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Theology

Why I’m Not Ultimately a Pessimist

  • Religion
May 1, 2017August 24, 2022
Author: Howard Ahmanson

These are strange times indeed.  The traditional ‘fusion-conservatism’ has been shattered, to be replaced by a form of nationalism that in some forms seems to lean in the unfortunate direction of white nationalism. Some of the old social conservatives have […]

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James K. A. Smith and the Pentecostal World View

  • Religion
November 30, 2015July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Is there such a thing as a ‘Pentecostal philosophy’?  James K. A. Smith says there is.  They don’t necessarily talk about it in ways we are accustomed to, but he says they have one.  And here are its major elements […]

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Heterosexual Cohabitation and The Church – After Obergefell

  • Culture,
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September 7, 2015July 23, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The historic church, evangelical, Catholic, and Orthodox, has taken a dim view of ‘cohabitation,’ which used to be called ‘shacking up’ or ‘living in sin.’ The faithful churches in fact generally try to deny the Sacrament to those in cohabitation. […]

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Some Things People Can’t See or Understand Anymore

  • Culture
July 14, 2015July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In my last post I wrote about how the secular mind can no longer understand the difference between ‘forgiveness’ and ‘tolerance-acceptance-inclusion’.  Things like this are not a surprise; in 1Corinthians 2:14, Paul informs us that “The natural person does not […]

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“Shared Intentionality” and its Implications

  • Religion
February 2, 2015June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The ‘developmental and comparative psychologist’ Michael Tomasello, an American who now works at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany, has come up with a concept called “shared intentionality” as a mark that separates humans from chimpanzees and bonobos [asserted in […]

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Christians Creating Culture: Charles Schulz Did It

  • Religion
January 12, 2011June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The last couple of nights I happened to watch two famous television specials on DVD:  A Charlie Brown Christmas and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.  I pity any members of younger generations who have not seen them.  Today people […]

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The H-word, and the Other H-word

  • Religion
December 6, 2010July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In the ‘60s we had a lot of slang phrases using the word “head” – “head trip” “got a crazy idea in his head” “feed your head” (Jefferson Airplane) “we’d like to change your head” (The Beatles) “out of my […]

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Representing our Jesus to Their Jesus, A Book Notice

  • Religion
April 22, 2010July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Todd D. Hunter, Christianity Beyond Belief: Following Jesus for the Sake of Others . 2009: IVP Press. Author’s website: 3isenough.org. At first I think I had Todd Hunter mixed up with Joel Hunter of Florida, but Todd Hunter is a […]

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Jesus’ Theology of Earthquakes

  • Religion
April 19, 2010June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

It has been more than a week since the Easter Sunday Mexicali earthquake, but better late than never. Many of us have thought, or, frankly, even hoped, that natural calamities would mainly fall on sinners.  A famous verse came out […]

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A Theology of Earthquakes and Culture

  • Religion
February 12, 2010December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

After the Haiti earthquake, Pat Robertson declared that the earthquake was punishment for Haiti’s voodoo culture.  How does he know?  And is it any of his business?  Pronouncements of this sort, I believe, fall into the category of “taking the […]

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