by john favalessa | Jul 15, 2019 | Theology blog
compiled by John Favalessa Richard Dawkins (an avowed militant atheist) shares this genial observation: “The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a...
by john favalessa | Jun 29, 2019 | Theology blog
by Roland Wrinkle Jesus wasn’t as big on making sure his disciples had the correct beliefs, as he was on having them follow him. If you take all four gospels together, either Jesus says, “follow me” or the author says, “they followed him,” nearly a hundred times. He...
by john favalessa | Jun 10, 2019 | Theology blog
by Roland Wrinkle Our Sunday Services are packed with liturgy. We welcome, we worship, we celebrate communion, we pray, we receive the Word, we confess, we doxologize, we meditate, we sing, we voice our delights and dejections, we offer our shekels and service, we are...
by john favalessa | Dec 27, 2018 | Theology blog
-by Roland Wrinkle God’s failed lab experiment: Combining testosterone with hubris. Movie moguls, TV stars, comedians, federal judges, senators, congressmen, Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose, civil rights icons, and, yes, pastors. All powerful and influential men accused of...
by john favalessa | Dec 7, 2018 | Theology blog
by Roland Wrinkle Our Calvinist tradition teaches us, as the first T in the famous acronym TULIP, that we are “totally depraved.” Many of us believe we are saved by incantating the “Sinner’s Prayer” (“I know that I am a sinner. I know that I deserve the consequences...
