This evening I sat in my outdoor rocker and watched an elusive Colorado sky filled with puffy white clouds resolve into a saffron canvas dancing in technicolor antics. Like a chameleon, it transformed further in shape and color — becoming a melon landscape which melted into crimson and then evolved into a violet-blue mass of [...]
Archive for the ‘Theological Ruminations’ Category
9 Apr
The Reason for Easter
Easter will be here soon and amidst all the flurry of fuzzy little bunny feet and colorfully decorated, tie-eyed eggs is a reminder to us that Easter….is about Jesus. It’s about what He did for us on the cross. It’s about remembering the wonder and awe of the atonement purchased on that cross by Jesus [...]
24 Mar
Amusing Ourselves to Death
In Mind Renewal in a Mindless Age, author James Boice writes of an academic study written by Neil Postman entitled Amusing Ourselves to Death. In this study, Postman presented a contrast between the written word and visual media (such as TV and movies). He states that when we read something, it requires us to really [...]
12 Mar
Grace – Simply Amazing Grace
I have set a personal goal for myself: to deeply and thoroughly study the doctrines of the historic Christian faith. Right now I’m studying the doctrine of grace. Amazing, amazing grace.
Grace means God’s favor to the undeserving. We are the undeserving. Each one of us. The revelation of grace is that we can only understand [...]
3 Mar
David’s Sin; Our Sin
Last Sunday, our pastor spoke on Psalm 51 and a correlative passage in the gospels. Once again, I was drawn to the beauty this Psalm and how acutely it speaks to each one of us. I have to admit, I was so drawn in fact, that when our pastor moved into his normal story-telling mode, [...]
26 Feb
God Owes Us Nothing
I’m reading a book right now called Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace? by James Montgomery Boice. In the middle of this book he discusses the five solas: sola Scriptura (scripture alone), sola Christus (Christ alone), sola gratia (grace alone), sola fida (faith alone), and soli Deo Gloria (glory to God alone).
Sadly, many Christians [...]
24 Feb
Meaningless Offerings
I’m going through a study of Isaiah right now. It’s probably one of the most beautifully written scriptures in the entire Bible. In the first chapter, a certain phrase immediately stood out to me: meaningless offerings. It stopped me dead in my tracks — the truth of it seeming to jump right off the pages, [...]
19 Feb
Experiential Christianity – Foundational or Fallacious?
I have a great concern for the contemporary evangelical church. In my short lifetime, I have seen most denominations deteriorate into an almost unrecognizable state. I sincerely question whether one can seriously find the purity of the gospel preserved in most contemporary churches today. Confusion abounds within church walls and pastors desire to mold and [...]
28 Jan
Love Letters From God
I frequent a Theology social-networking site called Theologica. It’s a great place to bounce ideas off of individuals, some of whom have a lot more knowledge than I do about the world of theology. Recently, a young man named Rey wrote a beautiful post called Love Letters. At the end of his post, he made [...]
