Fritz a wonderful lesson – and esp. reading has a flow I found encompassing. If only …….. yes we can…
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Tag: Christian Love As Compassion
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Lesson 11: Love in a Theology of the Cross (Compassion)
Read MORE: Lesson 11: Love in a Theology of the Cross (Compassion)Lupe has prompted me to make clear that I do not mean to advocate 16th century concepts. When I refer to Martin Luther’s theology of the cross helping me understand the problems of the contemporary church, I don’t mean much…
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Lesson 22: The Passion Story
Read MORE: Lesson 22: The Passion StoryThe Gospel of John changes the love command from “love your neighbor as you love yourself” to “love your friends as Jesus loved you.” When John has Jesus put it this way at the Last Supper, he immediately makes the…
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Lesson 20: Modern Charity
Read MORE: Lesson 20: Modern CharityLast week, I examined the basic Christian message or Gospel that proceeds from the statement “God is love.” Perhaps trying to be too clever, I suggested everything else is commentary. My intention was simply to make clear that this message…
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Lesson 19: Christian Love (part 2)
Read MORE: Lesson 19: Christian Love (part 2)When I first tried to summarize the chapter on love last week, I wrote, “The seventh chapter of the book maintains that Christianity is all about love overcoming the violence of this world and that everything else is commentary.” I…
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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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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!