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Tag: Christian Hope
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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 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 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 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 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 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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An Advent Vision of Hope
Read MORE: An Advent Vision of HopeThe following is a sermon I proclaimed on the Second Sunday in Advent. The lesson was Isaiah 11: 1-10. I hoped it would speak to the present situation in the Christian community. Advent is special this year. We are all…
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Lesson 5: Hope
Read MORE: Lesson 5: HopeHope, the third theological virtue, is based on God’s promise to make all right in the future. I am suggesting it has a practical side-affect that is helpful in overcoming personal suffering. Hope gives us confidence that God is working…
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Lesson 4: Three Christian Ways
Read MORE: Lesson 4: Three Christian WaysI have been using 2000 year-old biblical language to lay our groundwork. Bob reminds us we often must translate this into contemporary concepts by noting that science teaches us natural diasters are not “evil.” Lupe suggests more helpful biblical language…
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Lesson 2: Overcoming Suffering
Read MORE: Lesson 2: Overcoming SufferingThe course will look at some of the components of Practical Christianity, sometimes described as the art of Christian living. It will begin examining how Christianity offers a way to overcome suffering, whether this is from natural disaster, social injustice,…
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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!