May 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
In a warm and friendly online fan group for David Bentley Hart, one member recently asked two questions from a friend: If everyone will be reconciled to God after death, why is suicide not an intelligent option to avoid all of the heartache and misery of this life? If...
Apr 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
You and I are on a journey. A journey requires a person, space or spaces, and duration of time. Except that the internet has diminished our need for two out of three of those requirements. We no longer feel the need of space and time. We can "be there" at a...
Apr 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Serena Hansen Introduction In the summer of 2019, I spent a month in eSwatini, a small country in southern Africa. Within the first week in the country, Disney Channel star, Cameron Boyce passed away in his sleep. I had learned about his death from one of my...
Apr 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
HOW THREE BOOKS SAVED ROMANS 9-11 Joseph Beach During my first thirty years of teaching Scripture, I did my best to avoid Romans 9-11. I am embarrassed to say that when I arrived at this dreaded section, I would always beg one of the other pastors to substitute for...
Apr 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Introduction The story of Noah’s ark has always been a favorite for children’s ministry, yet beneath the images of docile beasts walking two by two, there runs a current of violence unparalleled in the Old Testament. “Rarely today are we shown images of those children...
Apr 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
“From beginning to end, in the work of man’s conversion and sanctification there run side by side two lines: divine grace and human free will.” – Panagiotis Trembelas in How Are We Saved? By Kallistos Ware. Before I took any steps to seek out Orthodoxy, I...
