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A Crisis of Faith
preaching in a pandemicA Crisis of Faith One of the people I came to appreciate in my life is named Brennan Manning. His best-known book is Ragamuffin Gospel, in which he makes the point that we all appear as ragamuffins before God. In other words, we are powerfully stained with sin, but God’s grace reaches out to his anyway. […]
If God Loves Me, Why
preaching in a pandemicIf God Loves Me Why? If God loves me why can’t I get my locker open? That’s the title of a book that was published many years ago, but the title has stuck with me. It brings up the practical and repeating question of Why? When things go terribly wrong in life, the question […]
A Theology of Suffering
preaching in a pandemicA Theology of Suffering I’m continuing a series of posts on how to preach in a pandemic. The first of these posts is here. During World War II all of Europe went through great suffering as a result of the war. Christians found that their faith helped them develop a theology of suffering that reflected […]
When It Seems God Doesn’t Care
preaching in a pandemicWhen It Seems That God Doesn’t Care In the last post we saw that people need a sense of security, that God is in control, during a pandemic. But what about when it seems that God doesn’t care about my pain? Beyond security, however, people need a sense that God cares about them, that he […]
The Need for Security in a Pandemic
preaching in a pandemicThe Need for Security in a Pandemic In the last post we began looking at how to preach in a pandemic. Today we look at this fact: there is a need for security in a pandemic for most people. Let me explain. Why Conservative Churches Are Growing In the early 1970’s a sociologist named Dean […]