Category Archives: Life/Society/Culture

[de/re] constructing

In December of 2004, as a newlywed and recent college graduate, I felt like the world and its mysteries belonged to me. Having spent years studying such things as Greek; biblical, historical, and systematic theology; and philosophy I naively assumed that I had things all figured out. The following spring I would accept a call …

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September 2, 2010 – 10:45 am | By joshrhone | Posted in General, Life/Society/Culture, Theology | Tagged , , , , | View Comments

Sex is sin… Sin is sex

Recently I wandered into a place that I haven’t visited for quite a while. As I walked through the door I was greeted by a familiar scene.  Memories of yesteryear flooded back into my mind.  Familiar music greeted my ears, as my eyes hurriedly scanned the room.  Before me I found aisle upon aisle of …

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July 27, 2010 – 2:08 pm | By joshrhone | Posted in General, Life/Society/Culture, 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