Why is humanity caught in a recurring pattern of violence and oppression that seems a permanent fixture of life on earth? Why is it that humanity is in a perpetual state of turmoil? The history of our world is of one oppressor following another. Must our past always be prologue? What needs to happen to…
God Can’t! (You heard me right) In my previous post, [https://faithontheedge.org/openfuture/] I looked at the biblical case that the future is open. This means that no future has been decided which we are merely walking into. Since the future is yet to be, we humans have a hand in making it what it will be…
One of the most promoted themes (or fear factors) in American popular Christianity is “God has a plan for your life.” Accompanying this is, “Make sure you’re walking in this plan or else….” Throughout a large part of Christendom as well as other approaches to life is the notion that life is fatalistic, “Qué será,…
by Steve Kindle The recent assault on our nation’s Capitol building with the intent to overturn a free and undisputed victory reveals more than a growing dissatisfaction with the American experiment. It also presages the end of our Republic. The rise and fall of civilizations is a cycle that recurs throughout history. Historians from Gibbon…
by Steve Kindle “They’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love….” In our pluralistic times (thankfully), coupled with expansive worldwide media coverage, we have witnessed on a broad scale how people separated by faith traditions and miles reach out to strangers in compassionate service. In India, Sikhs protect Muslims from terroristic beatings….
by Steve Kindle I continue to encounter claims that the Bible teaches things that are decidedly not true. Most recently, someone on Facebook said our planet was created in six days, therefore the Theory of Evolution is false. In the first place, there are abundant interpretive options that even Evangelicals use to discredit this notion….
by Steve Kindle My friend and honored blogger, Dr. Bob Cornwall, wrote a piece about the book of Revelation that encourages us to look at the brighter side of apocalyptic, the new creation. I wrote a response. You can find both (including replies) here: http://www.bobcornwall.com/…/apocalypse-as-message-of… Spoiler alert: He finds hope in apocalyptic theology; I don’t….
by Steve Kindle Most of the differences in biblical interpretation result from our view of the Bible. How can we have different views of the Bible, you say? (We could add that our views of the Bible come from our views of God, but that will have to wait for another post!) Well, it all…
by Steve Kindle It is said that the Bible can be used to prove anything. We’ve got all sorts of millennialists, faith healers, prosperity preachers, last days theorists, and even flat-earthers., just to name a few. They all claim biblical authority and will painstakingly point out why. There are Pentecostals (Jimmy Swaggart), anti-Pentecostals (John MacArthur),…