In this episode, we tackle a portion of a very thorny and heavily debated topic of free will by first establishing a transcendental framework as a reference point, explaining some of the purposes of free will, defining a few limitations, and capping it off with a few consequences that freewill has.

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00:00 Limitations - Natural Law

04:01 Limitations - Spiritual Law

06:24 Limitations - Human Limitations

09:20 Consequences - Natural

13:31 Consequences - Spiritual

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In this episode, we tackle a portion of a very thorny and heavily debated topic of free will by first establishing a transcendental framework as a reference point, explaining some of the purposes of free will, defining a few limitations, and capping it off with a few consequences that freewill has.

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00:00 Intro

02:50 Transcendental Framework

04:33 Purpose - To Experience Reality

10:16 Purpose - To Worship God

12:08 Purpose - To Have Relationships

12:34 Purpose - To Be Creative

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Have you ever wondered why do Jews get circumcised? Have you ever wondered if Christians have to get circumcised? Well, those are exactly the questions we cover in this episode by talking about the origins of circumcision and walking through the symbology behind it, the purpose for it, and how it impacts a person's identity as a Jew first and also as a Christian.

Symbol of the cutting away of the flesh - https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/smith_chuck/StudyGuides_Genesis/Genesis.cfm#%20&Chuck&Smith

Circumcision is a symbol that stands for the whole law - https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Topical.show/RTD/cgg/ID/4862/Circumcision-Symbolism-Behind.htm

Choosing the New Man (Part Two) by Charles Whitaker (1944-2021) Forerunner, March-April 2003 - https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Library.sr/CT/ARTB/k/797/choosing-new-man-part-two.htm

Was God's Law Nailed to the Cross? by Earl L. Henn (1934-1997) Forerunner, "Ready Answer," June 1995 - https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Library.sr/CT/RA/k/532/was-gods-law-nailed-to-cross.htm

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00:00 Purpose - Father of Faith

01:10 Purpose - To be set apart

03:51 Identity

10:24 Circumcision of the Heart

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