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One of the more challenging classes I took in seminary was oddly enough not the big, wooly bear known as “systematic theology” (the study of
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God: The Father, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
I love Christmas. It truly is my favorite time of the year. I savor it all- the lights, the music, the candles, the smells, the
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During one very hot Texas summer many years ago, I went with a group of high school students to Harlingen, Texas for a mission trip.
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God: The Father, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
I want to draw attention to a serious gap in Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology. I take it that a systematic theology is supposed to be
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God: The Father, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
I confess that most of my religious-political life has been an entangled hot mess. Growing up in a conservative, Christian, affluent, middle-class family, allegiance to
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God: The Father, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
Like many other young Christians, I learned how to “think christianly” by reading the works of C.S. Lewis. In fact, Lewis’ introduction to what Christians
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God: The Father, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
“What is God’s will for my life?” is one of the most asked questions in Christian life. Recently, I heard a great sermon on this
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God: The Father, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
From Rainer Maria Rilke’s Book of Hours, “The Book of Monastic Life,” I. 52 & 53: My life bedecks itself no differentlyfrom the deathbeds of
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God: The Father, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
When you are a young child the world is mysterious and unknown. There may be monsters hiding under the bed. It seems impossible for the
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God: The Father, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
The tree of life my soul hath seen,Laden with fruit and always green:The trees of nature fruitless beCompared with Christ the apple tree. His
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