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Piety – A Foot Too High?

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  • Johannes Veenstra

What is true piety all about? This article considers what it means to have a personal relationship with God through Christ. It shows from history how rationalism has impacted how the Scriptures and God are viewed. It ends with an emphasis on faith and trust in God.

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Why Faith in God Is Not Stupid

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  • Andrew Menkis

How do we know that God exists? This article considers three categories of responses: empiricism, rationalism, and faith.

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Knowing and Trusting God

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  • Jason P. Van Vliet

Can God be known? The article examines the claims of atheism, agnosticism, and rationalism in answering this question. It gives the biblical grounds for knowing God, and the role of faith in this exercise.

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Revelation, Inspiration, and Infallibility (1): Deus Dixit! God Has Spoken

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  • Ronald L. Cammenga

The only way in which God can be known is through His self-revelation. Man cannot get to know God through his own effort. God reveals Himself to man because of the covenant that He made with mankind. In this article the author highlights some modern threats to gaining this knowledge of God; namely, agnosticism, skepticism, rationalism, and mysticism.

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Why the Secession of 1834?

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  • Russell J. Dykstra

There is nothing so painful to Christians as witnessing the separation of Christ church. This author maintains, however, that sometimes separation is the way to obey Christ. This article looks at the influence of rationalism, biblical criticism and the church and state relationship in the Netherlands leading up to the Secession of 1834.

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Defending the Faith: Calvinism and Rationalism

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  • Cornelius van Til

What is rationalism and what is sound Biblical thinking? This article looks at rationalism and the authority of Scripture. 

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The Age of Rationalism

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  • Jack L. Arnold

The Protestant Reformation was a blessing to God's church, since it brought in freedom and liberty for the individual to read and interpret Scripture. However, many reactions to the Potestant Reformation also arose. This article on church history focuses on the rise of rationalism, as well as the teachings of John Wesley and Methodism.

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Of all the doctrines of the Bible none is so offensive to human nature as the doctrine of God’s sovereignty. J. C. Ryle
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