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Tag Archives: theological method
You Would Make A Nice Concubine
Meghan Markle I hope the title of this blog offends you. It should make you mad as a hornet. And yet, enter the Biblical world and you are in a world that accepts the existence of concubines. So don’t forget … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical ethics, concubines, equality of women, gang rape, India, rape, theological method, theology, treatment of women
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Theology Does Not Equal Reading The Bible
Theology does not equal reading the Bible. Theology, for example, also includes autobiography. ”Our theology is shaped by our personal histories, our past and current contexts, the specific issues that concern us. Our theology is shaped by whom and what … Continue reading
Methodology for Liberal Christianity from Grandma
Joe is formerly homeless. He lived on the street for 9 months. Joe learned a lot about life and about himself while living in the cold winter weather with nowhere to lay his head but in a makeshift cardboard “house”. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible/Theology, Re-thinking and Re-doing church
Tagged Bible, church, digestive system, ecclesiology, emergent church, Grandma, homeless, Liberal, liberal Christianity, living on the street, re-thinking church, Rev. Dr. Chris Ayers, theological method, theology, throwing out the baby with the bathwater, Wedgewood Church, wisdom of the homeless
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What Are The Essential Elements Of Your Faith?
Wedgewood Church is considering being aligned with the United Church of Christ. As a part of our discernment process I am taking a United Church of Christ History and Polity class. This week one of my assignments has been to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, Church History, clergy, doctrine of revelation, equality, experience, faith, favorites, Israel, justice, Origen, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, predestination, reason, Revelation, science, sola scriptura, theological method, theology, tradition, United Church of Christ, universalism, Word of God, worship
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What has your experience taught you about God, yourself, the world, and others?
Can we just be honest about it? The Bible is not enough. One of our resources for living the Christian life is experience. Like all sources for our theology/our thinking about God, ourselves and the world, experience is problematic. We … Continue reading
The Sex Education of a Baptist Minister: Theological Method – How To Think About God, the World, Yourself and Others
An old man was wondering if his wife had a hearing problem. So one night he stood behind her while she was sitting in her lounge chair. He spoke softly to her, “Honey, can you hear me?” There was no … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible and homosexuality, church tradition, communicating, elderly, experience, gay, GLBT, God said it., hard of hearing, homosexuality, homosexuality is a sin, horrific biblical texts, I believe it, inerrant, infallible, reason, relativism, Rev. Dr. Chris Ayers, Revelation, science, That settles it, The Sex Education of a Baptist Minister, the Word of God, theological method, theology, tradition
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We are Christians, not Biblians.
We do not call ourselves Biblians. We go by the name Christian. Some Christians seem to be confused about this matter. They engage in bibliolatry. They say the Bible is the Word of God. Others try to dance around the … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Critique of Fundamentalists/Evangelicals, Goofed-up Bible (sarcasm), Re-thinking and Re-doing church
Tagged Bible, Biblians, biblical interpretation, bibliolatry, canon, church council, church councils, Church History, conservative, creeds, diveristy, end of the world, end of time, epistemology, fundamentalist, God, Hebrew, Hebrew scriptures, Holy Ghost, Incarnation, interpretation, Isaiah, Jesus, Job, Judaism, King James, King James gay, King James Version, Matthew 24:36, Psalms, rabbis, religioug journey, Scripture, scriptures, spiritual journey, the good book, theological, theological method, Trinitarian, Trinity, Word of God
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The Bible Is A Method, Not An Authority (dedicated to Rev. Dr. Emil Mialik, Minister Emeritus, Wedgewood Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC)
Rev. Dr. Emil Mialik, Minister Emeritus Wedgewood Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC The Bible is a method, not an authority. This is where the Church, where churches, where Christians are missing the boat. Folks, we are really messing this up. Read … Continue reading
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