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The Last Temptation of Christ with Dr. David Bennett (Podcast)
Read more: The Last Temptation of Christ with Dr. David Bennett (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Dr. David Bennett is a post-doctoral research fellow in theology and ethics at the University of Oxford and he’s the author of A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Discovering Jesus (published by Zondervan). In our conversation we review and discuss the portrayal of Jesus’s…
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Robinson’s Housekeeping and the Promise of Desire
Read more: Robinson’s Housekeeping and the Promise of DesireIn a 2009 interview with Rebecca Painter, Marilynne Robinson responded to the question of loneliness in the religious life saying: “I am not sure religion is meant to assuage loneliness. Who was ever lonelier than Jesus? ‘Can you not watch with me one hour?’ I think loneliness is the encounter with oneself—who can be great…
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What Is There to Desire? A Reflection of My Motivations
Read more: What Is There to Desire? A Reflection of My MotivationsWe all have at least one desire in our life. We may desire something as tangible as a job, a degree, or community. It may be a desire for something lost, like a loved one who has passed. Many times, our desires are motivational drives that help us reach the next goal in life. Whether…
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If Only…
Read more: If Only…I’ve always thought of Lust as only having to do with sex. It was always held up for me as the opposite of purity, chastity, virginity. When I think about it now, I realize that this narrow definition has actually become quite a convenient for me as a 21st Century American Christian. In limiting the…