Is Belief Aimed at Truth?
The dispute between Clifford and James is largely on what grounds do we have to believe something and what is the function of belief. Clifford takes the hard stance and says that reason alone should justify our beliefs. Clifford sees belief as being intimately connected to representing the truth of reality. Therefore, it’s important to […]
God’s Mission has a Church
God’s church doesn’t have a mission, rather God’s mission has a church. I can’t underestimate the potency this change of perspective has had on my understanding of God’s mission on earth and my place in it. It has deepened and enriched my understanding of God’s fundamentally missional nature. It has also challenged some of my […]
Who does the Black/White Paradigm Leave Out?
There are so many topics worthy of reflection swirling in my head, but I want to focus on the black/white paradigm and the way this interacts with Asian Americans. This way of thinking has led to much ignorance of Asian American issues and silencing of those who have tried to share their experiences. The black/white […]
An Intro to if CRT is in Schools and Churches
Faith and family. Is there anything more sacred or valuable than these two? If there is any innocence in the world, it would be found in children. If there is anything holy, it is the God who made us. The idea that our children’s innocence or our faith is being exploited or corrupted seems to […]
Africa’s impact on Christianity
History has a way of reflecting the interests and assumptions of those who write it. All the great things we love and cherish had to originate somewhere, and coincidentally we trace their origins to our own ancestors. To combat the narrative in the West that Christianity was founded primarily around Rome by white Greeks, Oden […]
Santa Biblia: Is there only one way to read the Bible?
I used to be a much more ardent “objectivist” in regard to truth and was hostile to any notion of “subjectivism” in truth. To me it didn’t matter if you had white, old, blue, black, female, Hispanic, poor, or educated eyes when reading the Bible. The Bible said what it said, and it did not […]
Jeremy Taylor Against Roman Catholicism
The Church of England throughout history has produced thinkers and practices that have impacted the global church. As Anglicanism began to emerge and take shape during and after the Reformation, Jeremy Taylor was an important leader who helped form and justify Anglican theology and practice. Taylor used his skills and influence to take aim at […]
Leviticus 20:9-21
The first thing to do in interpreting the passage at hand, Leviticus 20:9-21, would be to put it in its historical context. There are a variety of perspectives when considering authorship. Traditional views credit Moses as its author,[1] dating the content to the latter half of the second millennium BC.[2] On the other end, others […]
God of just the “oppressed”?
This paper will begin with a summary of God of the Oppressed, followed by two theological positions I want to analyze deeper, my critiques of those positions, and ending with a summary of what I hope will be the main takeaways. This paper acknowledges Cone’s insights on how context influences our theology and how God’s […]
Power of Words 