Month: June 2025
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The Evolution of Soteriology Part 1: From the Apostles to the Middle Ages
Introduction: What is Soteriology, and Why Does It Matter? Have you ever wondered why Christians today hold such different views about how people are saved? Some believe that once you’re saved, you can never fall away. Others argue that salvation requires an ongoing relationship with God, one that involves faith, obedience, and even transformation. Still…
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Natural versus Supernatural Revisited
Michael: Today I’m going to read a class that Dr. Weaver gave on September 12, 2015. I looked through the comments on the blog post, and most of the people here today didn’t comment on it, so I don’t think many of you were present then. This might be new to you. I really liked…
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Fruits of the Spirit: God’s Work in Healing Us and Our Relationships with Others
Over the past two weeks, we’ve been exploring a powerful question: What does a grace-transformed life actually look like? To answer that, we turned to Galatians 5:22,23, where Paul describes the fruits of the Spirit that begin to grow in the life of someone walking in step with the Spirit. We began by dividing these…
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What Does a Grace-Transformed Life Look Like? (2)
Last week we began examining the fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5:22. We basically asked the question: What does a grace-transformed person look like? People usually think a person transformed by grace looks sinless or perfectly obedient to the Ten Commandments. But we talked about how, in our sinful bodies, we won’t be like…