March 25, 2012
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Reasons for not posting
1. In my humiliation, I am realizing that so much of my thoughts have been thought by dead people. Except if I can do a better job of summarizing, clarifying, illustrating, relating, or applying than they did — if for nothing else than a gap in context — I would be wasting my time to put pressure on the buttons of my keyboard. Especially when I have so much more to read.
2. When I want to write, it is often in passing, and my thoughts never get all down. E.g. “What are the preconditions for a given person to be persuaded of God’s existence, and for whom/how are those conditions met?” and “What roles do culture, societal institutions (marriage, courts, universities, etc.), and vocabulary (e.g. “creature,” “excruciating,” “Adam and Eve”, etc.) have in proclaiming, explicating, illustrating and defending Special Revelation?”
3. I’ve been busy spending my intellectual juices reading theological studies and researching for IT problems at work. Hard to have the intellectual fervor, initiative and drive (let alone time!) to sit down and write. In other words, I just don’t feel like it.
But for you, please meditate on Romans 1:16-32. What about God has been revealed, and how? There’s at least two different distinct revelations of God. What is the relationship between sin and the knowledge of God? Are people cut off from the knowledge of God? Jesus Christ said, “Eternal life is this: that they know you, the True God, and Jesus, whom He has sent.” With what is Eternal life and knowledge contrasted in Romans 1?
