Theological Issues

"History" is linear, a meaningful sequence of events leading to the fulfillment of God's purposes for humanity"  "History is not meaningless.  Rather it is teleological, going somewhere, directed towards a known end.:  "History is the record of the involvement and concern of God in human events.  History is the divine purpose of God in concrete form." 

Partial answer to Worldview Question 7 p.43;  The Universe Next Door by James Sire, 5th Edition

http://www.churchandculture.org/blog.asp?id=10129

recommended by James White

I wrote and posted a major essay with the title 

Being Human: the meaning of person hood, sexuality and gender

It is very relevant to the current discussions of homosexuality and being transgender

http://www.reformedliving.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=475:being-human-the-meaning-of-personhood-sexuality-and-gender&catid=67:life-issues&Itemid=57

"I have often told my graduate students in theology that the most pressing doctrine of our day may very well be the doctrine of humanity. It is the area of Christian thought that is most challenged by the world in which we live – and the one where we have the least to draw from historically."

http://www.churchandculture.org/Blog.asp?ID=9235

Why the Cross?  Here is the Pope's answer-

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/why-the-cross-pope-asks-during-sunday-angelus-61405/

Enjoy the action, but beware of the message-

 http://global.christianpost.com/news/the-faith-vs-the-force-

 http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4217915/k.7FF6/The_Worldview_of_Star_Wars.htm

The dangerous world view of Star Trek

http://www.pantheism.net/paul/history/star-trek.htm

Many Christians I know and care for do not share my views about many social, economic and political issues.  The specific reasons for our differences germane to particular issues, laws and policies in the daily news are secondary and debatable.  The major, underlying and most important explanation for our disconnect on these matters is caused by our differing views about the Nature of God, of Human Beings and of Scripture. These three Doctrines have great political, economic and social  consequences.  In fact, all Theology does.  This is clearly demonstrated in US History, as I shall try to illustrate in what follows

http://www.reformedliving.org/

Human beings are wonderfully made by a loving Creator.  We actually image Him and this gives each of us infinite value.  As His image, we have faculties for rationality, creativity, morality, spirituality and communality.  God pronounced to be good, but shortly after we were created, something went radically wrong (radix = at the root).  We rebelled against our Maker and fell away from Him.  

FROM A NEW ESSAY JUST POSTED at http://www.reformedliving.org/