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12/20/2022 – Chapter 15 – “Methods”: Let’s connect the key points of this chapter logically to Kevin DeYoung’s article: “Theological Primer: The Simplicity of God.”


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“Simplicity”? Yes!; Kevin, the messenger, will help us here!

Ok,we have read chapter 15: “Methods”. Now , let’s start with a Kevin’s Theological Primer: “The …

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12/13/2022 – Chapter 14 – “Holiness is Easy.” Say what ?


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I’m going to just quote from key excerpts:

If it is easy, why aren’t most people very holy? “William Law says, In ‘A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy …

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12/11/2022 – “Parables” by John MacArthur / Chapter 9 – “A lesson about heaven and hell” / short excerpt and testimony to a ministry that fights relentlessly against the tide.


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Just a short excerpt with a testimony of a warrior brother who has the courage and love for lost souls to fight relentlessly against the herd’s stampede over the cliff:

“Of …

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12/05/2022 – Chapter 13 discussion: “Little Things”


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A husband and wife, working as a synergistic team, through an ongoing learning process that involves playing off each others natural gifts, so that the “whole is greater than …

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11/27/2022 – Chapter 12 Group Discussion: “The Epistemology of Holiness”


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Definition of “epistemology” from the “American Heritage” Dictionary, 5th Edition:

“1. The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge, the presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and …

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11/14/2022 – Chapter 11 Discussion – “Overcoming Deism and the Absentee God”


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Summarized excerpts:

“Deism denies God’s immanence, or presence, and pantheism and paganism deny God’s transcendence” pg 62

-“Saint Augustine says that God is nearer to us than we are to ourselves.”

Here is …

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11/07/2022 – “7 More Men and the Secret of Their Greatness” by Eric Metaxas // George Whitefield (1714 – 1770) – To say the man who died was an evangelist is almost to do him an injustice. It would be like saying Homer or Dante was a ‘writer’ or Washington or Lincoln a ‘politician’….”


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The seven men profiled by Eric Metals in this book are: Martin Luther, George Whitfield, George Washington Carver, General William Booth, Sergeant Alvin York, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and Billy Graham. …

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11/06/2022 – Chapter 10 Discussion: “Where to Find God: The Practice of the Presence of God.”


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Why is God a consuming fire? (Deuteronomy 4: 23-24; Hebrews 12:29; reference pg 59)

https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/why-is-god-a-consuming-fire.html

As to the practice, here is an excerpt from the top of page #58:

“The ‘seeing’ …

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10/30/2022 – Chapter Nine Discussion: “Why Surrender Does Not Squash Individuality.”


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I feel compelled to share the C.S. Lewis quote after a De Caussade introduction, pg. #51:

“Far from ignoring, downplaying, or threatening our unique individuality, God’s providence deliberately designs for it. …

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10/25/2022 – Chapter 8: “Can We Believe it if We Don’t Understand it?” – Group discussion


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How do we reconcile “faith like a child” verses (Matthew 18:3 / Mark 10:14 / Luke 18:17) with worshipping God with our minds? (Romans 12:2 / Isaiah 1:18).

Check …

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