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Our narrow view of atonement and the gospels
Wright notes that the four gospels have very little to say about the topic of atonement. No one is talking about “going to heaven.”
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Losing sight of the power of the cross
We have paganized our view of how salvation happens.
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Sin
Israel had been called for a purpose. That purpose wasn’t about keeping a list of rules. It wasn’t about “going to heaven.”
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Are we asking the wrong questions?
Our view of God in Western Christianity is, quite frankly, too small.
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Can we recapture “evangelical”
A term that will take a beating.
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Right thinking
This is a time where right thinking is more important than ever.
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Life after Life after Death
We have life after life after death.
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The anger of Jesus
I have walked slowly through Mark 1-4 the past few days… over and over. There is a story of a man with a withered hand (Mark 3:1-6). The religious leaders are all standing around seeing if Jesus would dare to heal a man on … horrors! … the Sabbath. 5 And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart,…
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What made the religious leaders angry?
I am not very good at goal setting when it comes to Scripture reading schedules. This should be a week when I am on Luke for the second time… or maybe Matthew for the third time… and I’m in Matthew 9 the “second” time around. But, what’s my hurry? As I read through Jesus’ actions and the anger of the…
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The place of doubt
We need to have room for doubt, and be willing to TEST what is true.
Category: Theology
