So we believe Christianity is true. Cool. Now what? Do we just import our current version of Christianity?
Colossians 4:2-6, Interacting with Others
After you have gotten yourself together (at least somewhat), you can now begin to interact wisely with others.
Colossians 3:18-4:1, Wives, Slaves, and Obedience
To explain what’s going on here, we have to start with Aristotle.
Colossians 3:12-17, List of Things You Should Do
We’ve looked at what you shouldn’t do. But, what about the positive stuff?
Colossians 3:5-11, Why Act This Way?
Why does Christian morality look the way it does? Why is it these things we’re supposed to do or not do? Why not other things? Well, it all has to do with something called an “image.”
Colossians 3:5-11, Lists of Things Not to Do
The NT has several lists of things we’re not supposed to do. Well, why those things?
Colossians 3:1-4, What We Should Focus On
Why are Christians supposed to act a certain way? Why does God care what we do? The end of our series on Colossians will answer these questions and a whole lot more.
The Essence of the Christian Worldview
If Paul had written Mere Christianity, what would be in it?
Moving Forward 11: Act on Your Beliefs
When you pray for patience, God will teach you patience by making your life difficult. So, why don’t we pray for patience?
Moving Forward 10: Apologetics
Thinking through faith rationally is really important if we don’t want to have blind faith. That’s what apologetics is all about.
Moving Froward 9: Praxis - Christianity IRL
Theology is great, but you’ll never truly understand it if you don’t live it out in real life.
Moving Forward 8: Reacting Instead of Thinking
We’re going to make a lot better progress if we stop shutting down conversations and think through where we’re headed. We need to stop reacting and start thinking.
Moving Forward 7: Reducing Theological Vocabulary
Christianese needs to stop being a thing. But, we should also think about dropping a lot of our other big theological words.
Moving Forward 6: Crossfit and Church
What is it about Crossfit that makes people pay a lot of money to get pushed to their absolute limits? And why can't church be like that?
Moving Forward 5: Dealing with Problems
If we're going to make progress, that means we're going to have to deal with some obstacles in our way. Ignoring problems doesn't make them go away.
Moving Forward 4: The Value of Apologetics
Sometimes in life, you run face-first into a brick wall. Wouldn't it be great if you didn't do that so much?
Moving Forward 3: Purity Culture
"You have to keep yourself pure!" This is a hot topic in a lot of Christian circles. But, what's REALLY going on here?
Moving Forward 2: Spiritual but not Religious
More and more people are walking away from organized religion. Is this really a problem?
Moving Forward 1: Exploring New Ideas
It can really rock your boat to look at the world from someone else's perspective. So, how can we do that effectively?
Catholic n' Stuff
Ben's bio: "I'm a complete mystery even to myself. How the hell could I write a bio?"