theology – Matters of Interpretation

“Words for the Great Ordeal”

John relays a message for Christians going through “the great ordeal” now. We still need these words: “Come, Lord Jesus!” and “Come, everyone who is thirsty!”

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August 29, 2022

Sermons

Christian ideas and practices, ecclesiology, eschatology, evangelism, hermeneutics, outreach, Revelation 22:8-17, theology

“Construction Zone”

a sermon drawn from Revelation 21:9-25

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August 14, 2022

Sermons

Christian ideas and practices, ecclesiology, eschatology, Jesus Christ, Revelation 21:9-25, spiritual formation, theology, worship

Evidence?

Living evidence for “the existence of God” – or, not?

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August 11, 2022

Thinking Out Loud

atheism, Christian ideas and practices, faith hope and love, philosophy, theology

Reflecting on Revelation 21 1-9

questions for reflection and discussion

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August 5, 2022

Text of the Week – Questions

critical thinking, eschatology, faith hope and love, reading the Bible, Revelation 21:1-9, theology, thinking about the Bible

“Powers and Principalities”

racism is a demonic power, in the sense of the “principalities and powers” – !

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July 29, 2022

Reading Out Loud

politics and religion, racism, theology

“Signs Visible and Invisible”

A recurring theme in the epistle to the Colossians is the reality – and importance – of things invisible …

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July 25, 2022

Sermons

Christian ideas and practices, Colossians 2:6-19, exegesis, faith hope and love, Jesus Christ, super-empirical reality, theology

“Hope-full-ness”

A sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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July 17, 2022

Sermons

Colossians 1:15-29, creation, exegesis, hope, Jesus Christ, suffering, theodicy, theology

A few thoughts on the close of “Pride Month”

thinking out loud about Christianity and a few LGBTQ concerns

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June 30, 2022

Essays, Thinking Out Loud

Christian ideas and practices, faith hope and love, hermeneutics, LGBTQ Christian, love your enemies, More Light Presbyterians, personal, theology

Studying John 1 1-14

notes on the text

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June 29, 2022

Text of the Week – Notes

Bible study, exegesis, God, Jesus Christ, John 1:1-14, reading the Bible, theology, Word of God

Perspective

the abortion debate presumes that pregnancy itself contributes nothing essential to the creation of a rights-bearing person

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June 28, 2022

Reading Out Loud, Thinking Out Loud

abortion, metaphor, politics, theology

“Witness to Power to Witness”

What do we know about God today that we didn’t know six months ago?

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May 30, 2022

Sermons

Ascension, Christian doctrine, Christianity, faith hope and love, God, Jesus Christ, stories, theology

It’s today. I love this picture so much. I’ve learned that the iconography of the disappearing feet is a pretty late medieval development – more on that at Ad Imaginem Dei – and that there is lots more of it. The earlier iconography of the ascension is equally awesome, though. Much more recently, Salvador Dali’s […]

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May 26, 2022

Observing the Day

art, Christianity, theology