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Lesson 1: Technology and Culture
Read MORE: Lesson 1: Technology and CultureA member of our Science, Technology, and Society group from South Korea mused that he belonged to three different cultures during his lifetime. The first was the traditional Korean in which he grew up, the second was American after the…
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Lesson 10: Summary of the Future Series
Read MORE: Lesson 10: Summary of the Future SeriesMany work for peace, justice, and love. Karen asked if Christian faith offered optimism that is worth the time and effort. I think she was expressing the frustration a lot of us are experiencing. We felt we were overcoming our…
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Lesson 9: Hope for Love
Read MORE: Lesson 9: Hope for LoveThe third major biblical vision of the future is the promise of love. Let’s use Martin Luther King’s teachings to examine it. He specifically relates hope to the modern situation in the USA. In his “I Have a Dream” speech,…
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Lesson 8: Hope for Justice
Read MORE: Lesson 8: Hope for JusticeA second vision of the future prevalent throughout the Bible is God’s promise of justice. It’s important to understand we are talking about justice not law. Ours is a society of law that tries to provide fairness and equality in…
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Lesson 7: Hope for Peace
Read MORE: Lesson 7: Hope for PeaceMost of the Bible was written to people who did not seem to have a future. Faith in God offered hope against hope (Romans 4:18). That faith was informed by stories that often included promises about the future in which…
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Lesson 6: Is Humanity Progressing?
Read MORE: Lesson 6: Is Humanity Progressing?What seems to be the initial biblical scenario did not work out. Jesus did not raise the dead and then return with them to establish an eternal kingdom on earth. At first, believers were told to wait patiently. Some still…
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Lesson 5: Biblical Scenarios
Read MORE: Lesson 5: Biblical ScenariosThere are a number of scenarios for the future in the Bible. Sadly, popular Evangelicalism has promoted those that do not offer much hope for 21st century believers. For instance, the Risen Jesus returning on a cloud assumes an ancient…
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Lesson 4: Hope and Prophecy.
Read MORE: Lesson 4: Hope and Prophecy.I was not sure where to go from here. I began with Karen’s question of whether faith offered a healthy optimism about positive change in society. After looking at how this was asked throughout the Bible, I elected to reduce…
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Lesson 3: The Christmas Story
Read MORE: Lesson 3: The Christmas StoryLet’s examine how the question about the future is handled in the Christmas story. Matthew and Luke ask how there can be a child in the future if there is no sexual relationship. How can there be a future if…
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Lesson 2: Biblical Questions about the Future
Read MORE: Lesson 2: Biblical Questions about the FutureThe goal was to find some help from Christianity in answering the question, “Is there a future in light of the present world situation?” The first thing that struck me was that the fatalism many of us fight is derived…
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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.