All tagged telos
The Evangelical tendency? To personalize Jesus. And for the immediate that is all well and good. But the problem is that it minimizes the historic and cosmic impact of Christ's coming, person, and work. We need to marvel bigger, examine more sweepingly, because that historic cosmic coming reveals to us what God's telos is for the future. And still for all that? We see a proportionate polarization at work in our culture: it loathes freedom, beauty, and the Gospel.
Many believers get stuck in their Bible reading. They want to do what is right and want to hear from the Lord, but because they only read in one set way they get stuck, and frustrated. I work through 5 different ways to change-up your reading method and tell some personal stories along the way. I also offer up an analysis of our societal chaos and sing a new ditty for your informational pleasure! :)
The 2015 SCOTUS Obergefell ruling created a new, if ambiguously grounded, right. The basis for that ruling? A philosophy that had been slow-cooking on college campuses for 150 years. How did Charles Darwin's faith play into the cooking of that philosophical stew? What is that philosophy doing to the fabric of society? Let's laugh and think together!
By his providence God deemed that the building blocks for life would be DNA. So, what is providence? Is it fate or mother-nature or blind chance or determinism? What is DNA? Mere energy? Simple matter? Herein I tell how my Mom was providentially blessed and why wildfires serve the long-term good of forests. Enjoy this peanut butter and jelly sandwich of theology and science!
The Christian worldview is a future-directed way of life. Significantly then that involves hope. But what is hope? How is it different from wishing or generally being positive? How is it that hope can function as a guide or strategy for our lives? Is the Christian hope a disembodied existence in heaven? I also deal with the question, what does it mean to be a successful Christian?
What economic system does the Bible prefer? What is the basis for a flourishing economy? How are economics interwoven with human nature? Which is better, Socialism or Capitalism, and why? How would we make such an evaluation? What can we learn from those who lived under resolutely socialist states? Come and think with me about these important matters.
