Tag Archives: Theology
Dinner’s Ready!
Today – right now – God is calling out to all of us, “Dinner’s Ready!” God wants desperately for us to come to the table, sit down and enjoy the feast. God yearns for a chance to draw us closer together – all of us. God wants us to laugh, talk, cry, pray, correct each other when needed, forgive each other when needed, and love each other always. God invites all to the table, but not everyone will come.
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Three year old theologian
My daughter has a little Bible that she loves to “read.” It is a little copy of New Testament and Psalms that is about four inches long. She was sitting on my wifes lap the other day “reading” from her … Continue reading
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More response to Jill and Kevin
I want to cut and paste the responses I got to this post on facebook. Some very thoughtful pastors had very interesting things to say. I want to be clear that my previous post was not intended to be directed … Continue reading
Top 5 questions for #6qumc
One mission Three simple rules Four areas of focus Five practices. And now… Six questions. An intriguing new social-network based campaign by the United Methodist Church is 6 Questions. I am not sure exactly what this is going to look … Continue reading
Is Fireproof safe?
It seems like I can’t turn around without seeing something about the movie “Fireproof.” I have heard from so many people that, “You just have to see this movie – it is so good.” The reason for my tepid reaction starts with the male star, Kirk Cameron. Continue reading
New Page: Books
Today I added a new page. I was thinking of another Top 5, and thought of the Top 5 books, but I couldn’t possibly list only five. So I added my virtual bookshelf. It is divided into five categories: Theology, … Continue reading
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The trouble with blogging
I started this blog about three weeks ago as a way to help chronicle my struggle to become more fit, to share some of my theological insight, and to have a place to record some random thoughts. I had no … Continue reading
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“With,” not “For”
Christians love the phrase, “Jesus died for me.” I can’t help but feel like the overuse of that phrase has led to a lot of problems. The idea that Jesus died for my sins is certainly Biblical, and it has been … Continue reading
