1. Salvation is earthy. This one is paradigm shifting. God's salvific plan doesn't do away with physicality, with materialness, with "earthiness" so that we can be in a better spiritual existence usually called "Heaven." This is actually the teaching of Gnosticism (an ancient heresy) not Christianity. God's plan has always been to redeem, to recreate, … Continue reading 3 Things Seminary Taught Me: Salvation
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3 Things Seminary Taught Me: God
God delights in diversity. This is something I'm still learning, but something that seminary really opened my eyes to both theologically and experientially. God is diverse. Three persons yet one God. Let me be clear: the Father, Son, and Spirit are not different in substance or ontology. They are of the same essence or "stuff" … Continue reading 3 Things Seminary Taught Me: God