by Walter Norvell | Apr 5, 2016 | Faith & Heritage, Ministry, Theology
Praying Remember the Big Picture Often our prayer times are rushed and self-focused. “Bless me,” is about all it boils down to. Even when we pray for others, it is usually for the significant others in our lives with whose well-being we are linked. Please do not think...
by Wade Berry | Apr 1, 2016 | Ministry, Scripture, Theology
Christian Eschatology and Discipleship From Theological Reflection to Practical Life Over the last couple of weeks, I have described the Christian vision of things to come in terms of the healing that it will bring to people and to their...
by Wade Berry | Mar 25, 2016 | Ministry, Scripture, Theology, Uncategorized
Christian Eschatology and Relational Healing Is Heaven a Barbecue Joint? A few weeks ago, I was watching an old episode of the Travel Channel series Food Paradise. A robust man from the southern United States was sitting at a table eating ribs. He...
by Walter Norvell | Mar 22, 2016 | Faith & Heritage, Ministry, Theology
Better Praying For many of us (and me), prayer is not routinely easy. To stay on task in my praying, I expend a lot of mental energy to focus and stay engaged. My mind wanders easily. Here are some ideas for staying focused in your daily prayer times. Pray at a...
by Wade Berry | Mar 18, 2016 | Ministry, Psychology, Scripture, Theology
My Obsession with The Lord of the Rings I almost never watch a movie more than once. I know; that makes me a weirdo, but I don’t care. Whenever I watch a movie (which happens more and more infrequently as I get older), I cannot help but live the story...
by Wade Berry | Feb 19, 2016 | Ministry, Scripture, Theology
Reading the Bible for Content Acquisition Here on the Carroll Blog, we are discussing ways to implement a comprehensive Bible reading program. As I noted on last week’s blog, there are different ways to read the Bible. We need to implement each of these reading...
