Two hours into the conversation, the real question emerged: “but what about the suffering of the innocent children”? My friend and I were basking in the sunlight streaming into our favorite coffee shop, and he had been relating his recent spiritual journey. The atheism he had embraced some 8 years earlier was wearing thin. HeContinue reading “Not Logic but Love”
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Randy Thompson: “Hallowed Be Thy Name”: What Are We Saying?
“Hallowed Be Thy Name”: What Are We Saying? By Randy Thompson The Lord’s Prayer is not complicated or long. We pray it out of habit, which is good because the Lord taught us to pray this prayer. But, our familiarity with the prayer encourages us to think we understand it better than we do. OurContinue reading “Randy Thompson: “Hallowed Be Thy Name”: What Are We Saying?”
Another Look: Our Relational God
Another Look: Our Relational God This Sunday upcoming is Trinity Sunday, the day that bridges the two main divisions of the Church Year. We have been walking through the life of Jesus from Advent to Pentecost since last November. Now, we begin the days of “Ordinary Time,” when we live out the faith daily asContinue reading “Another Look: Our Relational God”
Tuesday with Michael Spencer: The God of Job’s Complaints
Tuesday with Michael Spencer The God of Job’s Complaints (2008) Job 10 ‘I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me. Does it seem good toContinue reading “Tuesday with Michael Spencer: The God of Job’s Complaints”
On Conspiracy Theories as Gnosticism
Conspiracy theories are a lot like Gnosticism. They claim that only an enlightened few know what is actually going on in the world and what almost everyone else knows is a lie; that the knowledge available to the average person on the street is unreliable The true believer who spreads these conspiracies is like theContinue reading “On Conspiracy Theories as Gnosticism”
Richard Beck on God’s Power
Richard Beck on God’s Power From God’s Omnipotence: Part 6, Beyond a Marvel Imagination of Power …[W]hen we speak of God being “all powerful” we should not think of God being the Biggest Power within the universe. God isn’t a superpower. If I could wade into some nerdy waters, an illustration from the Marvel comicContinue reading “Richard Beck on God’s Power”
Wednesday with Michael Spencer: “That’s my trash can in the corner, and what you’re smelling is what I finally threw out.”
Wednesday with Michael Spencer That’s my trash can in the corner, and what you’re smelling is what I finally threw out. (2009) I believe what Christians believe. It’s what my life is founded on. My Christian faith is like a map. It tells me where I am, who I am, where I’ve been, where I’mContinue reading “Wednesday with Michael Spencer: “That’s my trash can in the corner, and what you’re smelling is what I finally threw out.””
Another Look: Surd Evil, Serpents, and the Cosmic Battle
Note from CM: I expressed some of the most important developments in my thinking about creation and life in this world in this post back in 2010. I continue to find it relevant, and never more than in these days through which we are living. • • • Another Look: SURD EVIL, SERPENTS, AND THEContinue reading “Another Look: Surd Evil, Serpents, and the Cosmic Battle”
Is God saying something to us?
Seen on Facebook this week: • Hear it again: “God allows trials to come our way to get our relationship back in tune with Him in order to keep us from eternal calamity.” Is that what God is saying to us in these challenging days? Is a text from 2 Chronicles a word from heavenContinue reading “Is God saying something to us?”
Another Look: Are We More Gracious than God?
Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. • 1 Peter 4:8, NRSV Love…keeps no record of being wronged. • 1 Corinthians 13:5, NLT • • • This is not meant as a formal theological analysis of the meaning of the atonement. It’s more like street-level questioning ofContinue reading “Another Look: Are We More Gracious than God?”
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