In his On Interpretations, chapter 9, Aristotle raises an important issue that relates to the application of the rules of bivalence and contradiction to statements about future. If the statement “there will be a sea fight tomorrow” is true now, then it implies that a sea fight is bound to happen tomorrow – though one may say that the statement is not the cause of the event, but only an assertion. Its contradictory statement “there will not be a sea fight tomorrow” would, therefore, be necessarily false. Thus, necessity is predicated of both...
Delay is not denial
Once upon the tumultous shoreOf raging waves tossing byI thought of all the worldly loreThat taunted and made me cry.'God' they said 'is just a bore''Who's silent or anything but not.'This did hurt me to the coreFor I believed Him and all else not.But then I saw the waves become a doorOf new blessings that keep pouring in.God tarries but delays not moreThan we can take and in Him we w...
RED - Reading, Exhortation, Doctrine (1 Timothy 4:13)
1Ti 4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.IntroductionEphesus. The City, The ChurchTimothyThe 1st Epistle of Timothy1. ReadingBoth private and public. More significantly, the reading of God’s word (then, Old Testament).a. The Old Testament cannot be thrown out. It contains the law and the prophets. The entire Scripture is profitable for doctrine.b. Reading “all scripture”. Reading with balance.c. Reading with memory and understanding. Regularity. Focus. Repetition. Interpretation.d. Reading with faith. Application.Reading...
On Pride - A A Allen
Pride takes five forms. Pride of FACE. (How much better we DO look than those around about us!) Pride of PLACE. (Don't ask THAT of one in my POSITION!) Pride of RACE. (We come of an excellent family, you know, and must uphold the family honor at any cost.) Pride of PACE. (Everyone should be able to see that we are the most capable and efficient person available. No one else could keep up with us!) And then that last and WORST of all the forms of pride -- pride of GRACE! Proud of our spiritual accomplishments; proud of the length of our fasts; proud...
