ArchivesAuthor Archives: Brad Brown
Is It Possible To Go Too Far With Your Faith?
Recently, Jay Leno made a joke that offended some Sikhs. Last night, I saw a news commentator discussing this, and he said something to the effect, “some people take their religion too far.” I think he was expressing a fairly common belief in our culture. It’s fine to believe whatever you want, just don’t let [...]
I Believe in Jesus
This is my third entry in my I Believe… series, which goes into more detail about my core beliefs. This one will focus on the third point in my statement of faith on my website: “I believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious and [...]
, on January 11, 2012
Category: Ministry Philosophy, Random Thoughts Tagged I Believe..., Theology Leave a commentMaking People Good
In my previous post, Don’t All Religions Teach Basically the Same Thing?, I briefly touched on the idea that people think that it is the moral teaching of religion that really matters, not the theological details. I wanted to expand on that a a little bit, but it didn’t really fit with that post. Let’s [...]
Don’t All Religions Teach Basically the Same Thing?
In our pluralistic, tolerant culture, it’s popular to believe that all religions teach basically the same things, so it really doesn’t matter what you believe. Is this actually true? Short answer, no. As an example, lets look at a truth claim from both Islam and Christianity. A central tennant of Christianity is that Jesus died on the [...]
Are you an Incarnation Person or a Resurrection Person?
It’s Christmastime (in case you haven’t noticed.) This is the time of the year when we celebrate the incarnation of Jesus. It occurred to me how we Christians have a tendency to “pick a side,” associate ourselves with either the incarnation or the resurrection. Some churches focus mostly on the incarnation. In my experience, this [...]
, on December 15, 2011
Category: Random Thoughts Tagged Christmas, Incarnation, Resurrection, Theology Leave a comment
Is It Possible To Go Too Far With Your Faith?
Recently, Jay Leno made a joke that offended some Sikhs. Last night, I saw a news commentator discussing this, and he said something to the effect, “some people take their religion too far.” I think he was expressing a fairly common belief in our culture. It’s fine to believe whatever you want, just don’t let [...]
I Believe in Jesus
This is my third entry in my I Believe… series, which goes into more detail about my core beliefs. This one will focus on the third point in my statement of faith on my website: “I believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious and [...]
Category: Ministry Philosophy, Random Thoughts Tagged I Believe..., Theology Leave a comment
Making People Good
In my previous post, Don’t All Religions Teach Basically the Same Thing?, I briefly touched on the idea that people think that it is the moral teaching of religion that really matters, not the theological details. I wanted to expand on that a a little bit, but it didn’t really fit with that post. Let’s [...]
Don’t All Religions Teach Basically the Same Thing?
In our pluralistic, tolerant culture, it’s popular to believe that all religions teach basically the same things, so it really doesn’t matter what you believe. Is this actually true? Short answer, no. As an example, lets look at a truth claim from both Islam and Christianity. A central tennant of Christianity is that Jesus died on the [...]
Are you an Incarnation Person or a Resurrection Person?
It’s Christmastime (in case you haven’t noticed.) This is the time of the year when we celebrate the incarnation of Jesus. It occurred to me how we Christians have a tendency to “pick a side,” associate ourselves with either the incarnation or the resurrection. Some churches focus mostly on the incarnation. In my experience, this [...]
Category: Random Thoughts Tagged Christmas, Incarnation, Resurrection, Theology Leave a comment
