#TheologyThursday

Apr 7, 2016
1 min

Theology Thursdays: How does peace (as an attribute of God) relate to the believer’s life and

by Krista Last week, I was talking to some friends of ours who work with us in member care. When we asked how they were doing, they told us, “Well, we’ve been wearing out that Peacemaker book you recommended!” I was glad and sad at the same time. It seems we always have some area in our lives that lacks peace and the often spills into conflicts with others. Today we take a tiny glimpse at that attribute of God, but it’s something that we will spend a lifetime (and beyond) stu

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Krista

Mar 3, 2016
2 min

Theology Thursdays: Is God personal?

This is an attribute of God that really came alive to me in 2015. For a time, it was something I really wrestled with and fought through, but in the end…well, you are going to have to keep reading to find out “the end.” How is He personal: God engages me in a way that influences me.[1] How? God chooses to not be disinterested in His creation. He is aware of and concerned with the details of my life. Why? He sympathizes with my struggles. This is not just what He does, but who

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Feb 18, 2016
2 min

Theology Thursdays: The Goodness of God

by Krista As you can imagine, the goodness of God is something counselees wrestle through all the time in my office. It is one of those foundational truths that is easy for me to believe on the good days, but when our lives are turned upside down by “bad” things, our theology is put to the test. It is good for me to keep studying this attribute of God’s character when the skies are clear so that I can hold tightly to it when he clouds roll in. In a similar way to the wisdom o

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Feb 11, 2016
2 min

Theology Thursdays: The wisdom of God

by Krista I am so thankful for the Wonderful Counselor who offers to train me in wisdom as I study His Word. What an awesome task to teach His Word and I find myself frequently overwhelmed by my own inadequacies and totally dependent on Him for wisdom. Today, we look at that attribute of our Holy God. A wonderful attribute of God is His wisdom. Because we are often so acutely aware of our lack of wisdom, it would be hopeless to have nowhere to turn to gain wisdom. Yet, our Fa

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Theology Thursdays: What is the relationship between infallibility and authority?

Krista

Feb 4, 2016
3 min

Theology Thursdays: What is the relationship between infallibility and authority?

by Joel Authority is the reliability of Scripture. It is the reality that compliments “inspiration.” In other words, because God is the Author (i.e., the Origin of the words represented in Scripture) then He has the “authority” to back up His Word(s). To disbelieve or disobey Scripture is to disbelieve or disobey God.[1] The Bible claims this for itself. (2 Timothy 3:16 states, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and

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Theology Thursdays: What does it mean that the Bible is “inspired”?

Krista

Jan 28, 2016
2 min

Theology Thursdays: What does it mean that the Bible is “inspired”?

by Joel Inspiration is the breath (2 Tim. 3:16) of Creator God communicated through the words that make up the cannon of Scripture we call the Holy Bible. The inspiration of God is upon the words (or writings), not the authors. Why is this significant? Although different books or sections of the Bible take on the author’s unique experience and literary style, the ideas or concepts did not originate from the author, but from God. Technically, God was the author and the ones wh

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Dec 10, 2015
1 min

Theology Thursday: How the attribute of God’s love relates to the believer’s life and counseling

by Krista In this series, I looked at a number of attributes of God and how they relate to counseling. With Christmas right around the corner, we long to be enveloped by God’s love. Yet, so much evil in the world often causes even believers to question God’s love.For more thoughts along these lines, I have found Randy Alcorn’s book If God is Good to be particularly helpful. It is good to reminded that love defines who God is in all of his actions. Love — God is the very defin

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Nov 19, 2015
3 min

Theology Thursday: The doctrine of the Trinity

by Krista I grew up with a solid commitment to the idea that God is made of three persons — Father, Son and Spirit — and never really questioned it, but I also didn’t really take the time to learn how to explain that doctrine until I was asked to defend it as part of a job application when we were preparing to start our video production ministry! (Yeah, ask me about some of the other questions they asked someday!!) Over the years, I’ve been more conscientious of what it mean

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Nov 12, 2015
2 min

Theology Thursday: What is the relationship between infallibility and authority?

by Krista Today’s question was something that really came alive before I started my counseling training. In those early years after we got married, when Joel and I were really struggling to make our relationship work well, we went to a church that was well-respected in our area for counseling. I remember walking in for the first session on a snowy afternoon and the receptionist gave us a stack of forms to sign before we started. One of them had to do with the authority of Scr

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