True Biblical Compassion And What It Looks Like (IV-Conclusion)
Bonding The final element necessary for authentic compassion is the capacity to identify truly with the object of one’s compassion. This is sometimes called bon...
Month: August 2016
True Biblical Compassion And What It Looks Like (III)
Moral Outrage A second element of true compassion is genuine moral outrage. In fact, spagkhnozomai, the Greek word translated “moved with compassion” in Matthew...
True Biblical Compassion And What It Looks Like (II)
True Understanding The first element of true compassion is an understanding of the real world that is neither naive nor cynical. According to the Bible, Jesus “...
True Biblical Compassion And What It Looks Like
Love without truth is sweet, syrupy, and weak as sugar water. On the other hand, truth without love can often be quite destructive (cf. Eph. 4:15). Therefore, c...
Omnipresence, Theophanies, And Stuff Like That
The God who is eternal and, therefore, not limited by time, is omnipresent and not limited by space (Psa. 139:7-10; Prov. 15:3; Jer. 23:23,24). He is universall...