Podcast: Theology and Identity
The person that I see myself to be is shaped by what I believe about God. The person that I see God to be is shaped by what I believe about myself. Theology and Identity are deeply intertwined. As an historical theologian, I want to know what people at different moments in history have believed about the God of the Bible and what they have believed about themselves. We here explore questions such as: What kind of personal and community identity does the Bible foster? And, How have deficiencies in our own self-identity tainted our understanding of God?
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Global warming is a subject that tends to divide Evangelical Christians. Some of us accept the scientific studies that make a link between human activity and climate change, while others tend to...
The other day I heard a Bible teacher argue that we should be very cautious about presenting our will, or our desires to God in prayer. She drew from a passage in 1 Samuel 8, where the people of...
My wife Kimberly has downloaded a daily women’s Bible study application that has re-kindled her fascination with the Scriptures. But as is often the case when something seems “too good to be true”,...
St. Augustine (5th century CE) was an influential proponent of the Greek view of God’s immutability (unchangeableness). Whereas we have noted earlier that the Scriptures seem comfortable with the...
With all of the terrible things happening in the world, it’s easy to be pessimistic about the human race. Some of the church’s greatest theologians are noted for their very negative view of...
For many years I’ve studied the theology of God’s will , and yet I can’t say that it’s always easy for me to discern how God is speaking. Right now my family and I are in the midst of a major...
The short answer to this question is: It depends on where you’re talking about. In the past several posts we’ve been discussing the way God created women and men. We’ve noted that people are created...
My son David has a Spotify playlist entitled “Songs my dad almost liked.” I’m pretty impressed that he picked up on my love-hate relationship with these tracks that on the one hand, are musically...