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7 results for “Providence”
Clear searchSir Robert Anderson · Biblical and apologetic argument · 1897
…ference. Even where readers question his framework, the book forces serious thought about providence, prayer, suffering, and the character of the present age. Anderson's explanation is closely tied to his dispensational distinctions and to his understanding of miracles, Israel, t…
View recommendation →Augustine of Hippo · Spiritual autobiography and prayer · c. 397–400
…ts, relationships, and ideas through which he ran from God, while recognising the patient providence that pursued him. The result is both deeply personal and intellectually rich: a study of sin and desire, but still more a testimony to the God in whom the restless heart finds its…
View recommendation →A history of interpretation, polemic, and forgotten tension
…ogic. The Jews were not to disappear, because their continued existence functioned within providence. Augustine also expected a future Jewish turning to Christ. In The City of God XX.29, he described it as a familiar Christian expectation that the Jews would believe in the true C…
Read article →Testing Islam's evidence for divine revelation
…ions appeal to authorised readings, early standardisation, scribal conventions and divine providence operating through the entire process. That may be a defensible doctrine of providential preservation. But it is the same broad category Muslims often refuse to allow Christians. I…
Read article →Regathering, national rebirth, and the spiritual renewal still to come
…Holocaust, war, and immense human suffering experienced by Jews and Arabs. Acknowledging providence does not require pretending that the historical process was simple or painless. The event remains extraordinary. A people dispersed for centuries retained a national and religious…
Read article →What mercy, holiness and the cross reveal about God
…ve brings the rebel home without denying the evil of his rebellion. The gospel moves from providence to propitiation. The God who gives rain to His enemies gives His Son for their reconciliation. Paul expresses the movement through a deliberate sequence: "For when we were yet wit…
Read article →Labour, purpose, and faithfulness in a fallen world
…municate biblical arguments. Not every closed door will lead to an obvious promotion, and providence is often clearer in retrospect than in the middle of uncertainty. But no honest labour offered to God is beneath His notice. Labour beyond the curse The biblical future is not ete…
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