"Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know." Job 42:3b
Tragedy does a lot of things - not the least of which is to challenge our theology.
When something horrific happens "over there" - in some place that doesn't touch my place - then we have a lot of pat answers about the what and why it all occurred. But when a commercial airline flightcrashes down on someone's house, near enough to your own house, then your theology isn't as airtight anymore. And that is exactly what happened here in our Buffalo…
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Gospel
"We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me." Colossians 1:28-29
On occasion, I have been known to use words or phrases that need looking up. For some of them, I have created my own word and definition apparently - as much as I might argue to the contrary ("well, you must not have the newest edition of the dictionary or else what I said would be in there..."). Most of the time,…
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Thought I would post for you an article that Dr. Dwight Smith and I wrote about the gospel. It's long, so I won't be mad at you if this is not something that fits your appetite. Here you go:
Toward a more Holistic Understanding of The Gospel
Jerry Gillis and Dwight Smith
The Purpose
Any attempt to fully articulate the idea of the “gospel” will undoubtedly be found wanting, and this brief document will be no different. Our posture is that the whole of Scripture must be considered in the construction of the idea of the gospel because…
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