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Imagine my double-take when I was confronted with this assessment of our comparative religions by an Orthodox believer several years ago back in Ukraine: 鈥淢ark, you Protestants follow a religion of professors, whereas we Orthodox 鈥 the religion of monks" ...
In the first part of this short series, we looked at how both ancient and modern disciples 鈥渢ake offense鈥 at Jesus against his warning in Luke 7:23 鈥斺淏lessed is the one who doesn鈥檛 take offense in Me.鈥 Easy scholarly and popular conclusions that Israel hoped for the wrong kind of kingdom made Jesus offensive and Israel culpable at the same time. Our second part here also finds Jesus鈥 view of the kingdom offensive to ancients and moderns, but for a different reason ...
Reading the other day in Luke鈥檚 Gospel I ran across some arresting words aimed indirectly at John the Baptist. In Luke 7:23, right after the account of John sending a delegation of disciples to inquire whether Jesus is the 鈥淓xpected One,鈥 Jesus cites his deeds and words to say in effect, 鈥測es, indeed I am.鈥 But then Jesus closes the episode with another 鈥渂eatitude鈥 seemingly made in John鈥檚 direction: 鈥淏lessed is the one who takes no offense at me" ...
The recent welcome of Evangelical radio apologist, 鈥淭he Bible Answer Man鈥 鈥擧ank Hanegraaff, into the Greek Orthodox Church has understandably raised more than eyebrows. Questions about the differences between Protestants and Orthodox have been coming my way in the aftermath, so I want to offer to Good Book Blog readers an essay I wrote for Talbot鈥檚 Sundoulos magazine back in 2008. In it you鈥檒l find some general characteristics of the Orthodox denomination as well as key points of difference with Protestants鈥攕ome of which converts such as Hank Hanegraaff would typically need to renounce as they formally enter Orthodoxy ...
... The topic is work. Something important for all of us, and it鈥檚 one that has interested me in particular teaching already five years now a theology of work course for Biola鈥檚 Crowell School of Business MBA program. Work is also a topic that naturally engages the desire for kingdom impact in the culture, because, as Karl Barth says, 鈥渉uman culture is produced in work. So the Faith and Work movement is right on target for engaging a ready audience in a worthy endeavor. This of course isn鈥檛 the only good of theology of work ...
One of the benefits of being part of a Christian university is the opportunity for collaboration with colleagues across the disciplines. For theologians this is gold. Questions for integration of faith in science, history, politics, or psychology? I鈥檝e got specialists across campus, all with the same mission, who have been thinking about such things for a long time. One recent opportunity in this direction was participating a colloquium with the faculty of Biola鈥檚 Crowell School of Business. Among many topics opened that day, one in particular has haunted me these days in the interim. It was a question that revolved around a start-up competition the Business School sponsors. Students are encouraged to submit business plans for the hope of some start up seed money to launch. But what should be the criteria for judging 鈥渂etter鈥 proposals? Beyond certain received best practices for the business side, does God prefer some business plans to others? Following is my original Yes and No answer to the question; what comes after is now another rather late Yes for the conversation. God does prefer some businesses to others ...
What images do the word 鈥渨ork鈥 bring to mind? If students and others I鈥檝e had the chance to ask are any measure, the first thoughts aren鈥檛 all that positive. For myself I can recall flip comments I have made (half-) jokingly about hating when my work gets in the way of my hobby (cycling, mountain biking鈥攖he sport of kings!). From what I get from others, I鈥檓 fairly typical ...
This week鈥檚 conference, 鈥淚srael and the Church: A Troubled Past and Glorious Future,鈥 hosted by Biola and Chosen People Ministries, provided yet another opportunity for me to think 鈥渂ig picture.鈥 As most of us, I suppose, the cares of daily tasks鈥攅mails, news cycles, family, work-ministry, church-ministry鈥擨 can get so buried in the daily that I lose the plan! By plan I mean the narrative that God has written for the world. A narrative that first rescues a fallen creation and then restores it to the flourishing fullness God made it for ...
While I鈥檓 not usually too much into 鈥渕erchandising in the Temple,鈥 I must here. That鈥檚 because the book at issue in this modest review is a grabber. Not only does it concern a topic most pressing in our ever secularizing world鈥攁nd therefore one Evangelicals must get good at talking about鈥攊t鈥檚 a topic that touches every one of us in everything we do ...
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