Follow this link to read an interesting review of this book The God I Don’t Understand by Chrsitopher J. H. Wright and a comparison to that other very popular book The Shack, http://www.christianitytoday.com/bc/columns/bookoftheweek/itainttheshack.html .
Archive for July, 2009
A Book Recommendation – The God I Don’t Understand
Posted in book recommendations, tagged Bible, books, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, religion, theology on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Theophilus Cafe #52
Posted in theophilus cafe, tagged Bible, christ, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, religion, theology on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Theophilus Cafe is a place where we can have a running dialogue based on a question or issue that I post. Think of the Cafe as a virtual coffee house where you can gather with your friends and discuss the posted topic or just reflect on it. Please post your thoughts or response on this topic in the comments. [...]
Coffee Talk Redux #57 – On Mere Christianity, Part 4
Posted in coffee talk redux, tagged Bible, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, religion, theology on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last time in Coffee Talk Redux #56 we finished up through Chapter 7 of Book 3 regarding forgiveness in Lewis’ book Mere Christianity. Lewis tells us that forgiveness may be tougher than chastity, it is easy to expect someone else to forgive but a quite different thing when we have to forgive. In the next [...]
In the News – PB XVI on Loving Your Neighbor
Posted in in the news, tagged Bible, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, pope benedict xvi, religion, theology on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Follow this link to an interesting analysis from Christianity Today of Pope Benedict’s recent Encyclical ”Charity in Truth,” According to Benedict XVI’s new encyclical, trying to love people without knowing the truth about them leads to mere sentiment and will do them harm, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/julyweb-only/127-53.0.html?start=1 .
Coffee Talk Redux #56 – On Mere Christianity, Part 3
Posted in coffee talk redux, tagged Bible, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, religion, theology on July 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last time in Coffee Talk Redux #55 we finished up our discussion of Lewis’ Mere Christianity through chapter 3 of book 3 on social morality. We talked about virtues as being a persistent habit to do what is good. There are two types of virtues and these are known as either theological or moral. These [...]
In the News – Faith and Social Justice
Posted in in the news, tagged Bible, christ, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, religion, theology on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Follow this link to view a recent Bill Moyers Journal discussion on Faith and Social Justice, Bill Moyers talks to Cornel West, Serene Jones, and Gary Dorrien for a fresh take on what our core ethics and values as a society say about America’s politics, policy, and the challenges of balancing capitalism and democracy, http://www-tc.pbs.org/moyers/rss/media/union.m4v .