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by Paul Helm | The term Calvinism was first used by Lutheran theologians to refer to what they regarded as the peculiar views of Christ’s real presence at the Lord’s Supper held by John Calvin and his followers...

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by Paul Helm | When Christians pray, they are not to forget the wounding and agony of Christ. The rent curtain tells Christ’s offering of himself as we engage in prayer, to remind us that Christ procured this right only by his own suffering. So we have seen that both the role of the Spirit, as the replacement Comforter,...

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by Paul Helm | There was a time when some met Jesus, the eternal Word made flesh, as we meet each other. Notably, his mother and father, and sisters and brothers, met him. And then his disciples met him, who when they talked with Jesus more often than not seemed...

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by Paul Helm | The idea that the Christian faith is better felt than thought and believed is a widespread one. Its roots are widespread as well. In Protestantism since the time of Kant it has been axiomatic that God cannot be known, only ‘postulated’ or ‘projected’. This by-now traditional agnosticism has been reinforced by challenges to the meaningfulness …

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The Mystery of Providence

The Mystery of Providence

The COVID pandemic has raised the familiar question: if God is loving, why does He allow evil to happen? But a second evil grabbed the headlines in 2020. Racism, not only in the actions of US police officers, but in unequal access to such things as housing and employment, continues to blight the lives of millions worldwide. The so-called “problem of evil” has been debated for centuries.…

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Knowing the Truth - The Aquila Report

by Paul Helm | Disobeying God is our responsibility. We degenerate, we cease to think straight, we speculate, and our hearts are clouded in ignorance, and man created in the image of God creates images of his own...

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by Paul Helm | ‘Regeneration’ is a key word in Reformed theology. As with other key words it is possible to approach an understanding of it from a number of different directions. From the point of view of the work of Christ it may be said that regeneration takes place in a human soul as a result of Christ’s …

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philosophy question

In my philosophy class yesterday we discussed the matter of whether religion, or better yet, faith can be discussed rationally. Since you all had beautiful answers last time, I figured I’d request your intelligence again. 

so can something as intimate as faith be discussed rationally/philosophically? why or why not?