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Tag: Practical Theology
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Lesson 18: So Where is the Basis for Ethics Found?
Read MORE: Lesson 18: So Where is the Basis for Ethics Found?I began suggesting people often claim they go to Church to find a basis for ethics. Public figures on television often try to show their morality by reporting, “I grew up in Church.” I then suggested these people are often…
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Lesson 17: Does Jesus Base Ethics on Laws of Creation?
Read MORE: Lesson 17: Does Jesus Base Ethics on Laws of Creation?Last week, I suggested that people who are going to church to find a basis for ethics are often disappointed when they find churches do not agree on fundamental laws. In fact, the seekers often believe some of the laws…
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Lesson 16: Law – The Basis for Ethics
Read MORE: Lesson 16: Law – The Basis for EthicsAnother practical reason people give for going to Church is the desire to find moral guidance. They believe religion provides a basis for ethics and send their children to learn right and wrong as they did. For most this means…
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Lesson 15: Forgiveness – A Way to Healthy Relationships
Read MORE: Lesson 15: Forgiveness – A Way to Healthy RelationshipsThere are two ways to understand forgiveness. The first focuses on it as a law that calls on us to repress our natural human instincts in order to do what God wants. It usually ends up either dividing people between…
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Lesson 14: Gratitude– Finding Time to Give Thanks
Read MORE: Lesson 14: Gratitude– Finding Time to Give ThanksIf you read much about thanksgiving, you constantly come across statements, such as “Ninety-nine percent of the time, we have an opportunity to be grateful for something. We just don’t notice it. We go through our days in a daze……
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Lesson 13: Creating and Finding Sabbath –
Finding God in All the NoiseRead MORE: Lesson 13: Creating and Finding Sabbath –One of the best talks I ever heard was at Muhlenburg College and was given by an Episcopalian bishop. It was entitled something like, “The Future Health of Our Society Will Be Dependent on Observing the Sabbath.” His point was…
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Lesson 12: A Healthy Life Style
Read MORE: Lesson 12: A Healthy Life StyleA third practical reason some people go to church in our day is to find a healthy life style. This is new. In the past, spirituality prepared for life after death and often even meant a self-denial that included self…
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Lesson 11: The Battle for God
Read MORE: Lesson 11: The Battle for GodI immediately found myself in the middle of conflict as I began writing about the third practical reason people go to Church, the search for a healthy lifestyle. Traditionalists hammer this new spirituality with its wellness theme as promoting “what…
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Lesson 10: A Nourishing Community
Read MORE: Lesson 10: A Nourishing CommunityI began my ministry at a time when the liturgical renewal was urging congregations to celebrate Communion every week. Coincidental with this was the house church movement in which small groups began sharing meals and and conversation. Sometimes this was…
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Lesson 9: Church is Not a Family of Families
Read MORE: Lesson 9: Church is Not a Family of FamiliesLast week I used the model of family for Church. After all Jesus did speak of God as father and others as our brothers and sisters. And the early Church did live in a lifestyle we associate with the family.…
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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!