Conversations Concerning Us

(Picture from crosswalk.com) Introduction             You are about to embark on a theological journey with me. Let me first explain my general purpose for writing a theological treatise, as opposed to, my normal kind of writing. As of late, I have been studying the Atonement of Christ, which falls under Christology (the study of Christ). What I have found is that the views that have been held throughout time, some more recently, seem to be missing something or do not give a fully developed rendition of the Atonement. It should be stated I do not believe that I can develop a fully adequate idea of what the Atonement was or is or should be. Rather, my goal is to give a view that I believe does more justice to Christology than its predecessors. The general movement throughout this discourse will be to first, lay out a couple of the views that have been or are currently held. Secondly, to present the weakness (not all) o...

(Photo from pbs.org) Introduction             At the outset, I should establish that by no means am I an expert in this area. However, I am pulling much of my information from experts in their field and making a rational judgment. This article is essentially branching off of or a continuation of a design argument for God. With that said, this approach is taking more up to date scientific evidence/ theories and extrapolating a conclusion from that. Now, I am not arguing that because I believe in a designer that is the reason that the universe looks designed so there must be a designer. Rather, I find myself intrigued by outer space and the study of the stars and just so happened to find some of these new ideas about the structure of our universe quite astounding. As I continue throughout this discourse, I will attempt to not use professional jargon but rather simplify concepts or terminology where I am able. Let me jump in...

Introduction             As I begin to write about this topic, I need to convey that the motivation for writing this came from a genuine question that I had. The beginning or spurring of asking this question, admittedly, came from viewing the context of an interaction between a person and their talking with someone who is homosexual. Now, I need to predicate all of this with, this is not some formal treatise against the homosexual person by any means but rather it was simply within this context that caused me to ask the question I hope to answer here. Not only from the context I witnessed in this single event but also from the general interaction between society and the church has caused me to ask this question, does love necessitate acceptance? Now, what do I mean when I say that I have been spurred on to ask this question based on what I have witnessed in the interaction between society and the church? I mean, typically t...