The Religious Faith of Atheist Extremists
So let me be clear about a few things up front: 1. I do not believe that people who do not believe in my notion of God–or any other notion, for that matter–are going to hell. 2. This conviction translates into really, honestly, having no drive to convert anyone to Christianity away from some other [...]
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“It took me a long time to learn…” Mulling Niemöller on 9-16
“It took me a long time to learn that God is not the enemy of my enemies. He is not even the enemy of His enemies.” The late Martin Niemöller said these words after eight years of concentration camp imprisonment, and friend Kirsten Mebust reminded me of them on a facebook post of hers on [...]
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Can Grace Really Be Pulled out of the Fire? Scary Matthew 13.
Anna- curious of your understanding of Matthew 13:36-43. Is this really telling of a one time judgement and not an eternal one? I was thinking of our conversation at Outlaw Ranch this past week. It sounds pretty eternal to me. Dang. There’s always gotta be one in the crowd who listens and then in their [...]
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“Rarely, will anyone die for a righteous person.” The Impracticality of Jesus’ Death
The problem I see every day amongst Christians is the inability to find a more practical explanation to those of us who don’t quite understand the meaning of giving up your only son to save a bunch of sinners. Why would anyone do that? And worse: no matter what kind of crook you’ve been your [...]
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Raised or Razed from the Dead? Reminder of Upcoming OMG Event
Seats are still available for the weekend conference entitled Raised or Razed from the Dead? Please consider joining OMG on the Augustana Campus on September 23 and 24th as we consider how different Christian theological systems, or frameworks, end up in different places (so to speak) about life (or not) after death. We’ll meet from [...]
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“She” Magazine Publishes “The Right Questions: Anna Madsen and OMG: Center for Theological Conversation”
A special thanks to Lori Walsh for crafting this beautifully written piece in the September issue of She Magazine, as well as to Connie Sweatman, Murray Haar, and Carl and Kerry Schmitzer for their contributions to it. The Right Questions: Anna Madsen and OMG: Center for Theological Conversation
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“Everything’s Going God’s Way!” Prayer and God’s Will
Question: If everything is God’s will, what is the point of praying for anything? Why is it when something good happens, everything gives all the credit to God, when in fact, the credit should go to the people/person responsible for the good fortune? Oh, I’d love to visit with you over coffee on this one! [...]
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OMG podcast
A big thank you to Kathleen Lambert for this intro-to-OMG-podcast (my first!) done in St. Petersburg, FL, last week. Here are the links to the podcast and her blog. Podcast: Blog:
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Reader Question: God of the OT Really Be God of the New? Spin it for me.
Question: The NT makes sense (mostly)! So why does the OT make it so hard to be a Christian? A lot of it is so contradictory. What makes it worse is when preachers read too much into an OT passage to support something in the NT, and then you find that in the next chapter [...]
