Theology
What is Death? What do you think of when you hear the word “death?” According to the Merriam-Webster’s eleventh edition, death includes: death \ˈdeth\ noun a: a permanent cessation of all vital functions: the end of life—compare BRAIN DEATH . . . . a: the passing or destruction of something inanimate 〈the death of vaudeville〉[1]…
Imagine you have a child around 6 or 7 years old (you might already have one or have older children, making this exercise much easier). Your child receives twenty dollars from a relative as a gift, and you promise to take them to the store to spend the money on something they would like. You…
What should we do with narratives like these? In Genesis 4:6–7, God confronts Cain with his desire to sin. God tells Cain he has a choice between being ruled by sin or ruling sin. In Isaiah 38, Isaiah tells Hezekiah to put his house in order because he is about to die. Hezekiah prays for…
You’re a Christian, right? Yes…didn’t You read the Bible, go to church, and you’re pretty intelligent … so let me ask you a question. I’m glad you think so … sure, fire away. I was reading the newspaper the other day, and I ran across this story where a man was delivering a load of…
In the midst of some other reading, I ran into an argument about Calvin’s view of millennialism. I was a little startled by the arguments Calvin used, so I went back and looked at the author’s quotes of Calvin to understand them in context. What follows is a few thoughts on Calvin’s argument against a…
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Genesis 1:1-2 [1] These two verses of the Tanakh are at the center of the intersection…