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  • Oh, Holy Knight?

    Oh, Holy Knight? 1:30 AM, Saturday, December 22nd, 2007 Part I: The Meeting I ride up to the inn, both nervous and excited.  I have little experience of inns, but clearly it was built for more travelers that it now contains.  As I enter the courtyard, I spy a young…

  • TAST: Toward a Systemic Theology

    In this “TAST” series of blog posts, I want to go beyond critiquing traditional systematic theology and start laying a groundwork for an alternative approach, which I’m labeling “systemic theology.” apostles, doctrine, god’s word, history, kingdom, leadership, pastoral, prophets, restoration, systems, terminology, theology, transformation, truth, understanding

  • Salt & Light’s Family Genes

    This past weekend over a dozen of us from Kingsway Community Church attend Salt & Light‘s (aka Foundational Ministries) North AmericanLeadership Conference. The theme was “Family Genes”, since the goal was to pass along the accumulated wisdom and insight of our founders to the younger generation. I did my part…

  • Revelation and Inspiration – Bible 101

    Discussion: When we really want to know God’s will, where should we spend most of our time and effort? I presume the answer is “the Bible”, though I’m tempted to say more generally “in God’s presence.” In practice, where do you? Probably more in prayer than in the Bible, since…

  • Demolishing Strongholds by Philip John

    Text: 2 Cor 10: 3 – 6 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every…

  • The Words from God – Bible 101

    Questions for discussion answered below, since there is no worksheet for this section. bible, god’s word, truth, inspiration

  • Revelation – Bible 101

    Discussion: a) Can people know anything about God apart from the Bible? Yes. If so, what can they know about him? They can know His general qualities as the creator, that there is someone (or something) bigger than them which preceded them and determined the rules by which they must…

  • Introduction to the Bible – Bible 101

    Read Romans 1.18-21.What words in these verses especially point to the fact that God must desire to reveal Himself?What specific ways has God used to reveal Himself, according to these verses?How does this passage make it clear that man receives God’s communication?2.

  • Devotional Theology, Further On

    Devotional Theology, Further On

    CourageHebrews 12:1-3Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter…

  • God is Just – Doctrine 101

    Journal: If the reason for the delay in bringing about justice in a sin-filled world is so that people have more time to repent, what should you be doing in the area of evangelism to make the most of the opportunity that some of your family and friends still have…

  • God is Good – Doctrine 101

    Our glory in turn includes our happiness, but also includes our health, holiness, and honor — which may at time be at odds with our happiness.b) What’s the difference between mercy and grace?The usual definition is that mercy is getting less [bad] than we deserve, whereas grace is getting more…

  • The Four “Self” Principles

    Thus, while I think my list is compatible with his — and owes a great debt to him — he would probably formulate things differently (and, in practice, draw the line in a slightly different place).That said, I couldn’t resist using his name for a pun on the old “post-missiological”…

  • Towards a Devotional Theology

    CallIsaiah 61:1-3 (cf. Luke 4:17-19)The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,because the LORD has anointed meto preach good news to the poor.He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,to proclaim freedom for the captivesand release from darkness for the prisoners,to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favorand…

  • In Memory of a Dog

    On Easter – Sunday September 2nd, we will rejoice and praise God for her life that was full of unconditional love and devotion to her family.Good Bye our best friend – Lucy Queen Bee Prabhakar.

  • Arche in Social Software

    This technopost from India might fit better on my technology blog, but it so closely mirrored Bob Mumford’s definition of Arche (non-corporeal “entities in their own right“) I had include it here: The thing that makes social software behave differently than other communications tools is that groups are entities in their own right. A group of people interacting with one…

  • Seven Verses Worth Dying For

    That is, some of the issues that were life-and-death millennia ago are now gnats, and while we strain them out camels are overrunning our camp.This got me thinking: what are the core truths that are so foundational to my understanding and experience of God — and myself — that I…

  • God is Holy – Doctrine 101

    That is, the reasons our ancestors called an altar or place holy is that it was “set apart” as something of transcendent value, in contrast to merely being of instrumental value (“utility”).In this context, the highest order of praise from the angels (and us) is simply to recognize that fact,…

  • God is Omniscient – Doctrine 101

    Why will the fact that God is omniscient be so important at the end of the world?Certainly, God can’t perfectly judge all without knowing all, both external acts and internal motivation.What does the statement in Heb 4.13 add in this regard?A wonderful picture of perfect understanding and total knowledge.9.

  • God is Omnipresent – Doctrine 101

    Write out the words of Psalm 18.25-26.With the kind you show yourself kind;with the blameless you show yourself blameless;with the pure you show yourself pure,And with the crooked you show yourself astute.What do these verses say about how you will experience God?God responds to us according to the spirit in…

  • God is Omnipotent – Doctrine 101

    But what should you be doing about God’s “revealed will” that will enable you to know that as you approach those decisions, you are living in the centre of his will?Written Work:Summarize the conclusions to the class discussion questions above.Homework:Read RCS #13 (incl. Bible passages)Doctrine 101: Learning about GodWorksheet 4…