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Friends for the Fray: The Lost Art of Confession (part 1)

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:29:58 +0000

The ancient art of confession is lost to most Christians today. It is a loss that causes great peril to our souls. In this lesson, we talk about the importance of this ancient practice, and some of the reasons we tend to resist it. Continue reading →

From Theology to Spirituality: "In The Image of God" (part 1)

admin — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:09:56 +0000

by Doug Hammack

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For many weeks, we’ve been thinking about the theology of our faith, and how our unquestioned assumptions, and the things taught us often betray us and lead us into a sickened spiritual state. Today we begin to look at how rebuild a healthy spirituality on the foundations of these reconsidered Truths.

Thinking About Thinking About Jesus (part 2)

admin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:15:20 +0000

In this continuation of last week’s variation on our “Two Views” series of lessons, we continue laying the ground work for how we think about Jesus.
by Doug Hammack

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Christians say that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus was about more than just a good man, standing up for the downtrodden, and being martyred for his efforts. We believe that Jesus fulfilled something of great historical significance, enacting God’s purposes to save humanity.

To be able to think clearly about what it means that Jesus saves people, in this lesson we think about what sin is (the stuff we believe Jesus saves us from).

Sabbath Consciousness: Our Descriptive Selves (part 3)

admin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:06:46 +0000

by Doug Hammack

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Continuing our discussion of sabbath-consciousness…

Sin’s Just Not That Big A Deal (Scandalous!) part 2

admin — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:00:23 +0000

by Doug Hammack

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Sin’s Just Not That Big A Deal (Scandalous!) part 1

admin — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:00:47 +0000

by Doug Hammack

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For many of us, we were raised in a spirituality in which sin-consciousness, and the battle against sin, was the epicenter. Because of our individual backgrounds, when we think about sin, we tend to make individualistic interpretations. Sin doesn’t affect our standing before God, in this view: we are loved, we are loved, we are loved. But it does get in the way of dancing well w/ God. Sin is not that big a deal compared to the mountain of God’s mercy and grace, but it will mess up your life.
Also, sin-centric spirituality hasn’t helped us very much in developing the simple practice…the daily discipline…of repentance.

Next week, I want to talk about some specific aspects of sin we typically overlook

The Ancient Christian Practice of Spiritual Reading: "Lectio" (part 3)

admin — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:23:13 +0000

by Doug Hammack

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