by Jeremy Bouma | Christian Spirituality, Church Culture, Theology
INTRODUCTION “The global image of the US has significantly deteriorated over the past 12 months, as the chaos in Iraq has deepened. And in 18 of the countries that were involved in previous polls, the slide in America’s standing has steepened.” This was the... by Jeremy Bouma | Christian Spirituality, Emerging Church, Theology
Previous Posts Intro Ch. 1-3 In my last post on Doug Pagitt’s new book A Christianity Worth Believing I posed a number of questions in response to a paragraph from the first page of the book. In that paragraph, Doug basically said he no longer believes in the... by Jeremy Bouma | Christian Spirituality, Emerging Church, Site, Theology
Previous Posts Intro Ch. 1-3 Because I am suppose to be on summer break from school, though still in (and rather bored with) summer classes, I picked up Doug Pagitt’s freshly released book “A Christianity Worth Believing” last evening. I’ve... by Jeremy Bouma | Christian Spirituality, Theology
This is my Confession on the Doctrine of Humanity and Sin. I wrote it for my Systematic Theology 2 class, and thought I would share it here. Creation I believe the Creation event was a purposeful act of God to bring into existence a Reality for His glory, reflection,... by Jeremy Bouma | Christian Spirituality, Emerging Church, Theology
Original Post The Gospel Isn’t Offensive, We Are Series 1. Introduction 2. Creation 3. Rebellion 4. Rescue 5. Re-Creation I started this little series in response to a post I wrote on my belief that the Gospel is not offensive, we are. So often I hear Christians... by Jeremy Bouma | Personal, Theology
Today I turned in my Confession of on the Doctrine of God. It is for my Systematic Theology 1 class and will be used for my future ordination. It is theological in substance, but not in language as much as possible. Though I’ve already turned it in, I’d appreciate...