THEOparadox - The Biblical Paradox Blog: Paul Washer

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Saturday, October 19, 2013

The Most Terrifying Truth of Scripture

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Paul Washer Sermon Clip - The Work of the Holy Spirit

This is a bonus video for my fellow Charismatic Calvinists and Reformed continuationists. Paul Washer advises openness with regard to the demonstrative work of the Holy Spirit, and also warns against the charismatic "circus" that has become so prevalent in the modern day charismatic apostasy. He presents a beautiful balance of a Biblically grounded desire for the Spirit's ongoing work . . . if you can receive it.

NOTE: I don't think the words written on the screen, "Paul Washer believes in the baptism of the Holy Spirit, Contrary to most denominations in this nation," are warranted by the words recorded here. Paul Washer doesn't mention the "baptism" in the Holy Spirit. That phrase means different things to different people. I recommend listening to Washer's own worlds without paying attention to what has been added to the screen by the maker of the video.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Paul Washer: Come to Christ, He is Mighty to Save!

One of my favorite Paul Washer videos, with a moving testimony of grace and forgiveness. Tomorrow I will post a bonus video, which you might find REALLY SHOCKING.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Paul Washer: Empowered by the Holy Spirit

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Paul Washer: Turn to Christ!

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Paul Washer: A Heart and Passion for God

Monday, July 18, 2011

Paul Washer: Jesus Christ is Everything

"The problem today . . . is not a lack of zeal for missions . . . the problem is much greater: a lack of zeal for God and for the glory of God."

Friday, July 15, 2011

COMING SOON: Gospel Defibrillation with Paul Washer

Each day next week, a short but shocking Paul Washer sermon jam will be posted. It's Gospel "defibrillation" to help awaken our hearts from the hardening and stupefying effects of this dark, compromising age.

Rise up, saints! Put on your armor! The ends of the ages are upon us, and we must be found faithful for our Savior's sake! Shake off your sins! Look to the cross! Clothe yourselves with Christ and get ready for the fight!

May God help us to awaken, arise, and endure for His great Name and His great glory!

Monday, January 03, 2011

Sermon: "The Mercy and Grace of God" by Paul Washer

This message is supposed to be about the mercy and grace of God, but it's really about sanctification, devotion, and consecration. That's okay with me. It's a strong word of encouragement and challenge from Paul Washer - A great way to start the New Year!

Sunday, August 23, 2009

PARADOX FILES, Vol. 9 - Paul Washer

"The Mystery of the Trinity is not a ground for its denial. Some may say that they cannot believe what they cannot understand, or that if something cannot be explained, it cannot be true. If we were to apply this same logic to the entire Bible, or even to our own existence, then there would be very little left for us to believe. Even the simplest truths of Scripture and of human reality go beyond our understanding. We do not believe because we understand, but we believe because it is true--the testimony of the Holy Scriptures."

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~To honor God by upholding the authority, inerrancy and sufficiency of His Word, the Bible.
~To help students of the Word to interpret Biblical paradoxes in a way that faithfully reflects God's heart.
~To ignite a devotional flame that will help believers to warm up their theology and burn up their pride.
~To encourage Christian faith by resolving or explaining apparent contradictions in the Scriptures.
~To explore the nature and extent of paradoxes in historically orthodox, Reformed, Biblical theology.

~To provide Biblical resources for those who desire to know God and His Word better.

~To glorify the Lord Jesus Christ, the Friend of sinners and the Savior of the lost.

What is a PARADOX?

A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion, or seemingly absurd, yet true in fact.

Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828 Edition

"... it is synonymous with apparent contradiction. A 'paradox' thus amounts to a set of claims which taken in conjunction appear to be logically inconsistent. Note that according to this definition, paradoxicality does not entail logical inconsistency per se, but merely the appearance of logical inconsistency."

James Anderson, Paradox in Christian Theology

Wise Words . . .

"By advocating paradox I don't want to give the impression that I'm giving a carte blanche to not think philosophically, to not think deeply, about these doctrines. Quite the opposite. . . . My position is that with each of these doctrines we reflect on them as hard as we can, we penetrate them as best we can based on the Scriptural data that we do have, but we also recognize that there are going to be limits, and that those limits are actually a positive thing and not a reflection of some inherent problem in the doctrines or in the process of theological reflection. . . . I think we can make progress, we can make

considerable progress, in understanding these doctrines and resolving some of the . . . initial difficulties that we have with them, but at the same time recognizing that we're always only going to get so far and when we bump up against the limits of our capacity to formulate them in certain ways or to resolve certain difficulties in them, we

shouldn't be too concerned about that. We certainly shouldn't say, 'Okay, we need to admit that Christians are ultimately irrationalists.' No. We don't need to say that at all. . . . It's a Biblically constrained rationality. It's a middle way between rationalism, of which I think [Gordon H.] Clark was a representative, and irrationalism, of which, to take an example I think the Neo-Orthodox - Karl Barth - would be an example, where you're saying that there are actual contradictions in there. So I think it's navigating a Biblical middle way between these two extremes: having too high a view of the human intellect, and perhaps too low a view of the intellect, of our ability to know the things

of God."

~Dr. James Anderson

Theological Paradoxes

Below I have listed some of the classic theological paradoxes (and a few interesting ironies, too) . . .

~The Trinity - God is One being revealed in three distinct persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)
~God is transcendent (separate from His creation) yet immanent (in His creation)
~Omnipresence - God is always present everywhere, yet He sometimes speaks of Himself as "present" in a special way
~The Incarnation - God became a man
~The Virgin Birth - A Jewish virgin gave birth to the Son of God
~The Two Natures of Christ - Jesus is fully (100%) God and fully (100%) man

~The Atonement is sufficient to save every person, but efficient only for those who believe
~God is completely sovereign (in control of everything, everywhere, all the time) yet He is not the author of sin and he uses human choice to accomplish His purposes
~Inspiration of Scripture - The Bible was written by sinful human beings yet it is the inerrant and flawless Word of God
~Divine Revelation - Sinful man cannot comprehend God, yet God reveals Himself to sinful man
~Sanctification - Christians are sinners by nature, but saints by grace
~Suffering - God brings His joy and comfort into our lives through our experiences of pain, disappointment and suffering

There are many others. Paradox is everywhere when we attempt to understand God's ways in a genuinely Biblical way.

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