Heaven
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NT Wright’s writing on heaven is one of the fundamental turns in my own theological journey. The reality of heaven and God’s reign exploded in my life because I had grown up in a “rapture ready” type of mentality. Read more
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I’ve spent this morning contemplating Hebrews 11… and faith… and I find myself overwhelmed by the presence of the Spirit. It has sustained me for hours. Read more
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If I could get every American conservative Christian to read Surprised by Hope, it would be mandatory reading. Wright forces my thinking away from what I thought was the ultimate question: Who is going to heaven or hell? (And, did God send them there or did humans choose?) Maybe we’re asking wrong questions, and this… Read more
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“What do I do to inherit eternal life?” (Mark 10:17) We want the “ultimate answers” settled without looking right in front of us. If we’d look right in front of us we’d find the answers to our “ultimate” questions. And we’d find those “ultimate” questions less vital. Read more
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Spiritual giants are in transition. Dallas Willard a few years ago. Today, Eugene Peterson. Read more
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God doesn’t forget the ones who gave their all. Read more
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“The power of the gospel lies not in the offer of a new spirituality or religious experience, not in the threat of hellfire (certainly not in the threat of being “left behind”), which can be removed if only the hearer checks the box, says this prayer, raises a hand, or whatever, but in the powerful… Read more
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News Flash My earlier comments regarding Bill Buckley and Larry Norman were not meant as affirmations or denials of their place, or lack thereof, in heaven. Bill Buckley being a conservative, or Larry Norman being a Christian rock star, is not the proof offered of their place in heaven. Their eternal condition was not really… Read more
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