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As far as I can tell, all truths have complements. This would
be consistent with the nature of creation, which itself reflects the
nature of God.
The nature of God? Remember that Scripture describes God in two complementary ways - as both "unity" (one) and at the same time, "plurality" (three). People sometimes use the word "trinity" to describe this - though at the same time, many people misunderstand the full significance of that word.
In the article "The 'Boundaries' of Truth," I say that "probably" all truths have complements, simply because I haven't examined 100% of all truths! So far, I have not found any that don't have complements.
If you examine the articles on this website, you will see that many of them illustrate how this principle "works." There are many issues, which people argue about, and people on each side quote Scripture to "back up" their perspective. But what they don't seem to understand is the fact that both sets of verses are present in the Bible! If we would be willing to admit that both sets of verses are present, and would stop using one set of verses to "interpret" the other set (each side of the argument starting with the opposite set of verses), we might come to a real point of agreement!
When dealing with topics that people argue over, the articles on this website attempt to focus on that "point of agreement" which is able to accept all the verses. This includes topics that people frequently argue about, such as articles about God's sovereignty vs. human responsibility, the role of God vs. people in salvation, the "trinity," etc. But even with topics that are rarely a cause for disagreements, this concept will often be evident.
Dennis Hinks © 2004