Theology – Bite-Sized Exegesis

Thoughts on Atonement: Jesus’ Death Is God’s Forgiveness

Jesus’ death does not merely make it possible for God to forgive, nor does it merely symbolize God’s forgiveness. Jesus’ death is God’s forgiveness.

The Indistinguishability of Theology and Ethics – Amos 8:14

For Amos, religious fidelity and social immorality are not really two different realms of sinfulness. They are inextricably linked to one another, and this is one of the really important ways that the book of Amos confronts us in modern Western Civilization. Theology implies ethics, and ethics depends upon theology.

Natural Disasters and the Judgment of God

In the aftermath of Harvey, the question we need to be asking ourselves is not, “Why did God punish the people of South Texas and Louisiana?” The question is, “How has God judged me and judged us as a community, as a nation, as human beings?” How has he brought to light things that were lurking deep within your heart? How has he called to you and to all of us to purify ourselves? How has he revealed the light and the darkness within our community and within our nation?

Q&A – What is Modalism and Why is it a Mistake?

Modalism is a mistake because, in the name of preserving the simplest possible concept of God’s unity and defending the totality of God’s presence in the Incarnation, it subjects God to time and space.

Review: thetheology.org

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