God talk

  As you saw in the last blog I talked about the death of our beloved Leo (Our pet rabbit).   This Week we are moving on to Bavincks arguments about the existence of God.   This blog is a primer on the teleological argument and later we will follow this through with what Bavinck the Master Theologian has to say about it.    a picture I took a while ago   First of all, Scripture begins by taking the existence of God for granted.   As a hard and fast Monotheist and Trinitarian believer I do not need any proofs because we have a living covenantal relationship with God.   These arguments are for people who doubt the existence of God.   Having said that the visible part of the Church (in the here and now) converses within a public domain.   Universities need proofs for everything based on argument.   We cannot escape this.   These arguments are also useful for those who are on the edge of believing or doubting about the existenc...

  Will Leo our Pet rabbit go to heaven at the Eschaton? This week we lost a pet Rabbit.   His name was Leo and we had him for about seven years.     I have to say that Leo has taught me a lot about love and compassion.     I'm not one of these people that believes that animals don't have sentience.     I believe that animals were created by God. I also believe that there are animals in heaven.     And why do I think this?   Well, for example?   Elijah was taken to heaven by a chariot of horses and animals, obviously in the Bible had a certain amount of intelligence. For example, when God commanded a donkey to speak to its owner, or the owner would have been killed by an Angel, or the time when the Ravens were commanded to go and feed Elijah. So, animals are very very pecial. Now for a lot of people they want to know if their pet is going to heaven.   My own personal opinion is that I actually believe that pet...