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“Totally Depraved” or Made in the Image of God?

Anita Mathias — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:22:00 +0000

What is Man: “Totally Depraved” or Made in the Image of God? Romans 1:29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they have no understanding, no fidelity, […]

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What is Man: “Totally Depraved” or Made in the Image of God?

Anita Mathias — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:22:00 +0000

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Being Praised by God

Anita Mathias — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:09:00 +0000

Romans, Blog Through the Bible Project Romans 2:28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. 29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from […]

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Paul’s Sublime Statement on the Justice of God

Anita Mathias — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:42:00 +0000

Blog Through the Bible ProjectRomans 2:5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. 6 God “will repay each person according to what they have done.” 7 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and […]

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Judging others opens you up to judgement: Romans, Blog Through the Bible Project

Anita Mathias — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:43:00 +0000

Romans 1 28–2:328 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, […]

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God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts

Anita Mathias — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:06:00 +0000

Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights Romans 1: 21-27 21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to […]

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What are REALLY the idols of your heart?

Anita Mathias — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:08:00 +0000

Tash in C.S. Lewis’s Last Battle, Image by Pauline Baynes Romans 1 21-23For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for […]

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What are REALLY the idols of your heart?

Anita Mathias — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:10:00 +0000

Romans 1 21-23 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being […]

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How Intelligent People Can Become Stupid.

Anita Mathias — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:56:00 +0000

Blogging through Romans is one of the interesting projects I’ve embarked on. I love it, love Paul’s thinking. The Gospels are like a primary text. A child can understand them. Romans is like a meta-text, literary criticism, analysis. I love thinking it through with Paul. Romans 1:21 21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified […]

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How Intelligent People Can Become Stupid.

Anita Mathias — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:56:00 +0000

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