#paul copan

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"the scriptures reveal a sufficient god, not necessarily an efficient one."

-paul copan, "is god a moral monster?"

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An Introduction to Biblical Ethics: Walking In The Way of Wisdom!!!

We need to have biblical ethics in our lives. "An Introduction to Biblical Ethics: Walking In The Way of Wisdom" shows us what we must do as we develop godly attitudes and behaviors. Biblical ethics encourages us to live a godly lifestyle for God.

As we study the Bible, we need to learn biblical ethics. By learning biblical ethics, we can live the godly lifestyle that God wants us to live. “An Introduction to Biblical Ethics: Walking In The Way of Wisdom” shows what we need to do in our lives. It shows us the attitudes and the behaviors we need to develop. Biblical ethics cannot be taken out of our Christian lifestyles. We need to let…

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Excerpt’s from Paul Copan’s “Is God a Moral Monster?: Making Sense of the Old Testament God,”

“By nature humans are worshippers; they’re slaves to what they worship, whether false gods or the true one.” 

“God is the author of life and has a rightful claim to it as Creator. Therefore, humans can make no demands on how long a person ought to live on earth.”

“Hell itself is the act of self-exclusion from God, the final act of self-assertion and control. If we want a divorce from God he will grant it. Hell isn’t a torture chamber of everlasting fire. Hell is ultimately a realm of self-separation and quarantine from God’s presence.”

“An individual, quite completely free from tension, anxiety, and conflict may be only a well-adjusted sinner who is dangerously maladjusted to God; it is infinitely better to be a neurotic sinner than a healthy-minded sinner... Healthy-mindedness may be a spiritual hazard that keeps an individual from turning to God precisely because he has no acute sense of God... Tension, conflict, and anxiety, even to the point of mental illness, may be a cross voluntarily carried in God’s service.” (Quoted by Copan from theologian Vernon Ground.) 

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.@ZonderAcademic's "Dictionary of Christianity and Science"

.@ZonderAcademic’s “Dictionary of Christianity and Science”

This is going to be huge.

The Dictionary of Christianity and Science provides, in one volume, entries on over 450 key terms, theories, individuals, movements, and debates at the intersection of Christian faith and contemporary science.

In addition, because certain topics such as the age of the Earth and the historicity of Adam and Eve provoke disagreement among Christians, the dictionary includes…

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We should be amazed that the Creator of the universe would so deeply connect himself to human beings that he would open himself to sorrow and anguish in the face of human rejection and betrayal.

Paul Copan, Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God

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A Major Divergence: Is Genesis 1 Creatio Ex Nihilo?

A Major Divergence: Is Genesis 1 Creatio Ex Nihilo?

“This is a real creation,” wrote David Hume, “a production of something out of nothing; which implies a power so great that it may seem at first sight beyond the reach of any being less than infinite.”(Hume 1881:343-4) Hume captured our modern and classical understanding of creation. Coming into being, in our modern understanding, means acquiring material (or immaterial) properties. We…

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Is God a Moral Monster? with Paul Copan – Part 2

Is God a Moral Monster? with Paul Copan – Part 2

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank welcomes back Dr. Paul Copan to discuss some of the complexities of the Old Testament law. Many people today raise objections to the Bible because they read it anachronistically. Dr. Copan explains how to contextualize these difficult passages.

Hank also answers questions on the following topics:

Is there a difference between a believer and a disciple…

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