Theology for the Masses

Father,
we are children who have been given much. You have blessed us with an abundance of all things: food to fill our stomachs, every kind of entertainment to distract and occupy our minds, and every opportunity to adorn our bodies with things
stuff
the trappings of our culture that we think make us beautiful.

Father,
you teach us that [...]

In the Roman world, within the household, the position of child is the lowest in terms of power and hierarchy.  Taking this into account, consider Mark 10:15:
I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.
Rather than assuming our standard in pouring of innocence and [...]

I felt like we were just going to go down the same path as in another post about the historicity of Adam and whether or not sin and righteousness is imputed (I would say both are imputed because that is the very parallel that Paul is drawing out in Romans 5:12-21, and thus for this [...]

Question of the day (this time with an answer):
How do we, as Christians, conceptualize the Other?
How should we treat these people, both to their face and within our communities while they are not present? They think that they know how to best relate to that which is “wholly Other” – [...]

I blogged over at Think Wink about the symbolism in Mark’s imagery of the torn veil in Mark 15:37-38. I pray you are as blessed by this new (or for some of you of you not so new) approach to understanding this imagery. You can read it here, A Sermon Idea for Easter?

“[Your dream to become great] is the dream of every living creature, the desire that is the very root of life itself. To grow until every space is a part of you. It’s the desire for greatness. There are two ways of fulfilling this, however. One way is to kill anything [...]

For the sake of not having a never-ending post, this will be in two parts. I want to look at how John sets up the image of God; next time, I want to see what the image of God looks like and how it is to be played out within our own lives.
History, they [...]

TheChristianAlert Blog – Euthanasia
Interesting discussion on euthanasia is developing there. I welcome our readers to add their thoughts.