silence is specific and accompanies a dense pattern of positive evidence. The available word "church" is not used; the later identifying…
Read article →How Christians can think politically without surrendering conscience to a package deal
…ing your moral authority. A party may deserve your vote on balance without deserving your silence when it does wrong. Support is not absolution, and a ballot is not a vow of undivided loyalty. The struggle for a clear mind Political judgement has never been easy. It is particular…
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