Category: Theology
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The Maternal-ness of God
“Is God a man or a woman?” my nephew asked. He was only three. He was looking for categories. We need categories. God made us that way. We don’t just need order. We crave order. However. God is not a man God is not a woman. But, He became a man. That was born of…
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Will There Be Sports in Heaven?
“Will we get to play sports in heaven?” The first time I heard the question asked was in a Bible class in the eight grade. The boy that asked it was being serious. Basketball was his life. He wanted to go pro one day. Our teacher was from Nigeria. He had had a much different life…
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Living in Reality
Today a large portion of the Christian world is celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Orthodox Christians use a different church calendar than Roman Catholics and Protestants. They also speak about the resurrection a bit differently too. Orthodox Christians have many traditions and ceremonies surrounding the celebration of the resurrection of Christ that are different from…
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Jesus Love Me, This I Know
Jesus loves me, this I know For the Bible tells me so. A lyric of a children’s song. A lyric that Karl Barth said summarized his whole life’s work in theology. Jesus loves me… How do we know? Reason? Answered prayers? Unanswered prayers? Church traditions? Jesus loves me, this I know For the Bible tells me so.
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Revisiting Feminism and the Bible’s View of Women
About a year ago, I got into a discussion with a Christian blogger about the term feminist. I told him that I didn’t think any Christian should call themselves a feminist. I told him that another word was needed if any real impact in the area of equality was to be achieved in American evangelical…