Can Theology Be an Idol?
One of my favorite classes in seminary was Christology. It was the systematic biblical study of the person of Jesus Christ (that’s a mouthful!). By collecting and summarizing passages of the Bible, we learned a...
Come to Me All You Who are Angry
Sketch drawn from a photograph in the Associated Press. A woman in the crowd lowers her mask to wail when she hears the grand jury decision regarding the death of Breonna Taylor.
Why God Is Not in Control
In Christ, we find a God who deliberately gave up power to control everything in order to save the world through sacrificial love.
God, Guns, & Gen Z
Trusting God while attempting to ignore reality — gun violence, climate change, child poverty — has been a growing pattern for our legislators, especially lately.
When Prayer Feels Both Normal and Crazy at the Same Time
JULY 22, 2014 | BY: FRANK SCHAEFFER -- Why does prayer feel both right and normal to me and crazy, too? The best I can do is offer this...
Are You Bold As Love?
MAY 31, 2014 | BY: STEPHEN JARNICK -- From a very young age music has played a major role in my spiritual development. To be honest, singing...
What do we mean when we say, "God is in Control"?
MAY 15, 2014 | BY: TANIA HARRIS -- God is in control. It’s a phrase we use often, mostly as an easy slogan when something goes wrong...
Beautiful Minds: Newton and Einstein Think About Gravity and God
APRIL 11, 2014 | BY: STEPHEN JARNICK -- Einstein had a totally new way of looking at physics, and it challenged many things science...
Gay Marriage, World Vision and a Unified Church?
APRIL 2, 2014 | BY: JON HUCKINS -- It has been a tough go for the Church in the United States over the past couple months...
Honest to God, ourselves and others – PART TWO: how Russian Dolls, Noesis and Experience encourage an honest theology
MAR 7, 2014 | BY: MAL GREEN -- Rather than appealing only to some body of theological evidence or weight of ecclesiastical, academic...