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 1: Faith, Hope, and Love
Read MORE: Lesson 1: Faith, Hope, and LoveFor two thousand years theologians have used the words “faith, hope, and love” to summarize the Christian message. It all began with Paul who said in Colossians 1: 4-6 that the triad is the “Gospel” and the “Word of Truth”.…
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Lesson 2: Past, Present, and Future
Read MORE: Lesson 2: Past, Present, and FutureLast week I tried to make the case for faith, hope, and love being a very careful choice for summarizing the Christian life. I’d like to take a few weeks to examine the features that make the triad so important.…
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Lesson 3: Dynamic Interaction
Read MORE: Lesson 3: Dynamic InteractionBob has entered the discussion again with his usual critical thought, forcing me to clarify my ideas. He wrote, “I think there is a strong argument that faith, hope, and love endure as constant beacons for the Christian life. Yet…
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Lesson 4: Faith and Technology
Read MORE: Lesson 4: Faith and TechnologyBob wrote, “How rarely we start with the admonition ‘in all we do and say about this let us always keep the beacons of faith, hope, and love before us to guide us.’ We seem rather to be driven primarily…
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Lesson 5: Faith 1
Read MORE: Lesson 5: Faith 1Biblical faith is best defined as trust. To have faith does not mean simply believing God exists or accepting some teaching about him. It is to trust God’s promises. So when Jesus wonders out loud in Luke 18: 8, “When…
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Lesson 6: Faith 2
Read MORE: Lesson 6: Faith 2I closed last week’s post with the question, “What does faith in God involve? What do we trust God to do for us?” None of the responses I received believed faith in God involved expecting God to grant personal requests.…
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Lesson 7: Faith – Story and Promise
Read MORE: Lesson 7: Faith – Story and PromiseLet me say more about story and promise. It can be said that the Bible contains God’s story. We are not talking about theological statements, laws or even history. As the Augsburg Confession XX says, faith is not merely knowledge…
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Lesson 8: Faith – Biblical Support
Read MORE: Lesson 8: Faith – Biblical SupportLet me list the points our discussion has made so far: Faith is trusting God. It includes trusting also the goodness of his creation. That means we must trust God’s love in spite of what we observe humans doing to…
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Lesson 9: Faith 5
Read MORE: Lesson 9: Faith 5At the heart of Christianity is, of course, faith in Christ Jesus. John says this means Jesus is the logos, the design, or the explanation of the world. If Jesus is the first thing God created, he becomes the pattern…
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Lesson 10: Hope 1
Read MORE: Lesson 10: Hope 1Let’s take a look at “hope” as we continue our study of the triad used to describe the Christian life. For what do we hope? A quick word search finds the object of Christian hope is usually our own resurrections…
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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.