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I Love Theology, Part 8 – Moving on to Perfection

I grew up United Methodist; I went to church every Sunday for my entire life (except for a couple years ...
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Hierarchy

I have often wondered if accepting hierarchy is a human - even natural - inevitability. Think about some of the ...
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Only, A, or My

Consider any really bad thing that has happened in history, and I can almost guarantee that it came about, in ...
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I know women who have had an abortion by Carol H.

 + I get lots of meaningful responses to my "Today's Thoughts", and I really appreciate that you read them and ...
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Fear & Loathing

Earlier this week, an Alabama man who was both a pastor and the mayor of his town killed himself. Why? ...
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Salvation through the Church 

The question of how we are saved and who gets to be part of the group has always been at ...
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I Love Theology, Part 8 – Evangelism

Evangelism is usually defined as “Good News”, and evangelists are people who spread good news. We Mainline Christians struggle with ...
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Empathy

Last Tuesday, while Chris and I were on vacation, our 14-year-old dog died. She had been slowly fading for at ...
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I Love Theology, Part 7 – Baptism

We Protestants have what seems like a paltry two sacraments compared to the seven of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox ...
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I Love Theology, Part 6 – (Substitutionary) Atonement

At the core of most Christian theology about the death of Jesus is the concept of the Atonement. The word ...
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