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The Tale of Two Hearts

by Ashley Brooks | Oct 16, 2020 | Public Theology, Social Engagement | 0

I want to tell you a story about the Tale of Two Hearts. There once was a young boy who woke up...

Providence and Virtue in Business Today

by Enoch Charles | Jan 29, 2020 | Public Theology, Social Engagement | 0

In today’s super-competitive world, would we…uphold our integrity, especially when the temptation to compromise moral values, sometimes for mere survival, becomes so tantalizingly strong?

Rehashing Hash Tags, Part 3: Contemporary Expressions of Socialism in Social Justice

by Page Brooks | Dec 23, 2019 | Justice and the Church, Public Theology, Social Engagement | 0

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of a three-part series (click here for Part 1 and here for...

Rehashing Hash Tags, PART 2: The Catholic Response to the Rise of Socialism

by Page Brooks | Dec 18, 2019 | Justice and the Church, Public Theology, Social Engagement | 0

EDITOR’S NOTE: In the second of this three-part series, Dr. Brooks examines Catholic and...

The Death Penalty is Inconsistent with Evangelical Christianity – PART 2

by Dr. Kevin Brown | Nov 25, 2019 | Justice and the Church, Public Theology, Social Engagement | 0

EDITOR’S NOTE: In the first part of Dr. Brown’s article, he argued that the U.S. death...

The Death Penalty is Inconsistent with Evangelical Christianity – PART 1

by Dr. Kevin Brown | Nov 20, 2019 | Justice and the Church, Public Theology, Social Engagement | 0

EDITOR’S NOTE: The death penalty, in some form, has been around for centuries in Western...

Emotional Vulnerability and Lament in Reconciliation

by James Hawkins | Oct 23, 2019 | Public Theology | 0

If Jesus wept when he saw the pain of people he loved, then you and I can lament over the pain of past and present racism, even though we know that we will all be reconciled before the throne of God in Heaven.

The Beauty of Open Doors and Tables

by Alan Cross | Sep 18, 2019 | Justice and the Church, Public Theology, Social Engagement | 0

The hundred or so men and a dozen or so women filed into the “dining room” at the Kino Border...

Does Patriotism Have a Place in the American Church?

by Page Brooks | Jul 1, 2019 | Public Theology | 0

Were we ever to have such a wedding of the kingdom of God and a kingdom of the Earth anyway? I think it has been a major mistake, and we will see the ramifications of it in our long-term discipleship for the next generation or two in America.

The Plum Palace: Where Do You Place Your Belief?

by Benjamin Case | May 29, 2019 | Public Theology | 0

This begs the question that transcends automobiles: What conditions dictate your belief? Is your belief in God conditional? We all are answering this question every day by how we live our lives because our beliefs dictate everything – who and what we believe in and why we believe.

Is Jesus the Center or Boundary of Your Theology?

by Page Brooks | May 13, 2019 | Public Theology | 0

A centered-set theology focuses on Jesus being the object of pursuit, study and attention in developing doctrines in the context of a relationship with Jesus and fellow Christians.