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the gospel is the "word" (Matt. 13:19; Col. 4:3; I Peter 3:1), the "word of God" (Acts 4:31; I Cor. 14:36; Phil. 1:14; I Thess. ...

(biblion), it is not a reference to the totality of the bound- book that we call the Bible. We need to be honest enough to admit ...

explains that the Spirit of Christ is to fill us and dwell within us. Colossians 4:3 - "praying ... that God may open up to us a ...

creation, expressed in redemption, expressed in sanctification, expressed in glorification. The Bible is not the "Word of God" i ...

wants to function in us to reveal God in man. This is why we noted at the outset that the Bible is in one sense like every other ...

Spirit-revelation gives life. Mere comprehension of Bible- words kills, but the Spirit of Christ, the Living Word of God, gives ...

God in Jesus Christ in order to spiritually understand the written word expression of God in the Bible. As Christians today, com ...

("the Bible tells me so") or gives me a procedure. I know it (Him) because the eternal life and eternal expression of Jesus Chri ...

Bible is to be taught, and that God has gifted some as teachers (Ephesians 4:11; I Corinthians 12:28; Romans 12:7), but the proc ...

Chapter Three CHRISTIANITY IS NOT MORALITY A major television network was filming a documentary on "Christian fundamentalism." T ...

who lives by certain rules and regulations imposed upon him by divine or ecclesiastically dictated 'thou shalts' and 'thou shalt ...

Defining "morality" and "ethics" Dictionary definitions indicate that the English word "moral" is etymologically derived from th ...

to the magistrates saying, "These men (Paul and Silas)...are proclaiming customs which it is not lawful to accept or observe, be ...

playwright as an observation about social associations. Not one of these indicates that Christianity has anything to do with mor ...

Determining "good" and "right" The definitions of "morality" and "ethics" always seem to employ references to good and evil, rig ...

(1) "Good" exists in itself. (2) "Good" is knowable in itself. (3) "Good" is do-able by oneself. These three premises are antith ...

self-serving motivations. They "bind up" others in the tyranny of legalistic performances, encouraging them to strive and strugg ...

(2) God has revealed Himself, and has thus revealed His character of goodness. "He has told you, O man, what is good" (Micah 6:8 ...

His goodness which can never be contained or explained. God's goodness is knowable only as He reveals Himself. (3) God's goodnes ...

goodness. Alongside the premise that "God is good" one might adduce other premises that assert that something else is "good," wh ...