• Red Ink | #1

    “What do you seek?” Looking at the gospel according to John I imagine myself a Jew awaiting the prophecy of promise, the Messiah. John the Baptist is on the scene and you are one of his two disciples. Meditate on that… Can you imagine going from disciple of John the Baptist to follower of the Lamb of God (John 1:35-37)? I can imagine thinking, what did John the Baptist mean…

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  • Hamartiology: To know good and evil

    FEATURED PHOTO: JORDAN PETERSON’S ‘DRAGONS, MONSTERS, AND MEN | DAILYWIRE “Now, if the Bible claims to be anything, it claims to be a revelation from God, a miraculous or supernatural book, recording the numerous direct acts of God in nature and history, and His interference with the natural course of events. Are the writers of the Bible correct, or are the critics? It is impossible that both should be right.” —R. A. Torrey…

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  • Hamartiology | In the beginning

    FEATURED PHOTO: JORDAN PETERSON’S ‘DRAGONS, MONSTERS, AND MEN | DAILYWIRE Follow the narrative In following the biblical narrative about sin to its origin I’ve landed on the questions of “what happened” and “why did the copies or examples of the things in the heavens need to be purified” being that my idea of heaven meant something to the affect of incorruptible. It’s from within the book of Hebrews (9) that incites further investigation…

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  • Hamartiology | Narrative

    FEATURED PHOTO: JORDAN PETERSON’S ‘DRAGONS, MONSTERS, AND MEN | DAILYWIRE Where to begin? As a creature, a human being, an image and likeness; whoever you are reading this, enter [_NAME_], what is your narrative? You are a true narrative of narratives, and your narrative is more significant than what the world lets on. There is power in your narrative! My name is Nathan Richard Dooley, my narrative has existed for…

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  • Hamartiology | Why the study of sin?

    Why Hamartiology? My hope and prayer for doing this study is not only to be a resource long after my passing—in the patience of our Lord—but that the reader will be equipped with the language in which God uses for our salvation, having poured out the Holy Spirit for us to know the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 2:33); the devil is a liar and the…

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  • The Christian Directive

    Stop sinning The apostle Paul gives you and me a directive, or at least that’s how I interpret: “Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. ” —1 Corinthians 15:34 But how can we, I, meet that directive for claim without contradicting what the apostle John said? “If we say that we have no sin, we are…

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  • A WORLD DROWNING IN SIN

    DISCLAIMER: I’m exploring the gospel from a unique perspective and am aware that I might be way off from the truth as I explore, and if I am, please feel free to contact me at nldooley@timeforprovidence.com. THOUGHT BUBBLE: If you read my previous post you’ll find something that even made me feel strange when writing it because no one other than God knows what the heck I was/am thinking and…

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