Defending Your Faith - R.C. Sproul - Ligonier Ministries
Analogical Language (Part 1) - E.8 - Defending Your Faith - RC Sproul
Episode 8
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22m
Since God is transcendent, is it even possible for us finite creatures to say anything meaningful about Him? Can we describe the Lord with our words, or are our attempts merely descriptions of our own subjective feelings? In this lesson, Dr. Sproul introduces the fourth basic building block for knowledge: the principle of the analogical use of language.
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