Apprentice 2 Jesus

Theology

  • Why the Church

    This reflection from Alister McGrath gives good insight into the importance of the Church. We have our imperfections. We have our deep flaws. We also have the ability to reflect the astonishing beauty of our Savior. We must know the HEAD of the Church loves the BODY.  I began to see the church as a place… Read more

  • That which we do not know

    One thing I admire about C.S. Lewis is his full candor when dealing with skeptics. He won’t tolerate “bumper sticker” answers from anyone, but especially those who do not believe and ridicules those who do. In his chapter on heaven in Mere Christianity, he wrote this: There is no need to be worried by facetious people who try to… Read more

  • Kingdom power is NOT about this world’s power

    We keep refusing to understand the kingdoms of this world in an unredeemed state don’t operate under what we want to have as “true morality.” I got another email about some legislation where we need to “pray this doesn’t pass.” I understand that, but to try and force a world power to act like the… Read more

  • Christ has died, Christ has risen

    “The central Christian belief is that Christ’s death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start. Theories as to how it did this are another matter. A good many different theories have been held as to how it works; what all Christians are agreed on is that it does work.… Read more

  • Christianity isn’t about a search for comfort

    “Of course, I quite agree that the Christian religion is, in the long run, a thing of unspeakable comfort. But it does not begin in comfort; it begins in the dismay I have been describing, and it is no use at all trying to go on to that comfort without first going through that dismay.… Read more

  • The paralysis of politics has made the Church pathetic instead of PROPHETIC

    Please do yourself a favor and listen to a repeat of this live stream. I couldn’t fast forward through it, so it was necessary to listen carefully all the way through as evangelical/conservative leaders talked about race, racism, and justice. The very first comments from a conservative black pastor caught me. He asked someone who… Read more

  • Worm theology

    I am working through the new devotional called “Live Dead Joy” by missionary Dick Brogden. “Live Dead” is a missions effort to put missions teams in the hardest, most unreached parts of the world. It is a radical call to missions and as such, Dick Brogden is a very driven man. I admire him greatly.… Read more

  • I don’t understand… and I WANT to understand

    Ferguson, MO is blowing up again. No indictment for the white cop who shot and killed a young unarmed black man. As someone white, I can look at the evidence as it comes out and “analyze” it. But the problem is obviously deeper. I want to acknowledge that. I don’t understand enough. And I want… Read more

  • Theology of Joy

    Wonderful discussion between NT Wright and Miroslav Volf. Read more

  • Gospel definitions

    I am in the first pages of Michael Bird’s Evangelical Theology. He opens early on with definitions of gospel because all theology must be rooted in gospel. He uses N.T. Wright: The gospel is the royal announcement that the crucified and risen Jesus, who died for our sins and rose again according to the Scriptures,… Read more