Anselm and Abelard
In Cur Deus Homo, a series of conversations between Anselm and his monk friend Boso center around the reason God took on human nature since it seems to be inappropriate for God to do so. Thus Anselm begins to address …
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Women Speaking Justified
Margaret Fell otherwise known as Margaret Fox was one the founders of the Religious Society of Friends and has often been called the mother of Quakerism. Fell married Thomas Fell who was a judge, and in this way she became …
Athanausias On the Incarnation of the Word
Athanasius of Alexander was a bishop in the fourth century. During this time a presbyter by the name of Arius taught a heretical doctrine of Christ. Arius thought that there was a time before God the Father begat Jesus and …
Faith Formation
This comes from Fowler’s Faith levels adjusted for the purposes of discipleship.
Very Young Children: Undifferentiated Faith.
Pre-images of God, Care, Safety, and Trust are essential to learning
Pre-school Children: Intuitive-Projective Faith
It is primarily a reflective of parental …
Jesus, Prayer and Lectio Divina
The Jesus Prayer (Greek: Η Προσευχή του Ιησού, i prosefchí tou iisoú) or “The Prayer” (Greek: Η Ευχή, i efchí̱ – literally “The Wish”) is a short, formulaic prayer esteemed and advocated within the Eastern Orthodox & Oriental Orthodox churches:…
Doing Good Church Theology in the crucible of a morally relative culture
1. It means returning to a public theology of biblical solidarity. And why do I say return? It becomes clearer upon the reflection of the life of God’s people that his promises have been uttered only within the church walls. …
The Mission of the Church: Being Missional
Lesslie Newbigin writes, “the mission of the church is the radioactive fallout of an explosion of joy” (The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989, 127). Lesslie’s image illustrates that mission is the spontaneous outcome of …