I heard Adrian Rogers on the radio the other day say that “God is the circle whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.” Now that is something worth thinking about.
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Human relationships can be quite complex can’t they? Psychiatrists, psychologists, psychoanalysts, and even used-car salesmen spend untold hours delving into the human psyche; hoping to find even the smallest clue, which might somehow open for them the door to the inner workings of our complex minds. “What makes us tick?” they ask. Biologists study . . . → Read More: Experiencing Grace Through Forgiveness There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. (Gal 3:28) “And the sign said long haired freaky people need not apply.” You may recognize that as the first line of the song . . . → Read More: Breaking Down Barriers Christianity Today has posted a Q&A session between interviewer Collin Hansen and Mormon Presidential Candidate, Mitt Romney. I must admit that I have concerns about the doctrinal differences between Mormonism and orthodox Christianity, especially when choosing a president. However, should those doctrinal differences preclude Romney from the Evangelical Christian’s list of acceptable candidates? According to . . . → Read More: CT Romney QA Prayer is a strange thing isn’t it? I often remember, as a kid, wondering just how we were supposed to “pray without ceasing” as Paul admonishes us to do. Impossible, I know. Maybe Paul was exagerating, using some form of Semitic hyperbole. Or maybe he wasn’t… “Prayer leads you to see new paths and to . . . → Read More: Henri Nouwen on Prayer Is there any division in the Christian church that isn’t a result of the “I’m right your wrong” argument? Most of us completly lack the grace necessary to say, “I could be wrong.” Why is it such a scary thing to think, that maybe, just maybe, the age-old positions we’ve taken may be only a human construct and not the . . . → Read More: Verna Dozier on the Freedom to be Wrong In Rosemary Ruether’s “The Prophetic, Iconoclastic Christ”, there are two significant themes that emerge for me. First and foremost is the truth of the gospel presented as a dismantling of the current “hierarchy” or power structure. Ruether states that: The gospel turns upside down the present order… This reversal of order is not simply . . . → Read More: To Serve or Not to Serve: Dismantling the Hierarchy The seminary I attend has a stated “inclusive language” policy which generates a certain level of controversy. It states: Believing that God creates and redeems humanity by “word” and “word made flesh,” the MTS community takes seriously the agency of language within the classroom and the sanctuary. The use of inclusive language in writing . . . → Read More: Inclusive Language: My New Perspective Growing up, my family and I attended a fundamental holiness church; very charismatic and intently focused on “personal” revelation. I remember asking our pastor one evening, “Where did the other people Cain encountered come from?” His reply was, “That’s a question that can only be answered through revelation.” Of course he was speaking of . . . → Read More: Knowing God Here’s another quizz from Quizfarm. It’s titled Which Theologian Are You? My results… You scored as Anselm. Anselm is the outstanding theologian of the medieval period.He sees man’s primary problem as having failed to render unto God what we owe him, so God becomes man in Christ and gives God what he is . . . → Read More: Which Theologian Are You? |
   
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