Fritz a wonderful lesson – and esp. reading has a flow I found encompassing. If only …….. yes we can…
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Lesson 25: How Does God Operate Through People? Part 3
Read MORE: Lesson 25: How Does God Operate Through People? Part 3Both Bob from Italy and Lupe from Bolivia move us to acting for God as service rather than servanthood. Bob speaks of co-operation and individual acts of mercy, such as feeding the hungry neighbor. Some theologians believe we should make…
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Lesson 24: How Does God Operate Through People? Part 2
Read MORE: Lesson 24: How Does God Operate Through People? Part 2Last week I noted that just about every major character who acts for God in the Old Testament is called “God’s Servant”. I suggested Isaiah’s four servant hymns offer the best definition of what that means: God’s servant works for…
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Lesson 23: How Does God Operate in People?
Read MORE: Lesson 23: How Does God Operate in People?Lupe from Bolivia in the Lesson 20 comments wrote: “The grain of sand has no notion of the beach, the drop of water has no notion of the ocean. They are, for a certain period of time, and so are…
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Lesson 22: How Does God Operate in Natural Events
Read MORE: Lesson 22: How Does God Operate in Natural EventsLet me add another thought before we move on. We used to see meaning in nature and even thought we could discern natural laws which taught ethical principles. So it made sense that we could ask questions such as “How…
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Lesson 21: How Does God Operate in this World (Part 3)
Read MORE: Lesson 21: How Does God Operate in this World (Part 3)Bob and Myron were discussing which option is more an impediment to Christian faith: 1) God only rarely intervenes in the natural world or 2) God can not or elects not to intervene at all. Both indicated neither option is…
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Lesson 20: How Does God Operate in this World (Part 2)
Read MORE: Lesson 20: How Does God Operate in this World (Part 2)Bob offered a pretty thorough list of answers to our question and then refutations of each. There are certainly passages throughout the Bible describing God’s participation in natural events. However, Jesus, our ultimate standard, agrees with our readers who refuse…
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Lesson 19: How Does God Operate in this World?
Read MORE: Lesson 19: How Does God Operate in this World?We say God is invisible, but claim he is a person. We do not use empirical science to study God, yet speak of his presence in our world. Many, such as Luther, write God is hidden in our world; however…
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Lesson 18: What Does God Look Like?
Read MORE: Lesson 18: What Does God Look Like?When the senior suggested we discuss “What does God look like? What did Jesus look like?” at our next meeting, my first thought was, “This is silly” Then I realized the question probably hid some much deeper concerns. I sent…
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Lesson 17: The Last Days
Read MORE: Lesson 17: The Last DaysLet’s change plans. Juan’s questions, Bob’s observation, and e-mailers’ inquiries reveal people have questions about “The Last Days” Let me make a few short observations in hopes you will respond with your ideas. Juan asks how we discern the “prophetic”…
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Lesson 16: The Last Days
Read MORE: Lesson 16: The Last DaysI am simply going to use the discussions of our high school reading group during January and February. Once a month my wife, our youth minister, and I meet with 25 to 30 ninth to twelfth graders. We begin with…
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So forgiveness pre-requires understanding the mistakes of the past? here hear re this opposing this me-first, America-first, white-first, male-first approach>…
An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!