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…
Theology Theology and the Stories We Live By 25 Mar 2020 We are story-people. We live by various narratives and interpretive themes that give a coherence to our daily living. Our culture presents us with a plausibility structure which governs the…
Theology A Theology of Weakness 11 Jun 2019 Weakness is exceedingly difficult to admit. American Christians in particular like to be thought of as competent, strong, and independent. But the reality, of course, is that we are weak.…
Discipleship… The Bible Questions Us 22 Jan 2019 Good reading involves asking questions of the text. Any effort to understand must wrestle well with the words on the page, and the relationship between ideas. We must seek to…
Counseling… Biblical Counseling Must Address Actual Sins 7 Sep 2018 Christian theology speaks of two categories of sin: original sin and actual sin. We acknowledge that people are sinners both by nature and by deed. Last week I discussed the…
Counseling… Original Sin and Counseling 30 Aug 201830 Aug 2018 The Bible speaks of sin in two different forms. Each category is part of a larger theology of sin that helps us understand both ourselves and the world. A christian…
Theology Sin is a Relational Problem 24 Aug 2018 Throughout history there have been many ways of thinking about and characterizing sin. Many theologians have talked about sin in terms of "privation," lacking ontology but still resulting in chaos.…
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