Category: Theology
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Ending in a City – From Garden to City, Part 2
This post was originally on my second blog, Reading the Christian Classics. All posts from that blog have now been migrated here, so all my writing is in one place. You can read Part 1, about the garden, here. Ending in a City Have you ever heard the saying, “the Bible begins in a garden but…
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We’ve Got to Get Back to the Garden? – From Garden to City, Part 1
This post was originally on my second blog, Reading the Christian Classics. All posts from that blog have now been migrated here, so all my writing is in one place. We’ve Got to Get Back to the Garden? What does it mean to go “back to the garden”? “Back to the garden” evokes this sense of…
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Another Bible Study Method!
This post was originally on my second blog, Reading the Christian Classics. All posts from that blog have now been migrated here, so all my writing is in one place. Another Bible Study Method How do we usually teach the Bible? When teaching children, we tend to either tell them biblical stories, or give them…
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Encouraging New Believers When Fellow Christians Don’t Live up to Their Beliefs
This post was originally on my second blog, Reading the Christian Classics. All posts from that blog have now been migrated here, so all my writing is in one place. *** The new Christian sits across from me, brow wrinkled in confusion. “I don’t understand. It makes me ask, what difference does it make to be…
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Spiritual Care for the Spiritually Healthy
This post was originally on my second blog, Reading the Christian Classics. All posts from that blog have now been migrated here, so all my writing is in one place. *** So we’re reading a book about pastoral care in one of my classes, and it’s frequently making me cry. Because too many of the scenarios…
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Christ Shares Our Sufferings–Does He Understand Existential Angst?
This post was originally on my second blog, Reading the Christian Classics. All posts from that blog have now been migrated here, so all my writing is in one place *** You’re not supposed to experience existential angst if you’re a Christian. Existential angst is the despair that stems from the conviction that life lacks meaning. We…
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Maybe We’re Not in Control
This post was originally on my second blog, Reading the Christian Classics. All posts from that blog have now been migrated here, so all my writing is in one place *** I still remember setting eyes on the “flatten the curve” chart last week Thursday. Everything clicked into place. It was so clear–okay, that’s what we have…
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Should We All be Theology Nerds?
This post was originally on my second blog, Reading the Christian Classics. All posts from that blog have now been migrated here, so all my writing is in one place *** I realized that, when I watch other church groups haggling over some obscure point of Christian doctrine, I tend to shake my head and think, “that’s…
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Everyone Knows the Earth is Round (even Thomas Aquinas)
This post was originally on my second blog, Reading the Christian Classics. All posts from that blog have now been migrated here, so all my writing is in one place *** Lately there’s been an odd increase in the number of people promoting flat earth theories. What is fascinating, however, is how long humans (at least some…
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