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Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
Desmond Tutu

Month: May 1998

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This series is sort of like going to the dentist. We’re going to be talking about one of your favorite subjects…pride…and we’re going to start this evening by discussing the origins of pride. Kind of presenting sort of a cosmic…

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This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Pride

Last night we covered a couple of subjects. One, the origins of pride. We took a look at how pride developed in the heavenlies. Through Lucifer’s preoccupation with himself, his countenance and his image and his preoccupation with self-pity and…

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This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Pride

We have really covered quite a bit of ground for the last two evenings. On the subject of pride. Going all the way from the origins of pride from the first evening to last night, talking a little bit about…

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PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR

This entry is part 55 of 55 in the series Charles G. Finney's Systematic Theology--1878 EDITION

PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR 1. To a great extent, the truths of the blessed gospel have been hidden under a false philosophy. In my early inquiries on the subject of religion, I found myself wholly unable to understand either the…

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Forward

This entry is part 54 of 55 in the series Charles G. Finney's Systematic Theology--1878 EDITION

Charles G. Finney’s Systematic Theology Edited by J.H. Fairchild 1878 President, Oberlin college (With modest grammatical and layout changes) By The Rev. Charles G. Finney Late President of Oberlin College and Professor of Theology 1878 EDITION NOTE BY THE EDITOR…

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GLOSSARY

This entry is part 53 of 55 in the series Charles G. Finney's Systematic Theology--1878 EDITION

GLOSSARY ARBITRARY: a choice of the will in the worst sense; that is, in the sense of having no regard to reason, or to the nature and relations of moral agents. ATONEMENT: the governmental substitution of the sufferings of Christ…

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APPENDIX B – HOW WE ATTAIN TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF CERTAIN TRUTHS

This entry is part 52 of 55 in the series Charles G. Finney's Systematic Theology--1878 EDITION

APPENDIX B HOW WE ATTAIN TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF CERTAIN TRUTHS (From the 1851 edition) All teaching and reasoning take certain truths as granted. That the unequivocal, a priori affirmations of the reason are valid, for all the truths and…

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APPENDIX A – VARIOUS CLASSES OF TRUTHS

This entry is part 51 of 55 in the series Charles G. Finney's Systematic Theology--1878 EDITION

APPENDIX A VARIOUS CLASSES OF TRUTHS (From the 1847 edition) Before we proceed further in these investigations, I must call your attention to a subject that properly belongs at the beginning of this course of study, and which will be…

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series on the atonement – 5

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series series on the atonement

Today we are going to complete our mini-series on the Atonement. This morning we’re going to come to the climax of God’s plan of salvation where everything culminated in the death and resurrection of Jesus. The greatest single act that…

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series on the atonement – 4

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series series on the atonement

How many of you think that at this stage of things that you have a pretty good grasp now on the problems that God faced. It’s maybe a little bit more complex than what you had thought. God was able…