Entries Categorized as 'Theology'

Keith Beebe on the Kingdom of God

January 21, 2008

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from Keith Beebe:
The heart of Jesus’ message and ministry was “the Kingdom of God,” a topic he talked about more than any other. All three synoptic gospel writers summarize the content of Jesus’ message as “the good [...]

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Tony Hoshaw on the Kingdom of God

January 17, 2008

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from Tony Hoshaw:
Who belongs in or who gets the Kingdom of God? In an effort to answer that question, I want to rub together an understanding of 1 Corinthians 6:9 and an interpretation of Matthew 19:10-12.
Paul [...]

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Brian McLaren on the Kingdom of God

January 14, 2008

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from Brian McLaren:
The good news of the Kingdom of God is, according to Matthew, Mark, and Luke, the Gospel. John would agree - although he translates the phrase “kingdom of God” to “life of the ages” or [...]

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Melissa Johnson Bills on the Kingdom of God

January 11, 2008

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from Melissa Johnson Bills:
I was driving around earlier this week on an unseasonably warm and wet January day, already feeling a bit down because of the gray sky and leafless trees. I switched on my car radio [...]

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Josh Keaney on the Kingdom of God

January 9, 2008

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from Josh Keaney:
“The Kingdom of God is God’s vision for God’s creation and this vision is bigger than the Church.” This is what I tell the youth at my church when explaining the Kingdom of God because [...]

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Tony Jones on the Kingdom of God

January 7, 2008

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from Tony Jones:
Maybe you’ve seen this before: some well-meaning evangelist spray-paints “jesus is the answer” on the side of a railroad bridge. Then some smart aleck comes by later and adds “so what’s the question?”
It seems to [...]

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Orthodoxy and heretics like Calvin?

January 6, 2008

Jarrod McKenna has written a very interesting post entitled “Orthodoxy and heretics like Calvin?” which is worth your attention, especially if you claim the Reformed tradition as your tribe. I’m just in the middle of studying for my Calvin take home final, so it was good timing that I read the article now. Jarrod dialogues [...]

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The Kingdom of God

January 4, 2008

The kingdom of God is a topic that I have been interested in for quite awhile, and I thought it would be interesting to start reflecting on it on my blog more. To begin that, I’ve decided to invite a host of guest bloggers to post their reflections on the kingdom of God here on [...]

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Magic in Miller Chapel

December 14, 2007

This morning I preached in Miller Chapel. I will write more about it later, but I wanted to let those of you who wanted to hear it have that chance. I have a DVD of the service that turned out really well. Right now I’m just trying to figure out how to get it online. [...]

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The Golden Compass and Pullman’s “His Dark Materials”

December 4, 2007

This past summer, Sarah and I listened to Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” fantasy trilogy on CDs. It was probably the best book-on-CD I’ve ever listened to partly because it had a full cast acting out all the parts, but mostly because Pullman’s imagination is just amazing. Pullman’s first book in the trilogy, The Golden [...]

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