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Between Heaven and Earth

Month: May 2024

  • Grace and Salvation: Questions for AI

    In Dr. Weaver’s long recovery from illness, I’ve found myself talking from the class podium rather more than I might like (and, I would bet, far more often than you might like!), and I’ve been using AI to help me in that task. I have never hidden that from you, but since I’m about to…

  • Who is God (of the Old Testament)?

    Michael: Today will be the first part of a two-part discussion on the character of God in the Old Testament. I will be heavily relying on and quoting from the book The Suffering of God by Terence Fretheim.  We often get hung up on the question: Do you believe in God? And forget about the…

  • The Transformative Power of Grace

    A few weeks ago, I gave a sermon to the youth at a local church. My message centered on the concept of God’s grace, and I chose to illustrate it using the parable of the wedding feast. Let me summarize my sermon.  In the parable of the wedding feast, a king invites both good and…

  • Grace As the Conduit For God’s Love

    If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have Grace, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not…