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>…
Weekly lessons in theology and public life • Since 2011
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Lesson 8: Faith
Read MORE: Lesson 8: FaithOne way to read the Enlightenment Project is to see it placing decision making in the hands of individual persons rather than established authorities. Integral to this is investing power in knowledge tested against reality and experience instead of laws…
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Lesson 9: Faith (Part 2)
Read MORE: Lesson 9: Faith (Part 2)Last week I described faith as trusting the God found in the common story proclaimed by the Christian community. I boiled down that Gospel to God’s promise to be active in history, rescuing the creation from self-destruction and especially, humanity…
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Lesson 11: Hope (Part 2)
Read MORE: Lesson 11: Hope (Part 2)Last week, I critiqued the picture of the Technium that one of the main characters in Dan Brown’s latest novel, Origin, predicts will begin in 2050. The Technium would be the perfect setting for a post-truth age. There is no…
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Lesson 12: Christian Hope (1)
Read MORE: Lesson 12: Christian Hope (1)The visions of the future associated with Christian hope are quite different than those of technology. Like every proclamation of the Gospel, they call believers to loving action in the present time. The two technological visions that Franz and I…
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Lesson 13: The Peaceable Kingdom
Read MORE: Lesson 13: The Peaceable KingdomChristian hope is based on God’s promises about his future actions. The resulting visions inspire our loving actions in the present. Isaiah’s beautiful picture of the Peaceable Kingdom serves as the model for the first vision. Its promise addresses one…
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Lesson 14: The Just Society
Read MORE: Lesson 14: The Just SocietyThe Just Society is the second vision on which our hope is built. In it, God promises he will bring the day when all people will treat one another fairly. The promise goes beyond fairness, however. It involves a distributive…
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Lesson 15: The Beloved Community
Read MORE: Lesson 15: The Beloved CommunityI have been trying to show that our visions of the future impact the way we live in the present. The responses I have been receiving reflect the discussion that has taken place ever since the first century. They range…
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Lesson 16: Hopes and Fears
Read MORE: Lesson 16: Hopes and FearsPeople are really worrying about the future. That’s what I found in all my classes from the high school, the young adults, the three more mature, and the online ones. When we discussed hope, all spoke in one way or…
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Lesson 17: Techno-Utopian-Drift
Read MORE: Lesson 17: Techno-Utopian-DriftFranz and I intentionally used the term “vision of the future” for hope’s promise. Nonetheless, my discussion groups frequently characterized it as utopian. An online conversation with Paul about what he calls techno-utopian-drift, or TUD, convinced me to examine further…
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Lesson 18: Christian Love
Read MORE: Lesson 18: Christian LoveThe seventh chapter of Faith, Hope, and Love in the Technological Society maintains that Christianity is all about God’s love overcoming the violence of this world and that everything else is commentary. It also asserts we are already in a…
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An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!
yes we need to forgive our leaders yet make sure they do the right thing – which they aren’t.