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Approximate Reading Time: 9 minutes (This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) This final option for where the soul comes from will sound odd, even by Christian standards. Instead of God being an active participant, either creating the soul or grabbing one from His […]
Where Does the Soul Come From? Option 3: Traducianism Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutes (This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) Today we continue our look at where the soul comes from. While Part 1 looked at a theory that is largely rejected, this one may be the most commonly held belief in
Where Does the Soul Come From? Option 2: Creationism Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes (This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) If we believe that humans have a soul, we must also believe that the soul comes from somewhere. Throughout history, Christians have come up with several theories to explain it, and today
Where Do Souls Come From? Option 1: The Soul Bank Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes The American Dream and the Christian life are at odds with one another. One says that a good job, an attractive spouse, a large home, and an easy retirement are the keys to happiness. The other calls for a life of humility, sacrifice, self-denial, and a pursuit of God for our joy. While this is
Why You Should Read: Ecclesiastes Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute Progressive Christianity isn’t a cut-and-dry thing. It has varying degrees, with some Christians or churches only embracing very specific parts of it, while others identify with every aspect of it. As I discuss Progressive Christianity, I’m speaking to the extreme ends of it, and I do that with a specific purpose. There is a certain
A Note On How I Define Progressive Christianity Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes This series is being put on hold. Click here to read why. At its core, Progressive Christianity is all about being at the forefront of culture. As culture shifts, they try to keep up. The more western society promotes some kind of social issue, the more they’ll finds ways for the Bible to support it.
Progressive Christianity Part 2: Trend Chasers Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutes This series is being put on hold. Click here to read why. As our world continues to reject the traditions that seemed to fail previous generations, Christianity was inevitably going to get swept up as well. With each passing year, we’ve seen the core tenets of Christianity compromised, or outright abandoned, in favor of something
Progressive Christianity Part 1: A Religion That’s Doomed to Fail Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 9 minutes (This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app. ) One of the most popular beliefs about our physical and spiritual selves is that we have three parts: body, soul, and spirit (also known as trichotomy). The three are unique and serve different functions
Are humans made of three parts? Are we body, soul, and spirit? Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutes The sin of any Christian causes us to mourn. When a secret life is revealed, and a Christian leader has been found to be abusing others, it causes us outrage. When the whole world is given an opportunity to mock Christianity because of that gross sin, we may not know how to react. Do we
Final Thoughts (Part 8 of Thinking Through the Ravi Zacharias Scandal) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes (This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) If there’s one thing that’s consistent about everything I’ve discussed in this series, it’s this: there’s a fundamental flaw with how we desire to have a small group of celebrities be our
The need for “bottom-up” discipleship (Part 7 of Reflecting on Fallen Leaders) Read More »