Imagine you are a Hebrew living in the 2nd century BCE in Israel. You are currently under occupation by a foreign nation. The remnants of the former Greek empire had invaded the land of your forefathers a century earlier. Judaism was eventually outlawed, and an alter was erected in your temple to the Greek godRead more
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Asking questions, Bible, God in the questions, Spiritual journey, Stories | 0 comment | 25 December, 2022 | 8
Asking questions, Authentic Christianity, Bible, Biblical violence, Evangelicalism, Evolving faith, Following Jesus, Forgiveness, God in the face of Jesus, God in the questions, God who risks, Jesus, Learning and growing, Power & authority, Risk theology, Roman crucifixion, Sacrifice, Servant project, Stories | 0 comment | 30 June, 2022 | 11
I hope you have enjoyed the series on the atonement so far. In this final post, I want to answer some of the most difficult questions about the atonement that have come up in my journey over the last twenty years. Some of them came up while listening to sermons at church, some while doingRead more
Authentic Christianity, Christian hope, Following Jesus, God in the questions, Jesus, Learning and growing, Power & authority, Sacrifice, Servant project | 0 comment | 28 December, 2021 | 9
Happy New Year everyone! If you’re looking for something to read and have not read some of this year’s blog titles I’ve published, they are listed in chronological order below. The links are embedded in the titles so just click on a title to read the article. 1. Happy New Year! A lookRead more
Asking questions, Authentic Christianity, Christian hope, Following Jesus, God in the questions, Learning and growing, Spiritual journey | 0 comment | 28 July, 2021 | 3
You remain a Christian. You’ve just changed. Perhaps your framework for understanding the Christian faith has changed. Perhaps your understanding and interpretations of various Bible topics and passages have changed. Perhaps some of your spiritual habits have changed. I too have changed. My understanding of my faith in Jesus has changed. To be clear, IRead more
What might it have been like for the eleven remaining disciples on the Sabbath day following the death of Jesus? Close your eyes and imagine you are one of the eleven. You’re attempting to put the pieces together as you try to understand why Jesus had to die. Take a deep breath. Now open them.Read more
Loss of vision One of the greatest challenges of suffering in our world is not just the existence of suffering but in how to deal with it. So many of our attempts at avoiding or eliminating personal suffering is not simply because of the pain involved but the crippling ability of suffering to wipe outRead more
Asking questions, Evolving faith, God in the questions, Learning and growing | 0 comment | 19 November, 2019 | 4
BOOK REVIEW Peter Enn’s book The Sin of Certainty: Why God desires our trust more than our correct beliefs has become a new favorite of mine. In it, Enns confronts the faulty but popular assumption that in order for faith to be true faith, a Christian must maintain clear and unequivocal theological certainty. In other words,Read more
Evolving faith In order for our faith to survive, it must be willing and flexible enough to adapt to change. No matter where we find ourselves at in whatever time in history we live, change is an inevitable part of the human experience. For the late Rachel Held Evans, acclaimed Christian author of Evolving inRead more
