Forum: General Theology

I was just reading this and wondering if this passage could not be applied in two ways. “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar...

I am wondering if Anselm would have been just like Jonah in Jonah's response after preaching condemnation to Nineveh. "When God saw what they did,...

Many of you know that I have grappled with how to take Einstein’s theory of relativity serious in doing theology. (Time requires mass) One of...

I wonder what you think are the implications for the people, when Jphn calledthem to repent and to be baptized? (Matthew 3:1-12) Can we compare...

Just read the tag line on your thread concerning calvinism and arminianism. Do you, and do you believe Wesley, felt it didn't matter at all what...

This might be a good interview to watch. It's with Dr. Roger E. Olson on Calvinism and Arminianism

‎"Nothing whatever, whether great or small, can happen to a believer, without God's ordering and permission. There is no such thing as 'chance,'...

A few years ago our local UMC pastor moved and dropped off a bunch of books at the library for our book sale thanks to the intervention of his...

Since I'm going to be preaching on Matthew 1:1-16 tomorrow (the ancestors of Jesus), I was doing a little Googling and came across this article: ...

I'm actually not following all that many blogs at all, but I've found this one to be very interesting. I hope with Olson that there is place for some...

I don't want to disrupt the flow on other threads, but I want to thank everyone for their passionate defense of their theology--even when I disagree...

Genesis 24:67 Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was...

I recently ran across this quote in a google document chronicling the teaching highlights from RVL's (Ray Vander Laan) June 2004 trip to Israel. I...

I was always taught that unsaved people would define salvation as: works = salvation. Once they begin to understand a bit about Jesus they may...

Tolerance is a funny sort of word, because it's come to be a sort of dirty word to Evangelicals everywhere, even though it shouldn't be. The way...

I'm looking for a book for my brother for Christmas. He is a high-school science teacher and a good Christian. He is well versed on the two poles...

According to the Jewish historian Josephus the 1st century Jew's that was living during the time of Christ look upon their Temple as "a Heaven and...

Our new pastor started with a series on the armour of God from Eph 6. Today he spoke about the belt of truth (he deals with the parts top down,...

I'm curious as to who agrees or disagree's with this section taken from 'A view of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion" by Soame Jenyns

I like Roger Olson's words here: http://www.rogereolson.com/2010/11/25/gods-sovereignty-in-the-crucifixion-of-jesus/ Quite in line with...

OK, this is thrown out here for a discussion about the effects of evolutionary theism on this doctrine. I am sure other questions will come forth,...

For too long we have read Scripture with nineteenth-century eyes and sixteenth-century questions. It’s time to get back to reading with first-century...

Recently on the evening news Diane Sawyer had a story about pastors who no longer believe in God but stay in their church because they do not have...

There are many rooms. Some of those rooms have taken on a sort of ghetto appearance, not in that they are run down, but that they are separated...

What is the best and most comprehensive book by N.T. Wright on the new perspective on Paul?

I've been asked to query the board...we would like to put more of a focus on the Advent this year, but our church isn't terribly liturgical at all,...

I grew up in the Church of the Nazarene and often sang "When We All Get to Heaven" with great enthusiasm. Afterall, it has a bouncy cadence to it on...

The other day it was stated that some give way too much emphasis on the Sermon on the Mount. Doing some research for another issue into Wesley, I...

I recently was reading on another site about music. Someone mentioned different groups, one of which was said to be "oneness Pentacostal." ...