By Faith, Not By Sight
Walk By Faith, Not By Sight Many of us pray to God to be given a focus word for the New Year. I have done this for the last few years. On December 21, 2020 I had written this: “My … Read More
A Journey Following Christ
Bill Byrd, who passed from this physical life into his true life in eternity with the Lord on August 6, 2020, was raised in Dearborn, MI, an only child, an only grandchild, and an only nephew among his immediate family. … Read More
Constructing a New-Life Soul…..
A graphic look at the operation of grace in our lives. I was reading a Seedbed publication, This Is How We Know. that we used this last spring for a Lenten study. I was reviewing it before I move … Read More
Living Into the Wholeness of Triune Godhead Faith
It seems to me that if we believe that God is the Triune Godhead, immutable and united as One, and that Jesus Christ is the Incarnate God and the Holy Spirit is the spirit of God present in our hearts … Read More
Not Salvation By Works, But Faith Authenticated By Works
Discipleship, mentoring, and attending church services and Bible studies can teach one the knowledge of faith and the practice of faith, but only a personal encounter with the living Christ can authenticate one’s faith. And then, only if one accepts … Read More
“People of Faith”…… A Meaningless Phrase
Every person has a “measure of faith”. Faith is a human capacity to believe in something, anything. It is the object of one’s faith, the thing(s) in which one believes that define and mold one’s faith. We are all “people … Read More
Lessons from the Syrophoenician Woman’s Plea
A heretical bishop in the United Methodist Church had written that this story, told in Matthew 15:21-28 and in Mark 7:24-30, is an example of Jesus’ bigotry and misogyny, that he would ignore a Gentile woman’s pleading for help. But as … Read More
Hiking Pike’s Peak In Flip Flops
Sometimes as we talk in counseling about the ways in which God has been present to us, I discuss with the women the concept of the “continental divide” of our faith…..that epiphany moment following an uphill journey in search … Read More
Theology of Works- Part II
I had written on about my own evolving personal “Theology of Works” in another post in response to the NYTimes’ article on Bart Campolo’s loss of faith and establishment of what some have called a “church of atheism”. Today … Read More
Secularization and the Perseverance of the Saints
I have continued to ponder Phyllis Tickles’ thesis on the 500-year-cycle of transformation of the church….This interview with British sociological academic Linda Woodhead, specialising in the sociology of religion, gives some insights into the last century of changes in religious … Read More