Archive for the ‘Theology’ Category
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
I hope to continue blogging regularly over the next few days but I don't really know what my schedule will be. Packing is picking up steam and the desktop is already dismantled. Tracy and I will have to fight over the laptop.
One of the things that I am ...
Posted in Politics, Theology, redemptive reconciliation | 4 Comments »
Monday, October 15th, 2007
I am beginning to wade through Jurgen Moltmann's Theology of Hope. It's a dense work but from what I have been told I align closely with him theologically. If this quote is any indication I am in for a treat.
To believe means to cross in hope and anticipation ...
Posted in Books, Theology | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
I grew up in the conservative Churches of Christ. It is still where I hang my hat ministerially. However, as I have grown in my "knowledge and understanding" of Scripture and the nature and character of God I have developed my own doctrine, if you will, that sometimes ...
Posted in Church, Theology | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
I guess I should read some more of his stuff:
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You scored as Jürgen Moltmann,The problem of evil is central to your thought, and only a crucified God can show that God is not indifferent to human suffering. Christian discipleship means identifying with suffering but ...
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
I'm no prophet and make no claims to be. I'm not even a skilled prognosticator. If I was I'd be playing the horses.
However, there is no doubt that there is a coming tidal wave of issues that intellectually honest and sincere Christians will face in the future if ...
Posted in Church, Theology, Top 10s | 11 Comments »
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Back in college I had the occasion to read several of Lewis' books. My senior year I even took an independent study that focused on three of his works leading to a paper that attempted to synthesize The Problem of Pain, Miracles and A Grief Observed.
I wish I could ...
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Monday, July 23rd, 2007
I really think this guy is serious. His headline is "Why Al Qaeda Supports The Emergent Church."
Read this excerpt:
The emergent church is an ally in the war against radical Islam–al Qaeda’s ally. Not in the sense they are supplying bullets and bombs to Osama, of course, but in the ...
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Friday, July 6th, 2007
After his two poem's Lewis would not have another work published until after his conversion.
The Pilgrim's Regress would make the literary debut of Lewis as Christian writer and would display his greatest style of writing: allegory.
Written as his own re-visioning of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress this would would follow the protagonist, ...
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Thursday, July 5th, 2007
Wow. I don't always agree with Piper. But this is great stuff. Take 3 minutes and watch this smack-down of "Health and Wealth"
Posted in Theology, YouTube | 2 Comments »
Monday, June 4th, 2007
Even now, even though I know there is more to godly worship than just praising God I had a hard time typing that header.
And it's not just because it's a mouthful. It's because I've always bristled at anything that smacks of "humanism." Having done so, I've often skirted ...
Posted in The Love of God, Theology | 3 Comments »
