by Greg Tomlin | Oct 29, 2020 | Faith & Heritage
1 Corinthians is a letter written in disappointment. It is written to a people Paul thought should have by then (around A.D. 53-54) begun to show some spiritual maturity. Instead, the Corinthians were preoccupied with dissensions and jealousies over spiritual gifts,...
by Greg Tomlin | Jul 29, 2020 | Faith & Heritage
Among the most humbling and formative events in my life was standing before an interfaith gathering of seminary students in 2000 to deliver a Christian perspective on theodicy—a word which, in theological circles, references the problem of human suffering. First used...
by Greg Tomlin | Jun 24, 2020 | Faith & Heritage
Part of my punishment for wrongdoing as a child was the walk to the willow tree on our fence line. I often thought of shuffling past it to find cover in the horse pasture. I never did. I chose my switches like an adult buys a car. They needed the right features—no...
by Greg Tomlin | Jun 9, 2020 | Theology
The accusations of pagan religionists, who blamed Christians for the fall of Rome in AD 410, forced St. Augustine into an acute theological reflection on the relationship between the church and government. Ideas born from his nearly two decades of investigation...
by Greg Tomlin | May 11, 2020 | Blog
No one knows where the phrase, “The best of men are but men at best,” originated. It was first recorded in 1680 in reference to the character of General John Lambert, who had helped Oliver Cromwell overturn Charles I and the royalists during the English Civil War. It...
