Tweetimonies: Holly Brinkley
Our staff recently wrote our faith stories/ conversion stories in 140 characters (the limit for Twitter). Here’s the faith story of Holly Brinkley, my assistant: … Read More »Tweetimonies: Holly Brinkley
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Acts of God (Acts 1 Mary the Theotokos): #3
Using Jaroslav Pelikan’s commentary on Actsin the Brazos Theological Commentary set, this series of short posts will explore some of the 84 significant theological issues… Read More »Acts of God (Acts 1 Mary the Theotokos): #3
Acts of God (Acts 1The Gospel of Forty Days): #2
Using Jaroslav Pelikan’s commentary on Acts in the Brazos Theological Commentary set, this series of short posts will explore some of the 84 significant theological… Read More »Acts of God (Acts 1The Gospel of Forty Days): #2
Surprised by Hope: #3
In Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, N. T. Wright challenges us to rethink our notions of heaven and the implications of the doctrine of heaven for the entire Christian faith.
In Chapter Three describes the Christian view of life after death and of resurrection in comparison to Jewish and pagan views. In summary, Wright says that “the ancient world–with the exception of the Jews–was adamant that dead people did not rise again; and the Jews did not believe that anyone had done so or that anyone would do so all by themselves in advance of the general resurrection.”