I've been thinking about God and how God can be known in the world, in His creation, in how God orders and sustains the universe.
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Might this mean that some who think they are doing theology, aren't? - not really doing it unless it's true Scripture-mining that is led and enabled by God's Spirit.
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"Theology is nothing more than the Holy Spirit making His way through our brains, as the Scriptures make their way through our hearts."
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I read articles (such as the following) about the wonder that is quantum physics, as through comtemporary scientific observation, discovery and theory we try to comprehend it.
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This, in sermon form, is an attempt to catch some insight into the Christian doctrine of 'the Trinity.'
Of Shamrocks and Things
John 14:1- 14
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Anyone can lose faith, in God or in anything or in anyone that appears to let us down, or not be there, or goes away. Faith is born out of the crucible of doubt, wrote Victor Hugo.
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"All we can give back and all God wants from any of us," writes Richard Rohr in his book, Falling Upwards: A Spirituality for the Two Halfs of Life, "is to humbly and proudly return the pr
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“For too long we’ve read Scripture with 19th Century eyes and 16th Century questions. It’s time we get back to reading the Scripture with 1st Century eyes and with 21st Century questions.” N.T.
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Asking where You are, Lord, wondering where You’ve been, is like standing in a hurricane, trying to find the wind.
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Jesus is the Messiah and He is Lord.
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I suppose there are some obvious ways of hiding God's Word within our hearts, as did the Psalmist. I would think it has to do with:
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How to share faith when one is among clans and tribes - and not mere 'individuals?'
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1. The Issue of Guilt –In the day you eat thereof, you shall surely die . . .
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The effects of the Fall are reflected in the way people sin or show the ‘curse’ in their lives. This is reflected in at least three ways (cf. Genesis 3): You shall surely die.
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This display at a Fall Fair reminded me, contrary to the similarities of mass production, of the uniqueness of each one of us, fashioned by the Creator who not only knew us but loved us, uniquely -
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I put out the following - not sure that I believe or endorse it, but because I want to consider it awhile; these thoughts and their implications for understanding, truthfulness, clarity, pati
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'How do we penetrate society with the message and praxis of the Gospel - in a Community that is both sign and witness of Kingdom coming?' - and: 'Are there times when the church,
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Sure, I know it's later - by say, ahem at least 10 years or so . . .
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