“Faith in its healthiest forms has always been comfortable with mystery and nuance, metaphor and allegory, candid questions and honest doubt. Because in the end, Christianity has suffered more casualties from faux faith than from honest doubt.”
– Brian Zahnd
SERIES INTRO:
4/16/23 – Wrestling with God – Genesis 32:24 – 32
REASONS FOR DOUBT:
4/23/23 –Bigotry– Luke 9:46-56
Anti-semitisim, Racism, Sectarianism, Homophobia
4/30/23 – Abuse – Matthew 23:1-15
Abuse of Scripture, Abuse of Power –
Crusader colonialism, white patriarchy, #metoo/#churchtoo
5/7/23 – “Check Your Brain at the Door” – 1 Chronicles 16:8-13
Anti-science, anti-intellectualism
5/14/23 – (Mothers Day): The Proof is in the
Pudding – 1 Corinthians 1:1-13
Toxic Theology, Toxic Practice, the opposite of love
REASONS FOR FAITH:
5/21/23 – David Gushee guest speaker – A Post-Evangelical Reading of Job
5/28/23 -(Memorial Day Weekend) Beauty – Ecclesiastes 3:9-15; Ephesians 1:15-23
6/4/23 – Grace – John 21:12-17
6/11/23 – Jesus, Jesus, Jesus – – John 6:67-68
