Posts Tagged ‘theology’
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June 20th, 2014 | Christian Living, Doubt & Questions on Faith, God & Christianity, Ken Wytsma
“Singing is gasoline, a propellant that furthers a motion,” responds Ken Wytsma, President of Kilns College and Pastor of Antioch Church in Bend, OR. Wytsma explains that Christians sing as a means to engage in the presence of God, “Singing for Christians is really prayer set to music.”
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May 21st, 2014 | Christian Living, Dr. Samuel Adams, Justice & Ethics, Theology & the Bible
“We need to orient ourselves to what God would say about justice,” says Samuel Adams, PhD, Mennonite Pastor, Assistant Professor of Theology & Social Justice and Director of Graduate Studies at Kilns College. Without a focus on important aspects of justice like the foundational theology behind it, it can become easy to lose focus. As […]
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May 21st, 2014 | Christian Living, Dr. Samuel Adams, God & Christianity, Justice & Ethics, Theology & the Bible
“The preferential option for the poor is that…this witness to the Gospel that we’re about has this deep preference for the poor, the outcast,” answers Samuel Adams, PhD, Mennonite Pastor, Assistant Professor of Theology & Social Justice and Director of Graduate Studies at Kilns College. “The preferential option really ought to say: What is God […]
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May 21st, 2014 | Christian Living, Church & Community, Dr. Samuel Adams, Spiritual Growth & Discipleship
“A good theology of leadership would, I think…begin with the person of Jesus Christ,” says Samuel Adams, PhD, Mennonite Pastor, Assistant Professor of Theology & Social Justice and Director of Graduate Studies at Kilns College. Jesus’ “servant leadership” stands as a Biblical example of what true leadership looks like. It is important to recognize the […]
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May 21st, 2014 | Church & Community, Dr. Samuel Adams, God & Christianity, Theology & the Bible
“The context for understanding the creation narrative is first and foremost the act of God’s salvation,” answers Samuel Adams, PhD, Mennonite Pastor, Assistant Professor of Theology & Social Justice and Director of Graduate Studies at Kilns College. “The Creation narrative becomes an understanding of who this God is who is saving his people.”
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May 21st, 2014 | Dr. Samuel Adams, God & Christianity, History of Religion, Theology & the Bible
“The church has always interpreted this text in terms of the Eucharistic table and the Eucharistic meal,” teaches Samuel Adams, PhD, Mennonite Pastor, Assistant Professor of Theology & Social Justice and Director of Graduate Studies at Kilns College. This is a reference to communion within the church as well as deep spiritual truths regarding the […]
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March 18th, 2014 | Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Featured Videos, Jenny Yang, Justice & Ethics, Theology & the Bible
“There’s a growing sense in the evangelical community…that we’re not called to the right or to the left,” Jenny Yang, Director of Advocacy and Policy for World Relief’s Refugee and Immigration Program. The meaning of “evangelical” can carry of lot of connotations, the role of evangelism remains important no matter how it is labeled. “I […]
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March 18th, 2014 | Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Jenny Yang, Justice & Ethics, Theology & the Bible
“When you read from Genesis to Revelation, there’s this theme of migration throughout the entire book,” Jenny Yang, Director of Advocacy and Policy for World Relief’s Refugee and Immigration Program. From the movement of peoples and cultures to individual callings and missionary activities, the Bible actually talks a lot about different types of immigration. However, […]
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January 29th, 2014 | Christian Living, God & Christianity, Rick Gerhardt, Science & The Bible
“If we face death more fearlessly because God has us covered…that would be an apologetic, a difference from the way the world around us faces death – that would be startling and powerful,” says Rick Gerhardt, Biologist and Christian Apologist. While choosing how to meet death and make difficult medical decisions is a very personal […]
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January 29th, 2014 | Christian Living, God & Christianity, Rick Gerhardt, Theology & the Bible
“Many times a miracle is not contrary to established natural law, but are occurrences that are supernatural in their timing or their spatial relationship,” explains Rick Gerhardt, Biologist and Christian Apologist. While some miracles can supplant the laws of nature, others work with the laws of nature in order to accomplish God’s goal. “I think […]
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