So, if grief is not gotten over, but instead, gotten used to, what are some ideas for grieving well? I am glad you asked. I don’t really have a format so much as thoughts to consider. As I mentioned, though there may be value to format thinking, it can also be dangerous. Too often, when…Continue reading Grief and Grieving – Part III "Am I normal?"
Category: Theological Questions
What is the role of "uncomfortable"
Today , since I am on vacation, I have invited a Guest author: Drew Anderson of Flower Mound, TX. e-mail: drew.anderson@gsmortgage.com I will finish the conversation on Grieving asap… but Drew’s comments fit very nicely in with what we have been talking about so far! August 8, 2011 Uncomfortable. This is a word that perhaps…Continue reading What is the role of "uncomfortable"
Grief and Grieving
I am starting this on May 10th, and it is my best friend’s birthday… however, he died a few years ago. In fact, I am now older than he ever was. His birthday (and the fact that I talked about grief and stress on TV this morning and with clients today) has brought to my…Continue reading Grief and Grieving
A Parable of Redemption – you want to watch this.
Hair-on-back-of-neck-moment. Nobody really seems to understand redemption anymore… but this explains it http://pjcockrell.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/amazing-grace-just-the-black-notes/ Slave master x slave chords x slaves = free… truly free.
What is Religion?
I looked and guess what… there are a lot of definitions and opinions as to what religion is. Imagine that. To quote the sarcastic Iago (go way back to Aladdin) “I think I am having a heart attack from not surprised.” However, the way people use the word today has given it a definition that…Continue reading What is Religion?
A Simple Gospel
I was challenged a while back to add a reasonably short, very understandable, intimately relatable explanation of the good news of what Jesus accomplished on the cross for His creation. I recently realized that I would want it on the website so I could link to it easily from other articles. This is not meant…Continue reading A Simple Gospel
Bethel Posted my sermon on the Humanity of Jesus
http://www.bethelbible.com/audio-speaker/chris-legg/ there may be other sermons posted there soon.
Historical Understanding of Halloween Updated
A Historical Understanding of Halloween This is an in-depth look at the history of Halloween, and the timing of the other major Christian Holidays. There will be a follow-up article about what I think the appropriate Christian response to these issues are. Before recorded history, people have used the length of days to divide out…Continue reading Historical Understanding of Halloween Updated
Historical Understanding of Halloween
A Historical Understanding of Halloween This is an in-depth look at the history of Halloween, and the timing of the other major Christian Holidays. There will be a follow-up article about what I think the appropriateChristian response to these issues are. Before recorded history, people have used the length of days to divide out the…Continue reading Historical Understanding of Halloween
The Creation of Synthetic Life – what is up?
Creation of Synthetic Life Today, due to a special documentary on the Science Channel, it became very public knowledge that Dr. Craig Venter (PhD in physiology and pharmacology from University of California), who drew attention and some acclaim when he decoded his own genome a few years ago, has “created synthetic life.” We Christians have…Continue reading The Creation of Synthetic Life – what is up?
some quick thoughts on gluttony
The Phalanx men recently did a couple of hours of work on this under-studied topic. It was harder than we expected, because there is so little in the Bible on the topic! There are two ways of treating gluttony as a topic: 1. It is an over-arching character flaw that is basically connected to over-indulgence…Continue reading some quick thoughts on gluttony
What about people who never hear about Jesus?
The gospel would never have made it to the ears of some people in history, like Native Americans, Pygmies, etc. In fact, there would be a lot of people – I assume the vast majority of people, who would have never heard about Jesus Christ, or even the Jewish Scriptures before He came here! Furthermore, this…Continue reading What about people who never hear about Jesus?
Basic Postmodernism
Postmodernism at a glance At the most basic level, postmodernism is the most recent philosophy that offers societal views of things like truth, community, the use of language and a lot of other things. (Look at the end of this article for a more academic understanding by Moreland and Craig.) Among other things, postmodernism includes…Continue reading Basic Postmodernism
Tatoos!?! …and the Bible
Here is the questions I originally received that motivated me writing about tattoos: “Doesn’t Leviticus tell us not to have tattoos and doesn’t 1 Corinthians say that our bodies are temples?” Here was my response: 1 Cor 6:19 that says that “your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you,” but…Continue reading Tatoos!?! …and the Bible
What is the role of Baptism in conversion to Christianity?
There are a lot of passages that seem to indicate that baptism is required for salvation. What do you think the role of baptism is in regards to being saved? (this question was actually several pages long, but for simplicity, I have paraphrased the question here). The role of baptism certainly plays a significant role…Continue reading What is the role of Baptism in conversion to Christianity?
What about people who never hear about Jesus Christ?
What happens to people who never hear about Jesus? Some people cross rivers in the easy places – narrow, shallow, etc. Some of us are not that smart (or maybe we are) and we insist on crossing the river in swampy, murky places that are wide and slimey. In some ways (specifically intellectually) I fit…Continue reading What about people who never hear about Jesus Christ?