Science is a crucial part of modern religiosity. By science, man proposes to conquer the world; by science, man proposes to achieve at least longevity and perhaps immortality; by science man claims to have dismissed the illusion of God. So
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Science’s Renewal in the Protestant Reformation – I
Science is a crucial part of modern religiosity. By science, man proposes to conquer the world; by science, man proposes to achieve at least longevity and perhaps immortality; by science man claims to have dismissed the illusion of God. So our understanding of science is important, to be interrogated and set on a firm foundation.…
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If Your Eye Causes You to Sin…. (The Church)
The churches of the West are fundamentally compromised not by doctrine but by motive. Many a church has basically serviceable doctrine. They know their soteriology to the point of salvation and farther. They are perfectly orthodox on God’s nature. But then, at a certain point, the church freezes. All the muscles catch, like each tendon…
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Our Churches Don’t (Can’t) Create Community
Many a Christian- man, woman, father, mother, family- comes to the church in hopes of finding community. Then, all too often, he finds that while the church is friendly and despite all potlucks and after-Sabbath suppers, he never gets past amiability and acquaintanceship with the people he meets there. Tough topics and true trust stubbornly…