Theology

The second basis for forgiveness

I’m taking way too long to finish blogging about forgiveness, so here’s what I’ll do. Today I’ll cover the second basis for forgiveness and tomorrow I’ll cover the

Thinking about heaven, hell, and the future

For some reason, eschatology (the doctrine concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind) has not always been well understood. Some ignore it; some major in it

Calvin’s Institutes

One of the challenges of reading older books is that sometimes the typeface is so hard to read. Maybe it’s my advancing age talking. I’m always excited when a classic book

Is the emerging church receding?

Trevin Wax gives five reasons why the emerging church has begun to recede: 1. The Emerging Church does little evangelism. 2. Some Emerging leaders have embraced a disturbing lack of clarity on key

Is forgiveness conditional?

The topic of forgiveness keeps coming up. Is forgiveness conditional? In other words, should we wait for someone to confess before we forgive them? Or should we forgiven another person even if they