Category: theology
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Life's problem is death
Just some minutes ago (on this 2007-09-30) I got the message that somebody I knew for some years before I moved to my current place … has cancer. This life is no fun, essentially. Morbidity is 100%. Whatever you or I might be doing right now, it is for sure that it will end at […]
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Demystified faith (intermediate results)
Since 2-3 months I am occupied with demystifying my faith in God, that is, removing “religious elements”. This article is an interim result statement, summing up the main findings for your and my reference. Demystification proceedings so far The creator’s greatness. It was argued that there is no “24/7 immediate company with God”, see “What […]
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Weakness strengthens the church
In this post, I take you on a journey to a fictional church you’ll love and to one you’ll hate. Then I explain a paradox: to become the spiritually strong church you love, it must be composed of weak people, in human terms; and to become the spiritually weak church you hate, strong people are […]
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Being one being
The Bible talks about the marriage relationship in Gen 1-2 somewhere, saying that a couple will become “one flesh”. This inspired me to think about what this involves … and I must admit that I’m deeply fascinated by the idea of “merging personalities” while I am unable to grasp it due to my all-too-natural, all-too-human, […]
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Natural transformation in the church
Religious view on transformation in the Sunday service church How do people get transformed in character? Here is a ridiculously simple answer: by hearing the “Word of God”. There’s also a bible verse for it: “[F]aith comes from listening, and listening comes through the word of Christ.” [Rom 10:17 ISV]. So the idea is that […]
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Be your congregation
Here is the “third way” style of growing congregations, which I believe to be nearest to New Testament practice. Lets look at the two ways first, then at the third way. Way 1: build your congregation There are fellow Christians who believe that the best one can do to God’s kingdom is to employ the […]
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Is wisdom indirect?
I’m here in the course of trying to find how to live with God practically. (Jus’ to be clear: with the God of the bible, as there is no other being who deserves this title, as it means: the supreme being, the highest one, above all.) Now, umh, here I’m going to deal with the […]