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 11: An Urban Paradise
Read MORE: Lesson 11: An Urban ParadiseIf Isaiah’s Peaceable Kingdom is the most fleshed out picture of salvation in the Old Testament, certainly John’s New Jerusalem in Revelation 21 and 22 is the New Testament’s. The latter offers much the same promises as the former but…
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Lesson 12: Christmas Story as Salvation
Read MORE: Lesson 12: Christmas Story as SalvationI think “The Peaceable Kingdom” and “The New Jerusalem” might be the only detailed pictures of salvation in the Bible. Most of our conceptions have been pieced together from short illustrations. The Christmas Story is a perfect example. Matthew’s and…
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Lesson 13: Salvation as a Wedding Feast
Read MORE: Lesson 13: Salvation as a Wedding FeastAlthough Jesus did not offer a comprehensive picture of salvation, he often referred to it as a dinner. Quite a few times his parables proclaimed the Kingdom of God is something like a meal or a banquet. Almost all his…
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Lesson 14: Challenges
Read MORE: Lesson 14: ChallengesA couple of my face- to- face fall classes used Kristen Largen’s What Christians Can Learn from Buddhism: Rethinking Salvation. In her last chapter she suggests four challenges Buddhism offers to our popular Christian picture of salvation. In many ways,…
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Lesson 15: Summary of Salvation
Read MORE: Lesson 15: Summary of SalvationLooking back over all the biblical pictures of salvation, you find many similarities. For one, they are primarily about healing what is rather than escaping from this world. They reflect our craving for something better than our society’s suffering. In…
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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.