balance: and trusting god through the uncertainty of life
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Balance:and trusting God through the uncertainty of life
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2010 (Now)
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How we got here * aprox.
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Modern Era– - Coming out of the age of enlightenment – - Aprox. 1700s– - Scientific discovery (Newton onwards)– - Reason became the primary way of knowing
Post-Modernism– - Starting aprox. 1800s– - Not in general population until later– - Defined as what came after modernism– - 'There is no absolute truth'– - 'I can do whatever I feel'
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2010 (Now)
Mos
es
Jesu
s Age
of
Enl
ight
enm
ent
Abr
aham
How we got here * aprox.
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How we read the bible– - For 1000s of years pre-moderns read it– - The bible is not an instruction book– - Inspired by God through people– - Uses human idiosyncrasies, metaphors, phrases– - Read and study it in context
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Faith vs. Reason
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Faith and Reason
– Modernism increase reliance on science
– Faith seemed less reasonable
– Modernism has failed to answer everything• - Turned humans into nothing but smart animals• - Cannot explain beauty / love / meaning• - Existence of Post-Modernism
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Evidence for God
Examples:Cosmological argument - must be a first cause“I think there for I am” - more than just a biological computerScience of fine tuning - and other arguments about the design of the universe
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Evidence for God
“How can a good God allow suffering?”- No complete answer to this- But can say doubting God is not the answer
1) If there's good, there must be evil2) If there's evil there must be some kind of moral law3) If there's a moral law there must be a moral law giver.
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Evidence for God
No answers from naturalism:
“The universe we observe has … no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference. … DNA neither knows nor cares. DNA just is. And we dance to its music.” - Richard Dawkins
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Evidence for God
“There is no absolute truth”
- Is that statement true?- Is that an absolute statement?
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Faith and Reason
"God has put enough into the world to make faith in Him a most reasonable thing, and He has left enough out to make it impossible to live by sheer reason or observation alone" - Ravi Zacharias.
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Emotions vs. Mind
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Emotions and Mind
– The modern world emphasize reason
– The church was influenced by the modern world
– Emotions started to be seen as irrational even in the church
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Emotions and Mind
– The modern world emphasize reason
– The church was influenced by the modern world
– Emotions started to be seen as irrational even in the church
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Emotions and Mind
– In the bible emotions ≠ heart
– “...I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts...” Jeremiah 31:33
– “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9
– “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind...” Romans 12:2
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Emotions and Mind
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Spiritual vs. Physical
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Spiritual and PhysicalThe Physical Isn't Bad
Flesh - Paul is using it to describe our sin nature
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh...” Ezekiel 36:26
“God saw all that he had made, and it was very good...” Genesis 1:31
“But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness”. 2 Peter 3:13
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Spiritual and Physical
Supernatural vs. Spiritual
“When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”Genesis 28:16
“After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper."1 kings 19:12
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Spiritual and Physical
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Discipline vs. Love
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Discipline and LoveStill exploring this idea
What I talked about two weeks ago, in summary- God disciplines those he loves- Act of trusting the holy spirit's work in us
Authenticity- Should I care for this person?- Or wait till I feel like caring for this person?- Not just because “its the right thing to do”- Out of believe the person is valuable- Feelings often follow action
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Balance
Wisdom is someone asking “is some thing one thing or another” and you responding “sometimes its one thing and sometimes its another”, and sometimes its not.
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