Questions about The Bible?

What does the Bible say about the "soul"?

2012-02-12T15:35:00.001-06:00

I had read something interesting the other day- basically saying that Jesus never did talk about the soul or something spiritual surviving after our body died. This interesting article:...

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Loving God through Dialectic Thinking (You're not supposed to love God with all your mind?)

2012-02-05T19:56:00.002-06:00

The problems with translation: I've often heard it that those who wrote the Bible were inspired and guided by God. And those who translated the Bible were too. And even when you read it you are...

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A "Design" look at the Bible

2011-10-02T22:49:00.000-05:00

My SS class has taken on a critical reading of the Bible in order to explore possible "Big Ideas" and read the Bible with those potential Big Ideas as context (with the idea that reading it without...

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The Cappadocian Fathers and "Negative" Theology

2011-02-04T10:55:00.001-06:00

Recently I finished a book called Decoding Reality by Vlatko Vedral. Vedral is a quantum physicist and the book has as its premise that the basic building block of "reality" is information- and...

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Occam's Razor and Neo's decision

2010-09-04T07:34:00.008-05:00

In the movie The Matrix, the main character- Neo- had to make a decision at one point in the movie: should he take the blue pill which would keep him in relative comfortable ignorance, or should he...

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Pilate's Question

2010-02-21T14:45:00.000-06:00

The exchange between Pontius Pilate and Jesus in John 18:28-38 illustrates another of the big questions of life. The passage tells us that after Jesus had been arrested, Caiaphas and the Jewish...

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Pharaoh's Question

2010-01-11T20:03:00.000-06:00

Ex 5:1-2 Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the...

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The Akashic Field Part II: Unexplained mysteries

2009-11-20T22:35:00.006-06:00

(This is part II of a review of Ervin Laszlo's book, Science and the Akashic Field- see part I below) At the core of Laszlo's book is the idea that the Universe is guided by an "informational"...

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The Akashic Field: Part I

2009-11-11T18:53:00.011-06:00

In the coming weeks I will attempt to explain parts of a book called Science and the Akashic Field (http://www.anandavala.info/TASTMOTNOR/The%20Akashic%20Field.html). This book explores an "integral...

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Can Christians have their God and eat Him too? (Or, can athiests have their science and eat it too?)

2009-09-19T11:01:00.005-05:00

This fascinating piece in the Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203440104574405030643556324.html has two well-known authors answer the question, "Where does...

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Necessary, but not sufficient?

2009-08-09T09:53:00.007-05:00

Last Sunday, our Pastor Ron said the phrase "necessary, but not sufficient". My ears perked up because it recalled recent conversations in the classroom about ultimate causes. Of course, looking...

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Is the Church a Learning Organization?

2009-08-02T10:15:00.003-05:00

The one fad in the business world that might be on the verge of becoming more than a fad is "the learning organization". In short, a learning organization empowers its employees down to the lowest...

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What is the purpose of church?

2009-07-26T09:56:00.004-05:00

I get a lot of polar opposite thoughts on church from acquaintances: - "Church is man-made and really doesn't do too much for me spiritually" - "It is wrong to not go to church." As I'm finding out...

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Are our souls separate from our bodies?

2009-06-21T09:59:00.003-05:00

If you google the title you get a plethora of sites and ideas. One of the ideas that seems to pop up directly questions what the Bible says: "...A soul is an idea created by man to comfort his fear...

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The meaning of "Yom": How do we set church doctrine?

2009-05-31T10:09:00.006-05:00

I read recently that the Hebrew word used in Genesis to describe the Creation story ("Yom") could have three different meanings. One is a 12 hour period. Another is 24 periods of something (24...

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Flooding in front of our eyes: Are we ignoring God in favor of the Bible?

2009-05-24T17:19:00.003-05:00

If any of you have been reading this blog for some time you've probably noticed a trend in some of the posts: a struggle with how to interpret the Bible. I see some issues with a literal translation,...

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Is the Bible consistent?

2009-05-17T10:16:00.004-05:00

Growing up, a close relative used to express his frustration with the Bible to me at times. "I am frustrated many times with the New Testament. It's all about forgiveness and love. We Protestants...

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1 problem with Evolution down, 1 to go

2009-05-10T09:57:00.014-05:00

After a HS education and some college-level classes on biological evolution and then reading a book called Scientific Creationism (and 20+ years of religious education and thought) I found myself...

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Was Jesus an environmentalist?

2009-05-04T23:30:00.003-05:00

I googled the title and came up with this website: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4010/is_200205/ai_n9033508/?tag=content;col1 about an environmental preacher. I think what she says makes...

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How "easy" it would have been to have witnessed the resurrected Christ!

2009-04-26T10:01:00.003-05:00

I say "easy" because there were still people who didn't believe- but I'm not sure there were any who refused to believe once they saw Him, and felt the holes and his side. Talk about proof! What we...

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Is God omnipotent?

2009-04-19T10:10:00.003-05:00

The question on the poll to the right- 'is God omnipotent?' was meant to address the seeming paradox that God could be so powerful that His actions and past could both fulfill scripture AND match...

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Throwing Palms and singing hallelujah: if they knew who Jesus was, why did they kill him?

2009-04-05T21:23:00.004-05:00

Mark 11 and the chapters around it have always concerned me. Something just didn't seem right. Jesus went from being celebrated to crucified in a very short time. The same people who were calling him...

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What authority does the Bible have?

2009-04-05T20:06:00.003-05:00

A frequent question about the Bible, books such as Genesis and Exodus in particular, is whether they aren't just mythology; tale tails to explain a distant past that no one has experienced. There...

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Works vs. Grace

2009-03-30T21:30:00.003-05:00

The Presbyterian Church (and many other Christian churches) have a doctrine that stresses "Grace" over "Works". At the risk of oversimplifying, the gist is that we get into Heaven based on God's...

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Losing our religion?

2009-03-29T10:24:00.003-05:00

In case you've missed it, the news is full of stories these days about the death of religion- or at least of...

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