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Time: Part 4—Time & God

Ken Boa September 21, 2018

Our conventional view of time is insufficient to explain the eternal nature of God. As the one who created our space-time universe and stands outside of time, God always was and always is; there’s never been a time when He didn’t exist. He alone is able to survey time in its entire duration. Some of the things related to God’s purposes, such as free will, election, and divine sovereignty, are mysterious to us because of our own limited view of time.

Time: Part 3—The Inadequacy of Conventional Views

Ken Boa September 21, 2018

The fact that God’s view of time is different than ours and that there are many instances of precognition (seeing events before they happen, as in the case of John and the book of Revelation) are two reasons to reject our conventional view of time as complete. While some have proposed multiple dimensions of time to explain these phenomena, there’s much we simply do not know, except that our ordinary sense of time seems to be inadequate.

Time: Part 2—Time & Physics

Ken Boa September 21, 2018

Ken Boa discusses how the findings of physics have had an impact on our understanding of time. Rather than seeing it as absolute, we now understand it to be relative to a reference point. Also, as we can see from verses like 2 Peter 3:8, God is not constricted to a certain time framework as humans on earth are.

Time: Part 1—The Mystery of Time

Ken Boa September 21, 2018

Adapted from a chapter in Ken Boa’s book “God, I Don’t Understand,” this series will explore how the Bible views time, including the relationship between God and time and between humans and time. Part 1 gives an overview of the mystery surrounding time, emphasizing the limits of the human perspective and the evidence that there is more to time than we often consider.

Holistic Spirituality: Part 37—Stewardship & Purpose (Time, Continued)

Ken Boa June 10, 2018

Ken Boa continues to discuss stewardship, with a focus on our management and stewardship of time. He reflects on the brevity of our lives and the fact that God gives us all the time we need to accomplish His purposes.

Holistic Spirituality: Part 36—Stewardship & Purpose (Time)

Ken Boa June 3, 2018

Ken Boa focuses on the need to develop a stewardship mindset, which includes stewarding our time as well as our resources well, in this continued teaching on stewardship and purpose.

Eight Spiritual Essentials: Part 9—Live Each Day Well

Ken Boa May 16, 2018

Ken Boa concludes his “Eight Spiritual Essentials” focusing on the eighth essential to the spiritual life: living each day well (as if it were your last).

Some Principles for Managing Time

Ken Boa June 17, 2016

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. —Henry David Thoreau [lead]How can you begin to control your time instead of letting time control you?[/lead] Following are three key principles to help you start to use and manage your time well. (Note: It’s helpful if you read

Viewing Time God’s Way

Ken Boa June 16, 2016

The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish hours—confound him, too, who in this place set up a sun-dial to cut and hack my days so wretchedly into small pieces! —Plautus (Greek playwright in Rome, second century BC) Consciousness of time jumped dramatically in the

1 Peter Study, Part 7 (at Christ Church): Applying What You See

Ken Boa July 5, 2015

Peter admonishes his readers to have an uplook and an outlook.. Our uplook determines our outlook and our outlook determines our behavior. As we look up, we are to apply what we see. We are called to become a people who manifest the new life in this present world.

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