Category Archives: General

God’s Departure

To admit that God can and will leave is to allow the dangerous taste of hope into otherwise stagnant waters.  It is to admit that the life of the disciple is not sedentary but nomadic- moving on to where sustenance lies, not staying where sustenance once was.  It is to appreciate that the journey of …

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June 9, 2010 – 3:23 pm | By joshrhone | Posted in General | View Comments

A New Place for Theological Dialogue and Discussion: “Wesleyan Theology Blog” and @theologyblog

Yesterday, I added to my links a new website, WesleyanTheoBlog, which is dedicated to theological dialogue and discussion on a variety of subjects from a Wesleyan-Arminian perspective.  As someone who is an ordained Wesleyan pastor and has an interest in theological dialogue, I hope that the website and the discussions contained therein will take off …

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June 9, 2010 – 12:36 pm | By joshrhone | Posted in General, Theology | Tagged , , , | View Comments

Holiness: a matter of abstinence or engagement?

In 1 Peter 1.15 and 16 declares, 15But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” Christians serve a “holy” God and throughout Scripture those persons who are identified and included as being set apart from darkness to …

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June 8, 2010 – 5:23 pm | By joshrhone | Posted in General, Life/Society/Culture, Theology | Tagged , , , | View Comments

I-It: Have we turned Jesus into a commodity to be bought and sold?

W. Taylor Stevenson commenting on Martin Buber’s seminal work I and Thou notes that there exists, [A] twofold attitude of man toward the world.  Man’s attitude, and consequently his actions, are twofold in that they can be understood in terms either of the primary word I-It, which designates a relationship characterized by objectification, categorization, and utilization; …

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June 3, 2010 – 11:59 am | By joshrhone | Posted in General, Life/Society/Culture, Theology | Tagged , , , , , , , | View Comments