salvaged faith
tr.v. sal-vaged 1) to save from loss or destruction; 2) to save discarded or damaged material for future use
Tag Archives: God-Words
what we are saved from matters – or – what if Rob Bell has a point?
I’m just a small voice, but I have a two cents to add to the pot on this whole “Rob Bell Universalism” controversy. Before his book is even out, folks … Continue reading
my very own cohort… #reverb10
Still catching up on the 31 reverb10 prompts from the month of December. Little by little, I will get through them all!!! So tomorrow, we start with our first monthly … Continue reading
Who is God?
I realized today how theologically illiterate my congregation is. That may seem like a slam, or a critique, but it is a simple reality. And it is a reality that … Continue reading
Postmodern Church and the Farmlands of Iowa… Part 1
In our final year at Vanderbilt Divinity School, we work on the crowning glory of our graduate work: our seminar paper. As I sat down three years ago to write … Continue reading
Doctrine of God… or something.
When I submitted my candidacy papers, I had just finished Constructive Theology. I was in a totally heady space, although I also had a lot of practical application involved. In … Continue reading
Moltmann Conversation – Eschatology/Science
• Billboard in MN, said “Unless you confess God cannot bless”, more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable I got. It seems like a reformed idea, but I’m not … Continue reading
Moltmann Conversation – Breakout Workshop on the future that is coming towards us
Finding the Future Session: • Recognizing wisdom in the gathered congregation – tool for genereative listening • Cataphatic = likes images, sensual concepts; apaphatic = way of negation • Website … Continue reading
Moltmann Conversation – Session 4 Justice
• War and Peace = 3 options 1) chance swords into Christian swords and become a dragon killer – the evil kingdom is oppressed, the axis of evil eliminated, etc. … Continue reading
Moltmann Conversation – Session 3 Crucified God
• Soteriology didn’t make sense until I read this book – Shroyer • Don and ann from a pastoral perspective, other speaker coming from a personal working through pain and … Continue reading
Moltmann Conversation – Session 2: Method
Method w/ Tripp Fuller: • You broke some of the rules of German Protestant Systematic Theology that would have been part of your theological education. “Every consistent theological system lays … Continue reading
