by Wade Berry | Sep 25, 2018 | Carroll Community, Scripture, Theology
Last week, we talked about Jesus’ teachings about the pillars of first-century Jewish piety in Matthew 6:1-18. There is one aspect of that teaching, however, that we did not discuss. And we need to talk about it now. Why do we need to talk about it? We need to talk...
by Wade Berry | Jan 31, 2017 | Scripture, Theology
For more than two months, we have been wrestling with the question, “What must I do to be saved?” We have looked at texts that are sometimes ignored when people think about soteriology, and we have tried to understand how these texts might enrich our understanding of...
by Wade Berry | Jan 24, 2017 | Scripture, Theology
In a previous blog, I mentioned that American Christians in the twentieth century expended a lot of time and effort to mass-market the gospel. They sought to boil the message of the New Testament down to its essence so that it could be more easily digested by people...
by Wade Berry | Jan 17, 2017 | Scripture, Theology
For the last three weeks, we have been using the Greatest Commandment as a jumping-off point for our discussions of salvation in the New Testament. Now we need to turn our attention to other voices from the soteriological margins. Today, we will be considering the...
by Wade Berry | Jan 10, 2017 | Scripture, Theology
For the last couple of weeks, we have been talking about the fact that love for God and love for neighbor are somehow related to the acquisition of salvation. This week, we need to talk a little more explicitly about the nature of this relationship. We will begin by...
