Jesus encourages obedience, which we’ve defined as doing things God’s way, which in turn leads to a more centered and focused life. It brings foundation to one’s existence and it also honors God. Even poorly done obedience can bring glory to God in the right setting. Last week, we talked about grace, about not getting…

We’ve been discussing the subject of grace and obedience and about how we look and how we act, at least in a religious sense. It brings into focus the subject of obedience. Just how good do we have to be? It also highlights the subject of grace, the relationship between getting and not getting what…

How good do we have to be to be saved? What is the role of our obedience in salvation? The belief that we get what we deserve is widely held and deeply rooted in all religions. Even Christianity, where the concept of grace comes from, can’t shake the intuitive notion that we are responsible for…

Today, we’re moving on from our 10-month-long discussion of faith. It has been an adventure from which I for one have learned a lot about what faith is, what faith isn’t, how faith works, what faith does. We’ve spent the last few weeks talking about the ultimate future and the survival of faith. This is…

Our worldview influences our doctrine and our doctrine in turn influences our faith. Technology and the rate of change of data management and informatics will become so rapid that we will have no time to rethink, redo, and rewrite our doctrines. They will likely become irrelevant or obsolete in the face of a world so…

In 1850, about the time that our Seventh Day Adventist faith community was founded, most people lived the majority of their lives within about a 10 mile radius. Your worldview and your view of God were determined by the immediate circle of your family and your few friends. There was no television, no radio, no…