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by Canuckster1127
Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:12 am
Forum: News & Announcements
Topic: Hello from Canuckster1127
Replies: 4
Views: 4542

Re: Hello from Canuckster1127

Hi Philip, It looks like you came in 2009. I was active from about early 2006 and then the next 10 years with a few lapses in between and Moderated for a while, while here. I underwent a period of deconstruction and moved away from organized church. I've returned and now am a part of an Anglican Chu...
by Canuckster1127
Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:31 am
Forum: Friendly Chit-Chat
Topic: Facing Your Doubts About God and Faith!
Replies: 11
Views: 4321

Re: Facing Your Doubts About God and Faith!

Hi Philip,

I am doing well, thank you. Not all that frozen here right now as we're just entering into winter. A little snow here and there that comes and goes.

I hope you're doing well?

Barton
by Canuckster1127
Fri Dec 02, 2022 7:51 am
Forum: Friendly Chit-Chat
Topic: Facing Your Doubts About God and Faith!
Replies: 11
Views: 4321

Re: Facing Your Doubts About God and Faith!

Doubts are human. Anyone who isn't willing to face and express doubts as part of our human condition, is seriously missing something in my opinion. The opposite of faith is often defined as doubt. I don't believe that to be true. As I see it, the opposite of faith is dogmatic certainty that is rigid...
by Canuckster1127
Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:33 am
Forum: News & Announcements
Topic: Hello from Canuckster1127
Replies: 4
Views: 4542

Hello from Canuckster1127

Hello all, I'm an old member who used to be a moderator and participant on this board. I haven't been active for several years. Stopping by to say hello and update. I have moved back to Canada (2018) and live in Ottawa now. After a time away from formal church I've become involved in a progressive A...
by Canuckster1127
Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:28 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Start with Scripture?
Replies: 32
Views: 8030

Start with Scripture?

Some food for thought. Of reformed theologians I find more good nuggets with Tim Keller than many others. We also thought it was important to begin our confession with God rather than with Scripture. This is significant. The Enlightenment was overconfident about human rationality. Some strands of it...
by Canuckster1127
Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:24 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Exactly what is the Gospel?
Replies: 81
Views: 16906

Re: Exactly what is the Gospel?

The Gospel isn't a what. It's a who.
by Canuckster1127
Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:13 am
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Ken Ham and Bill Nye
Replies: 14
Views: 5202

Re: Ken Ham and Bill Nye

Speaking of Ken Ham, things aren't going so well for him and AIG.

http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/kentuc ... ect-42056/
by Canuckster1127
Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:58 am
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Reason for Parables
Replies: 11
Views: 4618

Re: Reason for Parables

Thank you for your thoughts. I agree that it seems like a horrendous view of God, which is definitely why it bothered me so much. What you say about there being an immediate context makes a lot of sense and is something that I considered, but I'm trying to be really really careful about falling int...
by Canuckster1127
Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:38 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Question on faith
Replies: 95
Views: 19777

Re: Question on faith

Tut, tut, it looks like rain .....
by Canuckster1127
Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:18 am
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Reason for Parables
Replies: 11
Views: 4618

Re: Reason for Parables

Good thoughts in my opinion. I'm not a Calvinist, nor am I an Arminian. I think both those positions are helpful in understanding things and I also think that even positions that seem diametrically opposed within those two systems can be true at the same time when viewed and understood properly. I t...
by Canuckster1127
Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:56 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Question on faith
Replies: 95
Views: 19777

Re: Question on faith

All truth is God's truth. Where things get silly, in my opinion, is when people take a particular approach to interpreting Scripture and they take their methodology or the systematic theology derived from it and then equate that with Scripture itself. You get all sorts of silly things when that is d...
by Canuckster1127
Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:12 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Question on faith
Replies: 95
Views: 19777

Re: Question on faith

Thanks Silvertusk. Good to be back and to see you too.
by Canuckster1127
Thu Jan 22, 2015 2:00 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Why can`t I hear God?
Replies: 185
Views: 43183

Re: Why can`t I hear God?

under attack On November 8, 2012 A.D. the verse of Daniel 11:40 came to fulfillment. There isn't much left til the end of that chapter. October 19, 2012 A.D. is also significant regarding the wreaking of havoc as written in the New Testament Epistles. If one were to interpolate a literal time span ...
by Canuckster1127
Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:08 am
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Ken Ham and Bill Nye
Replies: 14
Views: 5202

Re: Ken Ham and Bill Nye

Didn't watch the debate.

Ken Ham is about the worst representative of creationism that one could ask for in my opinion. He certainly doesn't represent me.

All I really need to say.
by Canuckster1127
Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:51 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Question on faith
Replies: 95
Views: 19777

Re: Question on faith

I often see people say that God's word says thus and so, so they will have faith in God's word, not in (insert science, man's reasoning, etc). It is presented as that their take on something is solidly backed up by God's words. I wonder if it isnt often that they have faith in themselves, as having...