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I have not tried to find a reason to disagree with the majority when it comes to my theological positions. Any reader of this blog will recognize that this has nevertheless happened on occasion. Chiefly, theistic evolution puts me at odds with most evangelicals and full preterism puts me at odds with most believers. In [...] Related posts:

  1. And the Lord spake, saying, “What was I thinking?!”
  2. Caution: not for the close-minded
  3. Dembski on theodicy and a young earth


In my explanation of man’s depravity from the view of a recurring, individualized (non-historical) Fall, I have argued that mankind’s natural separation from God was in origin a result of natural self-preservation instincts. These instincts progressed first into childish selfishness and then, with the onset of divinely gifted God-consciousness (Romans 1:18-21), those instincts gone unchecked [...] Related posts:

  1. Indiana Jones and the Fall of Man
  2. Case Study: the Fall
  3. The Fallout


This is the eighth and final post in a series on inspiration, inerrancy, and hermeneutics. So anyway what about the Fall? If no one human is the cause for our sinful natures, what is? Depravity for me is summed up by self-centered living, which is inexcusable for a species that has achieved consciousness of the divine. We [...] Related posts:

  1. Case Study: the Fall
  2. The authority of Scripture
  3. Thinking “Outside the Box” about the Bible


Preterists who deny a physical Resurrection of the Dead have been accused of being gnostic (because we supposedly believe that only spiritual reality matters and that the physical world is evil). Yet those who demand a destruction of the physical universe and the replacement with a spiritual new heavens and new earth are surely closer [...] Related posts:

  1. Peter speaks
  2. Putting our money where their mouths are
  3. Election and Adoption Part 3: God’s Purpose in Election