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Okay, Why “Trespasses,” “Debts” and “Sins”? (Heidelberg Catechism Q119)

September 25, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen 14 Comments

One peril of visiting a new church comes when it is time to pray. At least if the congregation of a traditional flavor they will wrap up with something like “Now let join our voices in the prayer Christ himself has taught us, saying…” It all goes fine for a while: …Father… …Name… …kingdom… …will… …daily […]

Filed Under: Bible, Heidelberg Catechism, Prayer, Theology, Worship Tagged With: Debts, Lord's Prayer, Sins, Transgressions, Trespasses

How to Organize Your Faith (Heidelberg Catechism Q24)

September 23, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Shhh! A whole lot of Christians are quietly afraid that someday, someone will ask them about their faith. We need some outline points, like the pegs on a coat rack. No hooks and you just have a pile of stuff on the floor. Add a row of pegs and you can hang up a whole lot of stuff […]

Filed Under: Bible, Faith, Heidelberg Catechism, Theology Tagged With: Apostles' Creed, Confirmation, Evangelism, Guilt grace and gratitude, Know what you believe, Lord's Prayer, Sharing your faith, Ten Commandments

How Do You Know That? (Heidelberg Catechism Q. 19)

September 16, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

You and I were born in an age shaped by scientific thinking. We find it hard to accept that there might be ways of knowing other than through science — the proof of hypotheses through experimentation. It is a sort of cultural mythos, this devotion to science. It is a religion without a temple. We […]

Filed Under: Bible, Faith, Heidelberg Catechism, Theology Tagged With: Epistemology, Knowing, Proof, Science and religion, Science vs. faith

Finding a Life-Giving Approach to the Bible (part 7, conclusion): Process & Goal

September 4, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

And so we come to the end of the classic book on lectio divina by Guigo II (d. 1188), The Ladder of Monks. The idea of a ladder is key to understanding his approach to the Bible — despite all the food metaphors I’ve noted in these posts. He might have done better still with a spiral […]

Filed Under: Bible, Prayer, Theology Tagged With: Guigo II, Ladder of Monks, Lectio divina

Finding a Life-Giving Approach to the Bible (part 6): Contemplate Upon It

August 30, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Contemplation is when the mind is in some sort lifted up to God and held above itself, so that it tastes the joys of everlasting sweetness.” That is Guigo II (d. 1188) talking about the fourth and final step of lectio divina, the spiritual reading of Scripture. In his classic little book he compares the process to […]

Filed Under: Bible, Prayer, Theology Tagged With: Bible, Guigo II, Lectio divina, Scripture, Spiritual reading

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