Friendship A Theology of Friendship: Losing and Letting Go 8 Jan 20258 Jan 2025 In spite of our desire to make lifelong commitments and to have lifelong friends, not all relationships will last forever this side of heaven. Sometimes a friendship comes to an…
Friendship A Theology of Friendship: Building a Framework, Part 6 2 Jan 20252 Jan 2025 We have come now to the final piece of our framework. Here we will talk about the challenging but necessary element of forgiveness. No relationship can develop any depth to…
Friendship A Theology of Friendship: Building a Framework, Part 5 18 Dec 2024 The Bible often speaks of meaningful friendships through the language of covenants. We certainly see that with God's relationship to humanity. We see it too in the language of marriage,…
Friendship A Theology of Friendship: Building a Framework, Part 4 11 Dec 2024 A Biblical framework for building genuine friendships starts with our own character and commitment. We have been exploring the features of a Biblical Friendship over several posts and we come…
Friendship A Theology of Friendship: Building a Framework, Part 3 4 Dec 2024 We are attempting to provide a constructive framework for Biblical friendships. What does it look like to think correctly about friendships in a culture that devalues them? How do we…
Friendship A Theology of Friendship: Building a Framework, Part 2 29 Nov 2024 We are continuing to build a framework for Biblical Friendship. We have offered critiques of our culture, we have explained the problem of loneliness, and we have seen how all…
Friendship A Theology of Friendship: Building a Framework 20 Nov 2024 We are finally making a turn to a constructive look at friendship. We have spent many posts deconstructing our culture’s understanding of friendship, but we can’t move forward by simply…
Friendship A Theology of Friendship: Challenges for Men 13 Nov 2024 It is well know that men are less likely than women to have close friends. Men have some unique struggles when it comes to building friendships and these are worth…
Friendship A Theology of Friendship: Friendship with God, Part 3 4 Nov 2024 We have been discussing friendship with God over the last few posts. We have seen how the Old Testament develops the idea and how the New Testament, through the person…
Friendship A Theology of Friendship: Friendship with God, Part 2 31 Oct 2024 We have been exploring the Bible's teaching on the friendship of God. Ultimately all friendships point to this deep relational reality. We saw last week how the Old Testament develops…
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