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Lesson 7: Rethinking Truth
Read MORE: Lesson 7: Rethinking TruthWe are looking at Jesus’ observation that those who want to follow him have to repent. Becoming a disciple entails rethinking the way you’ve been living. This series explores various ways we can rethink what’s going on around us. Certainly,…
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Love Like Jesus
Read MORE: Love Like Jesusfrom John 13: 1-17, 21b-35 Very early in my ministry, I learned that many people have great trouble with the kind of confession we used tonight. They reported that when they were teenagers, facing all sorts of questions about self-worth…
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Lesson 6: Repentance and the Economy
Read MORE: Lesson 6: Repentance and the EconomyPeople on both sides of the political spectrum are calling for a rethink of our economy. Those on the right believe we have been drawn more and more into a socialism in which freeloaders milk the system. In many ways,…
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Lesson 5: Repentance and Just War
Read MORE: Lesson 5: Repentance and Just WarThe fundamental ethical principle is “Do not kill.” It addresses the fundamental human problem: the disagreement between two individuals. All morality is the conversation that follows. Just War Theory is one part of that conversation. Some participants insist that “do…
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Lesson 4: Repentance and Confession
Read MORE: Lesson 4: Repentance and ConfessionWe have a hard time with confession these days. Traditionally, it served as the first step in repentance, acknowledging our failure to fully live according to the Gospel. Both John the Baptist and Jesus called people to repentance. The gospels…
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Lesson 3: Repentance and War
Read MORE: Lesson 3: Repentance and WarI found this so important, I decided to send it on in this lesson. An outlandish hope by Roy Howard In our Sunday School class, we are exploring the work of theologian Stanley Hauerwas, through a small collection of his…
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Lesson 2: Rethinking Values
Read MORE: Lesson 2: Rethinking ValuesI decided to write on the need for repentance when reading Jacques Ellul’s Theology and Technique. The statement that stopped me short was, “The principles, values, and morals taught to children are in contradiction to what is demanded of adults.”…
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Lesson 1: To Rethink
Read MORE: Lesson 1: To RethinkOne of the best sermons I ever heard was delivered by H. Richard Niebuhr when I entered divinity school. I can still see and hear him musing in the pulpit. He began simply saying, “Repent…. to rethink. Repent … to…
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Lesson 11: I am Spiritual
Read MORE: Lesson 11: I am SpiritualLet me end this series by noting again that people mean all sorts of things when they try to define spirituality. That goes for academic writing as well as personal identification. When they say, “I am spiritual” they mean anything…
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Lesson 22: The Lamech Story
Read MORE: Lesson 22: The Lamech StoryWe don’t hear much about Lamech. The Bible only gives him a few paragraphs in Genesis 4. Nonetheless, I think he’s extremely important because he is used as an example of the evil that permeates creation before Noah’s flood. Supposedly,…
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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.