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Ransomed from every language, Part 2

by | Oct 22, 2008 | Bible, Church, Culture, Theology, Worship

Last May, I wrote a post that suggested that in heaven all the redeemed might speak our individual languages, rather than learning some universal, heavenly language. I was thinking more about this thought this morning, and, being in the process of reading gobs of...

Augustine on Coercing People into the Kingdom

by | Oct 9, 2008 | Books, Church, Theology

Does anyone doubt that it is preferable for people to be drawn to worship God by teaching rather than forced by fear of punishment or by pain? But because the one type of people are better, it does not mean that the others, who are not of that type, ought to be...

Augustine on Sparing the Wicked

by | Oct 1, 2008 | Bible, Books, Theology

Augustine took the view that the Church should advocate in the secular realm on behalf of the wicked, that governments might not punish the wicked for what they deserve. This inspired a letter from someone claiming that to do so would, in effect, give approval to the...

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