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Our Mission to Colombia: Post #3: My First Church Service
So much can happen in two days! In the picture above, some team members and I are standing inside the home of a woman (beside me in the photo) who encountered God in a powerful way the day before. Her … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia Trip
Tagged bible study, Christianity, Colombia, evangelism, faith, gospel, healing, ministry, miracles, mission, prayer, slums, theodicy
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Early Bird Fee Extended to March 15 for mini-course (Tuesday slot)
I have extended the early-bird fee ($199) period to March 15 for the Tuesday slot (not Wednesdays) of my mini-course, Following the Way of Jesus. Please spread the word! Course Information: For a long time, I’ve been sensing that people … Continue reading
Posted in church, culture, Discipleship, education, ethics, faith, mini-courses, teaching / lecturing, Theology and Culture, worldview
Tagged christian ethics, christian thought, church and culture, course, culture, ethics, faith, Jesus, worldview
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Concluding Reflections on Doubt and Faith (post #3)
In my first post, I discussed the appropriate and helpful role that doubt can sometimes play in genuine Christian life and faith. In my second post, I identified the basic problem as overemphasizing Doubt or allowing it to overshadow, suppress, or paralyze … Continue reading
Posted in faith, reflections, Spirituality, The Bible, worldview
Tagged belief, bonhoeffer, cynicism, disbelief, doubt, faith, gospels, Matthew Bates
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Further Reflections on Doubt and Faith (post #2)
In my previous post, I discussed the appropriate and helpful role that doubt can sometimes play in genuine Christian life and faith. In this second post, I will reflect on what I think is the basic problem with overemphasizing Doubt … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Discipleship, faith, hermeneutics, Theology, Theology and Culture, worldview
Tagged anselm, augustine, doubt, faith, faith seeking understanding, hermeneutics, incarnation, incarnational, knowing god, skepticism, trinity
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Some Reflections on Doubt and Faith
It is common today, perhaps even fashionable, for Christians to celebrate the place of doubt within Christian life and faith. In part, this is a good thing. Yet, I sometimes wonder if perhaps the pendulum has begun to sway too … Continue reading
Posted in faith, Philosophy of Science, Theology and Culture
Tagged doubt, enlightenment, faith, gadamer, hermeneutics, kierkegaard, rationalism
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St. John of Damascus: Holistic Salvation
These words from St. John of Damascus (~645-749 AD) describe the holistic effects of Christian salvation, the effects of God’s redemptive work and power through Christ in the Spirit. “Indeed, the worship of demons has ceased. Creation has been sanctified … Continue reading
Posted in gospel, quotes
Tagged Christianity, faith, gospel, john of damascus, redemption, salvation
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When Crisis Hits: Christian Reflections on Faith in the Midst of Suffering
The CSCA talk that my wife Elena and I recently gave is now online and available for viewing and sharing. Here it is . . .fa
Posted in faith, health, mental disorder, prayer, Science and Christian Faith, Spirituality
Tagged crisis, death, faith, faith and science, healing, miracles, suffering, theodicy
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John Coe on the Temptation of Academia
“As a graduate student at a major secular university, I experienced personally (and witnessed in my colleagues and professors) the temptation of academia: to be fashionable in one’s observations and conclusions, to be flashy, to be the first to … Continue reading
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Tagged character, faith, faith and science, honesty, integration, psychology, science, virtues
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Is ‘spirituality’ in general a good thing? One study suggests perhaps not.
Is ‘spirituality’ in general a good thing? One recent study in the British Journal of Psychiatry concludes: “People who have a spiritual understanding of life in the absence of a religious framework are vulnerable to mental disorder.” An interesting conclusion. … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Spirituality
Tagged faith, health, mental disorder, organized religion, religion, spirituality
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New review essay now available online
My recent review essay for Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith is now available online at: http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/2012/PSCF6-12Franklin.pdf It explores four prominent issues currently being discussed in science and theology concerning our understanding of human personhood (e.g., what it means to … Continue reading
Posted in published articles, Science and Christian Faith
Tagged emergence, evolution, faith, human personhood, human uniqueness, science, theology
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