Tag: Eschatology
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Eschatology Index
Index: About Justice The End of the Story Breaking the Cycle of Time Four Millennial Views Book of Confessions on Eschatology
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Scot McKnight on Political Eschatology
Looking through articles commenting on the election this morning, I found this one by Scot McKnight. Jesus Creed: Politics and Eschatology Somewhere overnight or this morning the eschatology of American Christians may become clear. If a Republican wins and the Christian becomes delirious or confident that the Golden Days are about to arrive, that Christian…
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A Christian Vision for Kingdom Politics: Immanentize the Eschaton!
Philosophical Fragments: A Christian Vision for Kingdom Politics: Immanentize the Eschaton! Joshua Hawley Hawley recounts the history of politics and religion in the past few decades. He says that the Christian Right's agenda was to convert society and government. He writes: It's far from clear that restoring Christian social authority is an appropriate aim of…
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Less Valuable and More Serious – Work and Life as a Sketch
The High Calling: Less Valuable and More Serious – Work and Life as a Sketch by Scot McKnight Julian Barnes, an atheist, claims that he '"misses God.'" In the midst of his reflections on a life without faith wracked by a haunting fear of death, Barnes reflects on the impact belief in heaven would make…
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Keeping the End in View
Christianity Today: Keeping the End in View How the strange yet familiar doctrine of theosis can invigorate the Christian life. …As evangelicals, we know how to answer the question, "Are you saved?": If we have believed in Jesus Christ, we are saved—right there, right then. Sometimes, though, the way we talk about salvation makes it…
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Why the fascination with the end of the world?
BBC: Why the fascination with the end of the world? …Whether you refer to it as eschatology (religious theory of the end of the world), millenarianism, end time belief, apocalypticism, or disaster scenario, it is one of humanity's most powerful ideas, and it goes way back. "It is a very ancient pattern in human thought.…
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Imago Dei and the Material World (Part 4)
I closed my last post with the question, "How then does our work in this time of the Kingdom "already but not yet" have an eschatological impact?" The first way our work has an eschatological impact is through our daily work. Through our work, we are formed and transformed. We come into the world with…
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Imago Dei and the Material World (Part 1)
What are we to make of the world we live in? What is our relationship to the created order? Many Christians in recent years have reevaluated the significance of the material world in light of the biblical narrative. Recovery of eschatological and teleological frameworks has become central to this renewed interest. Until recently, most mainline…