The following is actually a comment attached to my April 5 concluding post on Quakerism. I think it is important enough to pull it out and include it as a separate post. Thanks eriu49 for sending it. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am very interested in your thoughts about Quakerism. I have been attending Meeting since 1995 and find [...]
Archive for the ‘Theology’ Category
Quakers and the Sacraments…
Posted in Christianity, Quakers, Theology on April 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Lutheran Pastor’s view of good works and Martin Luther’s words
Posted in Christianity, Theology on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lutheran’s attachment to the phrase Sola Fida (By Faith Alone) as the foundation of their beliefs sometimes earns them the banner of being very weak in good works. I believe it to be generally true that many Lutherans (in all their synods) shy away from the concept of good works for fear that others will [...]
Plan “B”?
Posted in A Question for Discussion, Christianity, Theology on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is going to be one of those difficult and probably controversial posts. Is Jesus Plan “B” whereas Adam was Plan “A” that failed? In other words did God really plan on Adam being the benevolent seed of mankind and when that didn’t happen he changed gears and came Himself (via Jesus) to do the [...]
Some interesting discussions…
Posted in Christianity, Theology, tagged civil discussions, Kingdom People on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a quick post to tell you about a very interesting discussion happening on one of the blogs I frequent ( Kingdom People by Trevin Wax). The URL below is a very good post and comments about the basic differences between Evangelicals and the Roman Catholic Church. I take heart that two people with opposing views can discuss these [...]
Cheap Grace is VERY Expensive!!
Posted in Christianity, Theology, Worldview, tagged Bonhoeffer, Grace on October 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The term Cheap Grace was originally found in a book by Dietrich Bonhoeffer entitled The Cost of Discipleship. Bonheoffer was a Lutheran pastor and theologian in Germany during Hitler’s rise to power. He was hung by the SS as a traitor in 1945 as he rejected Hitler’s rule. To get started let’s look at the [...]
The Varying Theological Views of Justification
Posted in Christianity, Theology on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is an awfully theological sounding title and is not typical of what I do on this blog. But as a result of the previous post I just wanted to study a little more on this justification issue. In particular I will be looking at how the major dominations differ in their views of justification. [...]
Justification?…
Posted in Christianity, Personal Testimony, Red Letters, Theology, tagged Justification on September 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This post will be the last and the most difficult post for me in this series on personal reflections in my walk with Christ. Justification is an issue that I personally have troubles with. What is the theological definition of justification: a forensic term, opposed to condemnation. As regards its nature, it is the judicial [...]
What is the meaning of life? – Part 2
Posted in Christianity, Theology, Worldview, tagged American Dream, Christianity on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We humans are constantly on the epic journey to find the meaning of life. It drives some of us quite crazy. Let’s look at some of the idols we Americans frequently put in place in our lives: We must have a bigger and bigger home to make our life meaningful — I must admit that [...]
Taking America back for God — Part 2
Posted in Christianity, Politics, Red Letters, Theology, Worldview, tagged Gregory Boyd, Nationalism, Politics, Principles, Yoder on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last time I pointed out a couple of reasons why I believe that the phrase Taking America back for God to be erroneous statement. This time I will expand my thoughts on this topic and talk about allegiances. Does God recognize governments and give some more blessings than others? — Except for Israel of course [...]
Taking America back for God
Posted in Christianity, Historical, Theology, Worldview, tagged genocide, political solution, theocarary on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The title of this series of posts is a popular mantra for a fringe wing of one of our political parties in the United States but is it really true in reality?? I am going to break down my opinions of this topic in next three postings on this blog. Using the word “back” implies that the [...]
Election/Predestination
Posted in Theology, Worldview, tagged free will, predestination on July 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We just finished an adult Bible study series at my church on election/predestination today. Boy, was that an interesting one! We certainly don’t shy away from the difficult topics. That is one of the things I like best about my pastor. It turns out that my pastor and I are pretty much aligned on this [...]
Jesus and the sword
Posted in Christianity, Red Letters, Theology on June 25, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I had an interesting Sunday Bible study recently where we covered Romans 13. Of course since this is probably the most debated text in the New Testament it was a lively discussion. I have to hand it to my pastor, he allow a free flow of diverse discussions. I will only cover one topic from [...]
The Kingdom of God Study 1
Posted in Christianity, Historical, Theology on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jesus spoke about the kingdom of God more frequently than any other topic, and it pervades all his actions as well. He mentioned the kingdom of God more than 70 times in the Gospel texts and it is mentioned by his disciples more than 30 times. Since I haven’t done so yet I thought I [...]
Kingdom People Blog Post.
Posted in Christianity, Theology on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am making a rare Saturday post to give attention to Trevin Wax’s blog posting for today. Go to http://trevinwax.com/2009/03/21/how-scholarship-shields-us-from-the-bible/ . It gives credence to my belief that today’s Christians are generally not doing a very good job of understanding what Jesus says in the Gospels. It looks like this was also not uncommon a hundred [...]
