If we didn’t say it ourselves when we were kids, we probably heard other kids say it: “My Dad can beat up your Dad.” We all wanted to think our Dad was the strongest, the best, the one with no fear and the one everyone else better fear. Why? Because we wanted to be protected. […]
Tag: Theology
The Last Word
As I write, it is Good Friday, the year of our Lord, 2018, and tomorrow will be the harrowing of hell and then Sunday will come. Christians will greet each other with, “He is risen,” and receive the response, “He is risen indeed.” We live out the cycles, the rhythm of life laid out in […]
Theology and Culture
To revisit quickly this post (see here), I wanted to follow-up with one of the comments. One reader (Jean), noted: “I look forward to hearing your take on how FG theology creates that subculture.” One would have to write a book or a series of posts to really address the assertion that theology creates culture, […]
To Leave or Not to Leave—That is the Question
I think I’ve mentioned before I don’t think everyone is “led,” “called”— (not sure what word…?), to leave the FG world. And depending upon one’s history, it may not even be possible to leave that world completely. In some ways it may be like being raised in the South but then relocating at some point […]
Divergence 