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...
by john favalessa | Nov 21, 2018 | Theology blog
By Roland Wrinkle “That’s a stupid question. Political parties are a modern invention.” Yes, this may very well be a stupid question—but not for that reason. The Jewish milieu in first century Palestine was rife with political parties and Jesus had to “live and move”...
by john favalessa | Feb 13, 2018 | Theology blog
author – Veronica Patton Intro: Presbyterian Resistance to Slavery Presbyterians are Anglo-Saxon American settlers who lived by the religious creed: “You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you,” (Deuteronomy...
by john favalessa | Jan 9, 2018 | Theology blog
Dear Dad, I just finished watching my last football game. I came upstairs to write that this had happened and why. You died 37 years ago at age 68. I am now 68. You raised me to love boxing and UCLA football and basketball. We bonded at...
by john favalessa | Mar 9, 2017 | Engagement, Theology blog
by Roland Wrinkle A FOREWORD. This is the first part of a multi-part series, authored by Jack and I (and possibly others) dedicated to exploring the issue of the “General Resurrection of Believers” and whether we have faith in it. Ask yourself this question: When is...
