Posts Tagged ‘doubt’
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July 30th, 2013 | Christian Living, Doubt & Questions on Faith, God & Christianity, Ken Wytsma, Theology & the Bible
“Sometimes intellectual doubt really is a smokescreen,” says Ken Wytsma, President of Kilns College and Founder of The Justice Conference. We all have doubts, but most often, those doubts are emotional rather than intellectual. Intellectual questions can be answered, and by answering those questions, we open the door to faith. “The goal with intellectual doubt […]
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April 2nd, 2013 | Doubt & Questions on Faith, Ken Wytsma, Theology & the Bible
“If we take atonement as the end…we’re not going to understand the conversation,” explains Ken Wytsma, President of Kilns College and Founder of The Justice Conference. To truly understand and talk about the gospel we must look beyond the death of Christ to discover His full purpose as Messiah. He not only died to save […]
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March 14th, 2013 | Art & Culture, Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Doubt & Questions on Faith, Dr. Samuel Adams, God & Christianity, Philosophy & Intellectual History
“We err when we try to make God the fulfillment of our deepest longings and needs, because then we conform Him to what we want,” says Samuel Adams, PhD, Mennonite Pastor, Assistant Professor of Theology & Social Justice and Director of Graduate Studies at Kilns College. The Christian conception of God isn’t that He is […]
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September 4th, 2012 | Christian Living, Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Doubt & Questions on Faith, Dr. H. Wayne House
The Old and New Testament both emphasize self-sacrifice in the context of interpersonal relationships. In other words, if someone hurts or insults us, we do not have the right to violently retaliate. In fact, we are called to love them in return. “I suggest you can’t build those interpersonal relationships if you’re walking down an […]
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May 4th, 2012 | Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Doubt & Questions on Faith, Featured Videos, Ken Wytsma
“We do begin to treat skepticism as almost a moral flaw,” says Ken Wytsma, Founder of The Justice Conference and President of Kilns College. “Skeptical questions surface conversations that I think are more real, and because they’re more real and authentic, [they] have a greater chance at really hitting people where they’re at.” Though some […]
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February 12th, 2012 | Christian Living, Ken Wytsma, Spiritual Growth & Discipleship
Ken Wytsma, President of Kilns College and Pastor of Antioch Church in Bend, OR, talks about how to react when we see people that once had a vibrant faith begin to struggle with sin or doubt their salvation.
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February 12th, 2012 | Doubt & Questions on Faith, Ken Wytsma
Ken Wytsma, President of Kilns College and Founder of The Justice Conference, gives a little of the rationale for hosting a Q&A service.
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February 9th, 2012 | Ken Wytsma, Philosophy & Intellectual History, Science & The Bible
Ken Wytsma, President of Kilns College and Founder of The Justice Conference, answers a question about truth and how to live with difficult questions.
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February 8th, 2012 | Doubt & Questions on Faith, God & Christianity, Ken Wytsma
Ken Wytsma, President of Kilns College and Founder of The Justice Conference, answers a question about whether doubt is in some sense necessary to faith and if it is an okay thing.
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February 8th, 2012 | Doubt & Questions on Faith, History of Religion, Ken Wytsma, Philosophy & Intellectual History
While the deductive ‘Problem of Evil’ argument against Theism was solved by Plantinga, the inductive problem remains: is it likely that an all good, all loving God exists, given the presence of purposeless, meaningless evil and suffering? People will always disagree on this question, and there is no irrefutable answer to it. But Christianity isn’t […]
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