A paradigm is a thought pattern. A thought pattern is a mold you have been trained to think in. Paradigms have invisible “walls”,  or mental blocks that direct our flow of thinking based on things like instinct, experience, and trust.
 
     Not to long ago, my ship was practicing setting fire and flooding boundaries. We [...]

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Flynn on February 12th, 2007

THE POINT OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTISTS’
DEPARTURE  FROM THE DOCTRINES OF
CALVINISM
A thesis presented in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the degree Master of Arts
by

Jim Maples

         Pratt says the internalization of the new covenant will come to complete fulfillment when Christ returns. “At the present time, however, this expectation is only [...]

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Flynn on February 9th, 2007

I get to proof-read some MA theses every now and then, and every now and then I come across one that is pretty good.
Recently Jim Maples completed this thesis. When I read his comments on the Jeremiah covenant, I thought this would be good to post here… you know… to push Josh along a little [...]

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