James K. A. Smith is professor of philosophy at Calvin College and has a Ph.D. from Villanova University. In his book, You Are What You Love, Smith takes a look …
Dale Smith – ‘zaggerater’
Bev Logue has known Dale Smith since childhood and her attendance at Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp. Dale was a regular at that camp in the early days of its existence. …
You Have Been Warned!
(RNS) — It didn’t take long for some preachers to start telling us why God caused the horrible mass murder in Las Vegas to happen. Pat Robertson led the way, …
Pandora’s Box
A great metaphor for the Seven Deadly Sins is the legend of Pandora’s Box According to the story, Zeus, the supreme god, rewarded Epimetheus and Prometheus because of their loyalty …
Teach One Another
I’m grateful for your response to the sermon and worship planning article from last week’s Currents. And….. The response inspired me to add this article on the subject of music . First …
Is God Causing Everything?
Philosophy is an important part of “doing” theology. How so? A good way to test beliefs is by applying good philosophical thinking to the question. For example, a person may …
Not God’s Marionettes
By Peter Marty, Christian Century, June 21, 2017, page 3. I was visiting a historic church some years ago and picked up a short history of the congregation. I learned that …
Being Startled by the Gospel
My friend, Mark Love, posted this on his blog, www.dei-iberations.com. The thesis of the article is that the gospel when considered in its totality is startling. It is not, as …
Prayer Beads and the Lord’s Prayer
Prayer Beads Cycle [Cross] Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now, and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen [First big …