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2FAB #36: Judges 13-16

March 19, 2017 No Comments

Continuing through Judges with the story of Sampson, verses 13-16

Again and again we find ourselves as subjects addressing God as an object, a separate being – one whom we seek, appeal to, and praise. We ask this divine being to respond, to have mercy, to grant, to forgive, to act, just as we would ask another person to do the same. “We” speak to a God who is not “us,” but something else, whether we think of God as the one in whom we live and move and have our being, or as something impossibly far away. In other words, we think dualistically.

Transformation not conversion

March 19, 2017 4 Comments

by George Clifford The theological term conversion has sufficiently troubled me that I have avoided using it for decades. Initially, this avoidance was

Resisting Evil

March 19, 2017 3 Comments

In baptism we promise to resist evil, but how do we know evil in our life and how do we best resist it? Here’s our top ten ways for resisting evil.

Called to be one with the Apsotles

March 18, 2017 2 Comments

Andrew Gerns offers another perspective on the much-maligned proposal to create a list of pre-vetted candidates for bishop elections.

2FAB Lenten Special #3

March 17, 2017 No Comments

In this episode we continue on the Way of the Cross with stations 5 and 6 – “The Cross is laid on Simon of Cyrene” and “A woman wipes the face of Jesus”

Priest Pulse: Always Selfing

March 14, 2017 No Comments

It’s all about the Enneagram in this episode, featuring our interview with Ian Morgan Cron, author of Chasing Francis and The Road Back to You.

From All Points: Living among the breakage

March 12, 2017 No Comments

In this episode we’re looking at conversion and we welcome our first ever guest, Dr Duane Miller, to talk about his research and new book on Muslim conversions to Christianity; Living Among the Breakage: Contextual Theology-Making and ex-Muslim Christians.