Al Staggs, Theologian In Residence, 2010
Going to hear a one man play on Dietrich Bonhoeffer today at Tusculum College. This is a gift to area pastors and includes lunch! Click here to go to the Tusculum website.
A View from the Underside: The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer – a one-person play taking you inside the prison cell where Bonhoeffer awaits execution and shares his struggles with evil, injustice and God.
I’m linking my blog in Feedburner so that when I publish a blog post, it will tweet a link to that blog post. Here’s how to do it:
1. Log in to http://feedburner.google.com/ and click on your blog’s feed.
2. Click on the “Publicize” tab and then the “Socialize” service on the left.
3. Add your Twitter account and select the options you want.
Steve Reeths, one of my best friends from Middle School and High School, recently reconnected with me on Facebook after 34 years apart. He’s a musician and has had a band with his wife for years. He’s coming to Johnson City this summer, June 22, to play for the city. Check out their site here.
Theology is often made up for the wrong reasons or regurgitated. The study of scripture alone to know God and to be freed from the need to be imprisoned by our desires and pride is rare. I’ve contended that the gospel is at the core of all theology or the theology is skewed. Yet, most people cannot explain the gospel with confidence, both believers and unbelievers. Believe, me unbelievers have a theology. Just ask someone what God can or cannot do! Thus, we get a ton of very bad theology or at best, theology that is confusing. Why is it confusing? People who “theologize” make statements apart from the center of the Christian message in order to be puffed up or to part ways. What is the center of the gospel? If you have to click here you probably don’t know, but click here anyway to check yourself.
Since I’ve been de-herniated since Tuesday morning, well wishers have responded well and caringly. Then, my good friend Jim writes this:
Tom,
We had a good bible study this morning, but we missed you. I hear that you’re doing pretty well, all things considered. I hope that those pain meds aren’t messing with one of the world’s great theological minds. Just in case you didn’t already know it there are two things that a man ain’t supposed to do in order to avoid a hernia, one is lifting a large anchor (see attachment) and the other is lifting a large piano. Just thought I would let you know. See you tonight.
Jim
