Category Archives: theological

Why we resent

Posted on October 14, 2009 by PaulVK

I’ve got Google Reader locked onto Tim Stafford’s blog. What a nice, helpful writer. Today’s posting noted how illegal immigration despite lack of headline space continues to be an emotional issue. His friend at the newspaper noted that “People feel … Continue reading →

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Asking Jesus for Insider Information

Posted on October 13, 2009 by PaulVK

In Luke 13:23 a group of people ask Jesus “will only a few be saved?” This is one example of people asking Jesus for what I call “insider information”. Sometimes I hear people muse about “what will you ask God … Continue reading →

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The Offense and Power of Forgiveness

Posted on October 13, 2009 by PaulVK

Jim Belcher wrote a nice piece on forgiveness on SermonCentral.com. It got me thinking about the kind of prison bitterness can be. I wrote a post last July about the transferability of bitterness. What struck me was that in an … Continue reading →

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The Christian Story

Posted on October 9, 2009 by PaulVK

Why is the Christian story so engaging, delightful and transformative? The Christian story has within it the movement of the best of stories. The best stories are like the best flat panel TVs. They have the sharpest movement, the truest … Continue reading →

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The fool says in his heart "there is no God" and even Peter's got his doubts

Posted on August 12, 2009 by PaulVK

Peter’s question in Luke 12:41 is interesting. What motivated him to ask it? He was clearly referring to the parable that comes right before this verse. This is a parable about the coming of the Son of Man who is … Continue reading →

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The End of Wrath

Posted on July 8, 2009 by PaulVK

PDF Version of this post I spent a lot of my day yesterday trying to understand what the Bible talks about when it talks about God’s wrath. Most of the “spiritual” people I meet tend to say almost nothing about … Continue reading →

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Of God and Tyrants

Posted on July 7, 2009 by PaulVK

This is a repost from January 2005 All tyrants want to be in some respect like God. They want to be all knowing, so they establish secret police and spy on people. They want to be all powerful, to control … Continue reading →

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Why fights on atonement theory

Posted on July 3, 2009 by PaulVK

This is from a discussion on CRC-Voices related to an excellent piece on 4 theories of atonement that people often set to oppose each other. To use some contemporary language, Anselm was working to be missional, as is John Piper … Continue reading →

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Mark Sanford: This week's case study in theological anthropology

Posted on June 29, 2009 by PaulVK

The “roundtable” on George Stephanopoulos’ “This week” spent a lot of time on Mark Sanford. The comments we feel most compelled to make regarding this tend to be to share our calculus of moral judgment. One of the interesting takes … Continue reading →

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How The Revelation of Vengeance and Grace combine to give us the power to forgive

Posted on June 17, 2009 by PaulVK

This is a comment I made on the post on vengeance. I think this is helpful not just in extreme examples such as genocide, but also in the much more common relational conflicts we ALL experience at church, at home … Continue reading →

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