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General Revelation

I have recently met with a group of men to discuss a concept in systematic theology called "general revelation." We use Erickson's Systematic Theology book titled, "Christian Theology" as our discussion guide for this group and the discussion was excellent. Anyway, I wanted to post some of my thoughts on the subject and would welcome any comments. Erickson defines general revelation as: "God's communication of himself to all persons at all times and in all places." He goes on to discuss the three loci of general revelation which are nature, history, and the constitution of the human being. So God reveals Himself to mankind through created nature, the historical events of the past, and through our moral character that exists inside of every person. There are basically two important passages in the Scriptures that discuss the general revelation of God towards His creation. I would like to discuss and briefly comment on these. The first

New Podcast

Hello to everyone out there in the virtual blog world. I must say that I have not been keeping up with my "thoughts" very well lately. Darlene and I have just moved into our new place in St. Augustine and praise the Lord, we have sold our house. In the mean time I haven't been able to put much up on the blog. I did want to write and tell everyone that I have created a new podcast titled: "Thoughts of Josh Dryer" in which I will upload all of my sermons. So if you like go check it out and give them a listen. I would love to hear what you have to say. If you open your itunes program and click "itunes store" on the left then you type "thoughts of josh dryer" in the search box in the upper right hand corner you will be taken to the podcast page. I will also include a link to download the MP3's if you would like to do that instead. Give it a try and let me know what you think! I am currently working on an article about "Special Rev