creed
Here brief bullet points for 3 categories of 16 mis-takes on the biblical theology of the Triune God: A. The Holy Spirit is not truly God 1) Binitarian-ism: Binitarianism is also known as Pneumatomachi (which literally means “Battling against the Spirit”) and as Macedonians. • The Holy Spirit is
Liturgy
In 387 CE [AD] in Syrian Antioch, now southeast Turkey, John Chrysostom preached a series of sermons to his fellow Antiochenes who had been charged with sedition for rioting against new taxes. Bishop Flavian of Antioch traveled to Constantinople to persuade Emperor Theodosius to pardon the city. On the Last
Being Transformed by Renewing Our Mind
He designed a tree that would serve Jesus not as a strawman that is easily blown down, but as a formidable target — not unlike God’s creation of Goliath.
intertextual
The lens of Jesus's wisdom story about the Lost Son in Luke 15 illuminates Psalm 34 and 2 Corinthians 5 — these three scriptures are assigned readings in for Year C Lent 4 lectionary of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). Here are two reinterpretations of Psalm 34
Aligning with God's Truth
Here's a 275-word abridgment of Section V of The Seoul Statement from the Fourth Lausanne Congress convened in Korea in 2024 which is over 1,100 words long (see lausanne.org/statement/the-seoul-statement), intended for use as a creed or affirmation of faith in a
Theological Politics
nostrils pinched as we attempt to console ourselves with the reminder that we are not beatifying or canonizing them . . . God has allowed our virtue or lack thereof to be magnified in two particularly dismal nominees
Liturgy
Here is a sampling of verses about the marginalized, arranged in five couplets which can be used as a call-and-response creed. New Living Translation (NLT) © 2015 Tyndale. Aligning with God’s Truth He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among
Vocation
DWYL As-Long-As-Your’re-Happy . . . Follow-Your-Heart . . . Be-True-To-Yourself . . . Believe-In-Yourself . . . Live-Your-Truth . . . Be-Your-Best-Self . . . Do-What-You-Love — the aphorisms of our day are elegant. They sound like beautiful advice. They’re certainly enticing. Who wouldn’t want to be
Translation
Here's my translation of excerpts from Romans chapter 8 for a responsive creed. There is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his own Son as a sacrifice for our sins. Therefore you have
Aligning with God's Truth
Here's an abbreviation of the Athanasian Creed from the late 400s CE, arranged as a responsive affirmation of faith, based on the translation published by the Christian Reformed Church in 1988. Not nearly as well known as the Nicene Creed (c.381) and the Apostles Creed (c.714)
Aligning with God's Truth
This arrangement is mostly drawing from the ESV and NLT, along with my own translation. Cursed is anyone who carves or casts an idol and secretly sets it up! Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater worshiping the things of this world. Cursed is anyone who
Aligning with God's Truth
You must be holy because I, Yahweh your God, am holy. Live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. Be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. Do not harvest the