I was playing guitar with one of my students the other day, sharing songs we’d written, trying to find songs we both knew to bridge the 30 year gap in our ages, and generally having a good time. My new friend, Lawton, became a Christian a year ago, so I was quite eager to hear keep reading
And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise. I think most of us, Christians and non-Christians alike tend to believe this is one of the more beautiful sentiments expressed by Jesus Christ (in Luke 6:31). I don’t recall ever meeting anyone who did not find this to keep reading
A couple of my friends who share a similar background in the Stone-Campbell movement have read this book and had reactions similar to mine. We all felt this 20-something year old eloquently put into words her journey which sounded strangely familiar. Rachel Held Evans’ Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the keep reading
An article just published (Dec 2010) in the prestigious Journal of Personality & Social Psychology entitled “Whatever does not kill us: Cumulative lifetime adversity, vulnerability, and resilience” illustrates, once again, that the letter U can help us understand certain relationships that are non-linear. The authors conducted a longitudinal study of about 2,000 individuals representing a keep reading
In this series of posts, I’ve argued that, when it comes to faith, putting the emphasis on believing in God doing great things often sends us down the wrong track. Instead, I’ve suggested that biblical faith encompasses both trust and faithfulness as central concepts. Both Mark and Luke tell a story that nicely illustrates this. keep reading
Today’s sermon, delivered by ACU theology professor Randy Harris, was entitled “The Exorcist”. His text was Mark 5:1-20, where Jesus casts the legion of demons out of a possessed man and into a herd of pigs. Randy pointed out things in the text that made me think of this thread on faith, in which I’ve keep reading
In his wonderful book “Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics”, Duke theologian Sam Wells contends that “the notion of improvisation, as understood and practiced in the theater” is a proper model for the way in which Christians are to live faithfully, to embody today in a concrete way the great biblical narrative. He goes on keep reading
Abraham’s absurd faith Any discussion of faith has to mention Abraham, considered the father of faith by no less than 3 world religions. The story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son because God asked him to has stood through the ages as the ultimate sign of his faith. Søren Kierkegaard wrestled at length with keep reading
The image shown here is an example of Rubin’s vase, an optical illusion that demonstrates a perceptual concept known as figure-ground. Gestalt psychologists were really into this kind of perceptual experiment. Depending on which hue (black or white) you consider the figure and which the ground (or background), your brain discerns either two faces or keep reading
That biblical faith encompasses the belief in a God who is almighty and who does great things, from creation to miracles, to rescuing his people, is a rather self-evident fact. We’re told that faced with the prospect of sacrificing Isaac, “Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead”. He believed in God’s power to act. keep reading
Dr. David McAnulty is Associate Professor of Psychology at Abilene Christian University.
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