For a long time I have been pondering what it means to love God. Contrary to some obscure what kind of “defective personality test are you” test I took randomly on Facebook (why take such things you may well ask? At least I didn’t publish it!), I am not wooden, but nor am I given [...]
Archive for the ‘theology’ Category
22 Nov
loosing and binding
I have been a Christian for a long time. I couldn’t count how many sermons or seminars I have sat through, some with eagerness and many with barely disguisable boredom. I am sure I have heard more than one deal with the subject of “loosing and binding”. Usually to do with spiritual warfare. For those [...]
25 Jun
Dipping into Barth
“In Jesus Christ we are ready to learn to be told what Godhead or the Divine nature is. We are confronted with the revelation of what is and always will be to all other ways of looking and thinking, a mystery, and indeed a mystery which offends. The mystery reveals to us that for [...]
30 Oct
The problem of bad things and good people
A major cognitive stumbling block for those who are unconvinced about God is the problem of bad things and good people. In particular, they find it extremely difficult to accept that God allows unfair and tragic things to happen to others – eg a child who dies of cancer, a fatal car crash. [...]
2 Sep
Interventionist God
Free will. This has got to be one of the most readily used “escape out of a difficult conversation for free” cards by Christians. It is my argument of choice (at least currently anyway!) in addressing the ugly problem of evil. Especially the evil committed by human kind to itself. The existence of evildoers etc [...]
10 Aug
Can God change His mind? Exploring Open Theology Part 1.
In my last post I rather triumphantly announced my discovery of an alternative perspective to Calvinism and Arminianism – open theism, or open theology. I am still coming to grips with what that is about, and have not reached any personal conclusions yet, other than that I am excited about the possibility of [...]
7 Aug
possibilities vs certainties – another salvation spin
Have you ever wondered why some people respond to Jesus and the gospel narrative, while others are either disinterested or even actively hostile? There are some clever theories out there to explain this – ranging from “everyone has the free will to accept Jesus, or not” aka Armenianism, or “some are chosen to be [...]
17 Jul
Holiness…
Thoughts from Forge (John Franke) no 2…check out Tim’s blog for some detailed notes on this session. When I think of God, a significant divine attribute that comes to mind is holiness. Last week John Franke added a new dimension to my thoughts about holiness . I have always thought of the [...]
12 Jul
Whatever did God get up to before Creation?
I must confess that I have not really pondered this terribly much before the recent Forge intensive. This question was neatly posed by John Franke,an American theologian. The answer (and how significant it is or isn’t) is wrapped up in your concept of God. A basic understanding (albeit source of incredible mystery) [...]
2 Jun
The growing of goodness
I am doing some reading at the moment on Jesus as the Healer,and decided to give Google Scholar and Google book search a go. Go Google! Great stuff available at my fingertips without leaving my lounge. I came across an interesting excerpt from Phillip Yancey's "The Jesus I never knew". [...]
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