Tag Archives: Theology

God’s character – an obscured climb, but a vista not to be missed.

To behold the character of God is a sight worth working for. Much like a great vista can be obscured by shrubs and rocks, trees and mist, the glory of God can be obscured by the world around us, encroaching ever closer to our eyes and putting us out of focus, even misleading us. GodContinue reading “God’s character – an obscured climb, but a vista not to be missed.”

Discovering the Particular Love of God

Redemption is the process whereby an individual guilty of sin before God is saved from the just punishment of sin, namely death, through the vicarious death of Jesus. There are some particulars regarding redemption that are worth teasing out because they provide an abundance of joy and greater understanding of the particular love God showsContinue reading “Discovering the Particular Love of God”

The Mission of Marriage

Lately I’ve been writing about marriage. It just so happens I read a book on the topic, The Seven Principles That Make Marriage Work, by Gottman and Silver. Great book! We looked at a whole bunch of stuff in those posts about what the intersection between the bible and those principles were. But as IContinue reading “The Mission of Marriage”

The Seventh Principle, Shared Meaning – An Addendum?

Is it possible that a good marriage could be defined by a negative, the absence of conflict? The arcane, the esoteric knowledge behind a successful marriage, could it really be as simple as avoiding the higher levels of the decibel range? Not at all. In the book, The Seven Principles That Make Marriage Work, GottmanContinue reading “The Seventh Principle, Shared Meaning – An Addendum?”

Reading the Seven Principles – What you’re prepared for from the Bible

In our last post regarding the seven principles we considered some of the novel concepts that a Christian reader would encounter, that is to say, novel to Scripture. For example we considered the wisdom and recognition that Gottman and Silver had in identifying certain problematic patterns that persistently creep into marriages causing them to nosediveContinue reading “Reading the Seven Principles – What you’re prepared for from the Bible”

Introduction to Conversations with JWs

A few years ago, when I was in Bible college, my husband and I were door-knocked by some Jehovah’s Witnesses (which I will refer to with the abbreviation, ‘JW’ or ‘JWs’). At the time, we were in the second year of our studies, and in our doctrine subject were learning about the Trinity. God wasContinue reading “Introduction to Conversations with JWs”

Reading the Seven Principles – What you won’t find in the Bible…

Plenty of people get married. And of that group of people a reasonable deal of them slowly trudge their way towards a bitter breakdown in relationship culminating in the tragic event of divorce. Plenty of books have looked at why this happens. But what about the ones who not only survive but thrive within theirContinue reading “Reading the Seven Principles – What you won’t find in the Bible…”

Community, Reality to Live, Not Ideal to Create.

When you think about Christian community do you think about something that the Christian church must primarily foster or create? Is Christian community a culture that each individual must contribute to in order to achieve a certain kind of genuine and interconnected love and service? If that is the case, then certainly the Christian orContinue reading “Community, Reality to Live, Not Ideal to Create.”

Community S2:Ep11. On Christmas.

It just so happened that today (Christmas 2020!) I watched Community S2:Ep11 “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas”. I knew I was in for some cringing but Community makes you want to watch through their episodes to get to the next because they are mostly so well made! But it is not without its cringe biscuits. And hereContinue reading “Community S2:Ep11. On Christmas.”