Theology
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“God saves in ways past finding out, with a persistence and wisdom exceeding anything we can or will understand.” — Eugene Peterson, Reversed Thunder Read more
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From N.T. Wright’s new book, The Challenge of Acts: When we put chapter 2 together, then, we find that the ancient promises about God filling the whole creation with his wisdom and glory have become focused on Jesus and his followers. The small sketch of the church in verse 42 functions eschatologically: Jesus’ followers become… Read more
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It was 1933 and the German national church was almost entirely on board with Nazi propaganda. Over 90 percent of the student body in the theology department at the university in Berlin had joined the National Socialist Party. Read more
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I am not a sociologist and I offer this only as an illustration. When we don’t understand the deepest motives of our actions, the actions we think are “righteous” will die a quick death. Read more
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Walking my way through Marsh’s biography on Bonhoeffer, there is a time in New York where Bonhoeffer attends Union Seminary for a year. He also encounters Reinhold Niebuhr. He leaves after a year of study at Union frustrated because he found their theological approach too weak. Read more
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This morning I was meditating on spiritual heritage. Two things I am thankful for this morning: For these two things I am deeply grateful. Read more
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The gospel of Jesus Christ is more political than anyone imagines, but in a way that no one guesses… The political metaphor, “kingdom,” insists on a gospel that includes everything and everyone under the rule of God. God is no religious glow to warm a dark night. Christ is no esoteric truth with which to… Read more
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The God in whom we believe is the creator of the world, and he will one day put this world to rights… That solid belief is the bedrock of all Christian faith. God is not going to abolish the universe of space, time, and matter; he is going to renew it, to restore it, to… Read more
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Anxiety is up. Frustration is high. Anger boils over. AI will take over the world. “I, Robot” was right all along. Read more
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The final chapters in the book, Jesus and the Powers, are a struggle for me. Chapter 7 is the struggle. Chapter 8 is the summary. The fact of the matter, for Wright and Bird, is that government of some form is necessary. I can’t disagree. For all the shouting people do about corrupt government (on… Read more
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