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2025-08-06T01:58:55-05:00

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Matter, Grace, And The Light Of Tabor

Last updated on: August 6, 2025 at 1:58 am By Henry Karlson

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God’s eternal activity, God’s uncreated energy, can be engaged by us; if we welcome it in our lives, we will receive grace, and not just any kinds of grace, but deifying grace. With it, we will end up being transfigured like Christ was at Mount Tabor. What the apostles saw on Mount Tabor was both the hidden glory of the incarnate God-man made manifest, but also, the blessed light of grace which can be taken in and incorporated by all... Read more

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2025-08-04T02:42:31-05:00

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The Transfiguration And Hiroshima: Two Forms Of Glory

Last updated on: August 4, 2025 at 2:42 am By Henry Karlson

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Many people say, due to divine providence, that there are no coincidences in the world. That, I think, is true to some degree, but not always in the way people say this mean. God certainly is engaged with history, tying things together, but we are not puppets under God’s control. We have free will, and the interaction between people in history will create all kinds of patterns, many of which will be intended, but many of which will not be,... Read more

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2025-08-03T02:02:16-05:00

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Every Christian Should Heed Paul’s Call For Unity

Last updated on: August 3, 2025 at 2:02 am By Henry Karlson

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While we tend to think of the early Christian community as being utopian, peaceful and without strife, it wasn’t. It was every bit as divisive as it is now; to be sure, there were far fewer Christians, so the raw number of extreme egos and conflicts which arose was less than what we see today, but they were there. Paul, who understood Christianity was meant to bring people together, tried, as much as he could, to break through those conflicts... Read more

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2025-08-01T02:02:43-05:00

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How The Holiness Of The Saints Inspires Us

Last updated on: August 1, 2025 at 2:02 am By Henry Karlson

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Holiness, wherever it is found, reveals some aspect of the glory of the kingdom of God; this is why the saints, insofar as they are holy (for we know they are sinners like the rest of us), serve as extraordinary representatives of the kingdom of God to the world. Saints were men and women of their times; they were not perfect, nor should we expect them to have been perfect. In their thoughts and deeds, we can see the influences... Read more

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2025-07-30T02:02:38-05:00

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DEI Initiatives Reflect Christian Social Justice

Last updated on: July 30, 2025 at 2:02 am By Henry Karlson

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Just the other day I heard that Belmont University was being criticized by Rep. Andy Ogles; he said that the university should be investigated for violating Trump’s anti-DEI rules. It immediately brought to my mind the time I spent a summer in Nashville working with refugees who were mostly but not exclusively Kurds. I had just finished my sophomore year in college, and I had signed up to do “mission work” through the Baptist Student Union (by the time the... Read more

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2025-07-28T03:12:19-05:00

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Transcending Gender: God Beyond Masculine And Feminine

Last updated on: July 28, 2025 at 3:12 am By Henry Karlson

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One common hermeneutic mistake many readers of Scripture (and the Christian theological tradition) make is to literalize the conventions used to discuss God (and the persons of the Trinity); they do not understand the words are mere conventions which hint at and point to truths beyond the conventions themselves. The words used to describe God must be understood analogically; they must not be interpreted as meaning the same thing for God as they do for God’s creation. This mistake is... Read more

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2025-07-27T02:01:08-05:00

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The Gospel In Action: Healing, Love, And Community Care

Last updated on: July 27, 2025 at 2:01 am By Henry Karlson

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Jesus was an itinerant preacher; he went to the people so that not only would he offer them wisdom, but because be doing so he could meet them where they were at and show his solidarity with them. He gave comfort and solace to the oppressed. He healed the infirm. His message was far more than about the dangers of sin and why those who were cruel and oppressive had to change their ways: he talked about God’s love, how... Read more

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2025-07-25T12:34:15-05:00

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Pavel Florensky And The Golden Rule: Making Society Better

Last updated on: July 25, 2025 at 12:34 pm By Henry Karlson

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Pavel Florensky, while in a gulag, was able to write to his family, telling them about his day-to-day life, but also to give them advice, encouraging them to live in the world the best they could. While he was a priest and a theologian, he was also a scientist, and it is as a scientist his skills were sometimes put to use, as his scientific qualifications were recognized by his fellow scientists, and this, it can be said, was one... Read more

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2025-07-23T02:04:54-05:00

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The Joy Of All Who Sorrow: Mary’s Solidarity Us

Last updated on: July 23, 2025 at 2:04 am By Henry Karlson

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Both Christ and his mother, Mary, are known for their compassion, for the way they love humanity. Both of them are concerned with the salvation of our souls but not to the exclusion of our bodies and the suffering we experience in and with them. They know the sorrows of life because they likewise experienced them, each in their own way. For example, Jesus wept when Lazarus died; his sorrow was real, as his friendship and love for Lazarus was... Read more

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2025-07-21T04:38:15-05:00

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How Long Will the Wicked Prosper? A Call For Reflection

Last updated on: July 21, 2025 at 4:38 am By Henry Karlson

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It seems as if every day I want to pray using the cries of the martyrs from the Apocalypse and say, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before thou wilt judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?” ( Rev 6:10b RSV). How long, O Lord, can this go on? “O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and thou wilt not hear? Or cry to thee ‘Violence!’ and thou wilt not save?”... Read more

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