Church History… When Relational Theology Goes Too Far: Learning from Karl Barth (Part 1) 28 Jan 202628 Jan 2026 God is relational but how we ground this theological truth matters greatly, as we have seen. Much of modern theology affirms a God whose relational identity is articulated primarily through…
Counseling… Relational, But Absolute: Why Counseling Must Get God’s Relational Identity Right 27 Jan 202627 Jan 2026 Is God relational because He meets us - or does He meet us because He is eternally relational? This is a profoundly important question in Christian theology and therefore in…
Counseling… The Absoluteness of God and Biblical Counseling 26 Jan 202626 Jan 2026 God is from Himself, dependent on nothing, unchanging, and ultimate in being and authority. That's the message you will pick up on if you read the Scriptures. God needs nothing outside of Himself. This…
Old Testament… Even in Judgment God Shows Mercy 19 Jun 2023 What is your instinctual thought about God's character? What is the first thing that comes to mind? How we think about the character God may reveal important things about our…
Theology Why Do We Disagree? (Part 5) 15 Jun 2022 Tradition often gets a bad wrap among Protestants, but in truth we can't escape it. We are all part of a larger tradition of theology and interpretation, and we sit…
Theology Why Do We Disagree? (Part 4) 14 Jun 2022 It's tempting to think about theology as a purely intellectual and academic exercise. What you feel about a doctrine is irrelevant, we may say. In truth, however, our emotions often…
Theology Why Do We Disagree? (Part 3) 9 Jun 20229 Jun 2022 A tool that all Bible readers must use in their study of Scripture is human reason. Carl F. Henry defined reason as "a divinely fashioned instrument for recognizing truth" (God,…
Theology Why Do We Disagree? (Part 2) 8 Jun 2022 If Scripture is our shared source of authority, then why does it seem like so many Christians disagree? This is the important question we are wrestling with in this series.…
Theology Why Do We Disagree? 7 Jun 2022 In John 17 Jesus prays for the unity of His followers. In Ephesians 4 Paul commands the church to strive for unity. Yet, even a cursory evaluation of the church…
Thanksgiving… A Theology of Thankfulness 25 Nov 2020 It’s Thanksgiving week, which means that this week’s blog should probably be about giving thanks. While it may seem like reflecting on gratitude is a bit obligatory this week, it’s…
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