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Universal Atonement?

When we don’t see something, we just don’t see it.  Like the arrow in the FedEx logo that I did not see until someone pointed it out, truth can be hiding in plain sight. There are many places that Early Church theologians addressed the universality of the atonement as if it was such a common [...]

I Need a God Who….

What kind of a God do you need? Sure, we all want One who makes us healthy, wealthy and wise (along with all the people we care about). We imagine One who gives us exemption from all the ordinary problems of life and logical answers to all of our questions.  Some churches actually that market [...]

God’s Dangerous Grace

My post “BS We Accept About God” stirred up sincere questions. What I believe about God seems dangerously graceful. When I presented God as angry, wrathful, hard to please, conditionally loving people have brain freeze and are not shocked at all. Theology discussions always involve assumptions that makes clear answers challenging. To address one part [...]