Tagged: “theology of the cross”
Unnatural disasters
The last raindrops haven’t dried from Harvey, and already we’re told that Irma is poised to pummel Florida.
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The Glorious Defeat
Many people hated the ending.
It felt so anti-climactic. After all of that hard work and perseverance.
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Though it likely won’t make the splash made by overtly faith-based films like God’s Not Dead, Fireproof, and Heaven Is For Real, Martin Scorsese’s Silence (now in theaters) is an even more profound meditation on faith and what Lutherans call “the theology of the cross.”
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Christianity is for losers
A Society of WinnersWe are a society of winners.
Much as we might profess an appreciation for underdogs, it’s the favorites we put our money on.
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