by john favalessa | Dec 31, 2019 | Theology blog
By Roland Wrinkle, In order to get an undergraduate degree in political science, I had to learn the four rules of physics. (Presumably, in the event I failed to become a city councilman, I could always be a rocket scientist.) In order to continue enjoying the...
by john favalessa | Aug 26, 2019 | Theology blog
by Roland Wrinkle This has been my church (and church family for over 30 years). I’ve spent half of my life studying the bible and about the bible. I have voiced my positions and beliefs not infrequently and not always softly. Sometimes I have ticked...
by john favalessa | Jul 15, 2019 | Theology blog
compiled by John Favalessa based on a question at a bible study on the issue. Conversion therapy, sometimes referred to as “reparative therapy,” is the practice of trying to change an individual’s sexual orientation from homosexual or bisexual to heterosexual...
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...
