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The Event Does Not Interpret Itself
The Rev. Jeffrey D. Lang, minister at the First Presbyterian Church of Glendale, Ohio As Aquinas noted, faith may go beyond reason but is never contrary to reason. God is the source of reason. We live in an ordered universe in which logic, reason, and knowledge are possible. True knowledge of the world, self, and…
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The Trinity
The Rev. Jeffrey D. Lang, minister at the First Presbyterian Church of Glendale, Ohio Christians are Trinitarian monotheists. They believe in one God (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 45:5; 1 Corinthians 8:4-6) who eternally exists as three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14). Each person is fully God. Christians…
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Propositional Revelation
The Rev. Jeffrey D. Lang, minister at the First Presbyterian Church of Glendale, Ohio The Christian’s fundamental claim is that God has spoken to human beings. Further, what God has disclosed has been comprehended, understood, written down, and believed. That is the heart of what propositional revelation means: Scripture does not merely point toward God…
Ministerial Reflections
Hour by hour; resolve firmly to do what comes to hand with dignity, and with humanity, independence, and justice. ~Marcus Aurelius