CHAPTER II ORIGIN OF THE IDEA OF GOD AND PROOF OF HIS EXISTENCE 1. What is the distinction between a NOMINAL, and a REAL definition? and give the true definition of the word God A nominal definition simply explains the meaning of the term used, while …
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CHRISTIAN HUMILITY
1 PETER 5:5.—“Be clothed with humility.” HUMILITY is a grace that pertains exclusively to the Christian religion. The better codes of pagan morality recommend some of the virtues of our religion—such as benevolence, justice, truthfulness, and the like—but this quality of meekness, which is so …
The Blessed Hope
ALTHOUGH Christ, the Sun of righteousness, shining upon us through the gospel, hath, as Paul declares, after conquering death, given us the light of life; and hence on believing we are said to have passed from “death unto life,” being no longer strangers and pilgrims, …
RIGHT NOW COUNTS FOREVER
“What goes around, comes around.” This American idiom suggests a view of history that has more in common with ancient Greek philosophy than with the Judeo-Christian understanding of history. The grand difference between the ancient view of history and that found in Scripture is the …
Without Knowledge of God There is No Knowledge of Self
It is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked upon God’s face, and then descends from contemplating him to scrutinize himself. For we always seem to ourselves righteous and upright and wise and holy—this pride is innate …
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THE CHRISTIAN WAY OF LIFE AND THE SUPERNATURAL
In the Acts of the Apostles, Christianity is spoken of as “the Way” and Christians as “those of the Way.” This mode of speech witnesses to the fact that from the very beginning Christianity was looked upon as more than a creed, more than a …
The Confessions of St. Augustine; Book 13: Chapters 34-38
CHAPTER XXXIV—HE BRIEFLY REPEATS THE ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION OF GENESIS (CHAPTER 1), AND CONFESSES THAT WE SEE IT BY THE DIVINE SPIRIT. We have also examined what Thou willedst to be shadowed forth, whether by the creation, or the relation of things in such an order. …
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The Confessions of St. Augustine; Book 13: Chapters 31-33
CHAPTER XXXI—WE DO NOT SEE “THAT IT WAS GOOD,” BUT THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF GOD, WHICH IS IN US. But they who by Thy Spirit see these things, Thou seest in them. Therefore when they see that these things are good, Thou seest that they …
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The Confessions of St. Augustine; Book 13: Chapters 28-30
CHAPTER XXVIII—HE PROCEEDS TO THE LAST VERSE, “ALL THINGS ARE VERY GOOD,”—THAT IS, THE WORK BEING ALTOGETHER GOOD. And Thou, O God, sawest every thing that Thou hadst made, and, behold, it was very good. Yea we also see the same, and behold, all things …
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The Confessions of St. Augustine; Book 13: Chapters 25-27
CHAPTER XXV—HE EXPLAINS THE FRUITS OF THE EARTH (VER. 29) OF WORKS OF MERCY. I would also say, O Lord my God, what the following Scripture minds me of; yea, I will say, and not fear. For I will say the truth, Thyself inspiring me …
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