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Five Signs of Assurance: A Prison Chaplain’s Guide to 1 John
Just this week, one of our inmates died of a heart attack. The week before that, another collapsed from a seizure before breakfast and didn’t survive the flight to the hospital. Th…
Cessationism: Missing the Paraclete? A Reflection on Johannine Theology and the Modern Church
The question of cessationism, the belief that the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit—prophecy, healing, and tongues—have ceased with the apostolic age, remains a persistent point …
The Living Advocate: The Role of the Paraclete in Johannine Theology
In discussing the Paraclete (Greek: Παράκλητος, Paraklētos), we find ourselves in the heart of one of the most profound promises in the Gospel of John. The term Paraclete is unique…
Providence and Glory A Reflection
Journal Entry: A Theological Reflection on Divine Election, Providence, and Eternal Glory Today, I find myself contemplating one of the most profound and challenging doctrines with…
The True Test of Salvation: The Holy Spirit Within Us
Rough Draft Introduction In the grand narrative of Christianity, there lies a profound and often overlooked truth—a truth so central to the faith that, without it, all else crumble…
The Salvation of the Israelites and the Promise of Christ
**Imagine, if you will, the world of the ancient Israelites, a world shrouded in the shadows of the unknown, where the full light of revelation had not yet dawned. It is tempting, …
Rethinking the Nature of Sacrifice
An early draft, kept as written. We might have been mistaken in our understanding of sacrifices all along. When we consider the offering of a bull or a goat, as prescribed in the b…