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
Tag: Christian lifestyle
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Lesson 12: Reasons for Reading Revelation (Part 1)
Read MORE: Lesson 12: Reasons for Reading Revelation (Part 1)For approximately half of my life, I thought we all would be better off if the Church had never included Revelation in the Bible. Then a friend, who became ill, asked me to teach his seminary course. Although he had…
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Lesson 13: Do Nothing from Prestige Alone
Read MORE: Lesson 13: Do Nothing from Prestige AloneI was amused when I looked up the origin of “prestige.” Apparently it goes back to a French word for a conjuror’s tricks or illusions. And in some sense, all prestige has an element of deception about it. None of…
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Lesson 11: Community – Love
Read MORE: Lesson 11: Community – LoveLet me build on the very, very fine discussion taking place in “Comments”. Juan laid the foundation observing that our lifestyle gives witness to the God of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Bob suggested that lifestyle is necessarily divided into worship and…
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Lesson 10: Tradition – Faith
Read MORE: Lesson 10: Tradition – FaithI failed in coaxing more readers to make comments. However, I received more rave reviews for the three that did than in any previous week. So I am going to proceed as planned, begin building a lifestyle with hopes that…
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Lesson 9: A Christian Lifestyle
Read MORE: Lesson 9: A Christian LifestyleNow we are at the hard part. It is easy to criticize the Christian lifestyle of others. It is much harder to draw up one for ourselves. A lifestyle is the description of the way we live. Whether we are…
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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.