I must confess that as a NT scholar I am inherently suspicious about theological systems like Calvinism or Dispensationalism or even Arminianism and the like which seem to foster certain kinds of feelings of intellectual certainty and even smugness about things that are in fact profound mysteries.
When someone brings up a topic like "why is their evil in the world, and why do even God's people suffer so much" rather than give a pat answer I am more apt to repeat the words of John Muir who said words to the following effect-- "We look at life from the back side of the tapestry. And most of the time what we see is loose threads, tangled knots and the like. But occasionally God's light shines through the tapestry and we get a glimpse of the larger design with God weaving together the darks and lights of existence."-Ben Worthington iii
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interesting. boyd.
also, you used their as the possessive. it's not possessive, it's "there."
new england people are nice, but not polite. :)
hahahaha. i like your posts a lot, i'm just ribbing you. joe and i are watching the office on hulu. wonderful.
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So... you're a 'scholar' now, are you?
What's the view like from up there?
alright friends this is a quote from Ben Worthington...hense the dash at the end of the 2nd paragraph with his name....wow alot of sassy comments....
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