I’ve been meaning to post this for a week or two, but I’m just now getting to it. It’s kind of old now, but if nothing else it’s here for my future reference. In a recent issue of Sports Illustrated, Dan Patrick has a list of the most memorable encounters he had during Super Bowl […]
Archives for February 2008
Shame and Guilt
So what is the difference between guilt and shame? Guilt says “You’ve done something wrong.” Shame says “There is something wrong with you.” In his book, Atonement for a “Sinless” Society, Alan Mann suggests that before churches address the problem of guilt they must address the epidemic of shame that exists in a post-Christian culture. […]
February 20, 2008 by 8 Comments
It’s About Time
February 14, 2008 by 8 Comments
Atonement
I’m doing some reading about atonement theory. I’ve got A Community Called Atonement, Recovering the Scandal of the Cross, and Atonement for a ‘Sinless’ Society. Any other ideas? It’s interesting to me that while all Christians agree that we are saved by Jesus’ death on the cross, we can’t agree upon a unified theory for […]
February 13, 2008 by 22 Comments
On Evil
“How can we oppose evil without creating new evils and being made evil ourselves?”–Walter Wink
February 1, 2008 by 6 Comments
Telling Stories, Asking Questions, Learning Lessons