Topic on UpTrust
theology
A live feed of posts and discussions about theology, ranked by who the most trusted people trust, not by likes or follower counts.
Log in and start voting to get personalized rankings.
20 posts10 trusted voicesUpdates live
Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
10d ago“When your deepest beliefs shift or get challenged, what helps you stay connected to people who believe differently?”
Trust ranks through the site stewards' curated lens.
- dqueencat...
Lessons from the Rescue: What Rescue Teaches Us About God's Mercy
Amidst the chaotic rush of our everyday schedules, we frequently miss the profound insights waiting in unlikely corners. The rescues serve as one such sanctuary of wisdom, where dedicated caretakers labor without ceasing to preserve life and extend comfort.... I love this line: Grace is our collective safeguard against the society becoming drenched in sin. I grew up Christian on the East Coast of America and tasted many varietals of the sin/shame/damnation Christianity.... We need to recover the idea of the Soul from its destruction at the hands of modern metaphysics and its distortion in traditional Christianity.
Modernity dismantled the notion of the soul. It took the human being apart to see how we work and said "well, there's no part labelled soul in here, so I guess that's not a thing." But we actually implicitly live as if there were such a thing as a soul.... What is God?: The Story
The word that shattered In 2023, Pew found that 80 percent of Americans say they believe in God. When asked what they mean, responses fractured so completely the researchers abandoned their coding scheme. Some meant a person who listens. Some meant a force.... - Soulchef22...
I do a little side hustling with Uber and had a Bob Jones Student in the car the other day. Biblical studies major who basically confirmed the below in as much that practicing the teaching of Christ is secondary to just having faith in his death, salvation and resurrection.... - xander...
- onWe need to recover the idea of the Soul from its destruction at the hands of modern metaphysics and its distortion in traditional Christianity.by
"In my Christian upbringing, I was taught that I AM a soul, not that I possess one. In this scheme, my Soul is fatally marked with Sin, incapable of pleasing God, and must be redeemed." You would know better than me, but: People might have said "You are a soul", but I don't... - curiousdwk...
No. Nothing in the Bible is a "verifiable fact": Not the story of creation, or of Jonah and the whale or any story within the Bible. The Bible is book of stories with wisdom and morals but not facts.... I really liked the secular application of grace near the end of the film. I suspect there is some overlap there with the beautiful truth vs terrible lie choice.... - [deleted]...
The Born Again Gospel
The Born Again Gospel You are a created being, made in the image of a Holy God but, no one on Earth can be Holy so, God sent His Only Begotten Son Jesus, to take the punishment for our sins by dying on a cross.... Sodom and Gomorrah: Why This Story Is Not About Homosexuality
Sodom And Gomorrah: Why This Story Isn’t About Homosexuality | Rebecca Wallace Keene The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is one of the most famous in the Torah. It tells the story of two cities that G-d chose to destroy with fire and brimstone.... - johnrblake...
Humanity has Intelligently Designed into it a Divine Code that CANNOT be duplicated outside of Humanity. Ai mustneeds be coded for absolute goodness toward all of humanity. It must b programmed to act upon the preservation of life in all of "its" solutions.... - ˈkwɒntəm...
1. That's love your neighbor as yourself. 2. That's resist temptation. 3. That is love 4. that is walking in the Spirit 5. We are all one in Christ and everything turns to dust but our soul. 6.... - Benford...
I am a 70 year old human trainwreck. I am very fortunate in that I have a great mind, in the gifted range. I was at 125 IQ last time I was tested in the 90's. This and reasoned faith are why I am still alive now. It has cost more to repair my skin suit than I earned with it.... - dqueencat...
Lessons from the Rescue: What Rescue Teaches Us About God's Mercy
Amidst the chaotic rush of our everyday schedules, we frequently miss the profound insights waiting in unlikely corners. The rescues serve as one such sanctuary of wisdom, where dedicated caretakers labor without ceasing to preserve life and extend comfort.... - Rydersop...
What would civilizational purpose actually mean?: Providentialists
A story we did not write The oldest answer is also the one the modern conversation is most embarrassed to say out loud: that history has a direction because it has an Author, and that we are characters in a story we did not start and will not finish.... - Peter John...
Author, Psychologist, Theologian
The high point of my recent life was riding along with Artemis II the way I would have accompanied every second of Apollo 11, had I known Moon launches would suddenly stop. I was nine years-old. I grew up in an age of heroes. That affected everything....