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Loving God and Loving Others Fearlessly
Authors and Authority
Did Bible authors sign their names to their work? No? Then how do we know who wrote what?
Brian Chilcote
Feb 318 min read
Psalm 5
How long Lord till you clear our temples? The towering buildings, old and new Housing the manipulative, the abusive, the selfish.
Matt Kistler
Jan 21 min read
Agree or Disagree? Do your Beliefs Pass Inspection?
Who's in and who's out: a question for many faith traditions, especially evangelicalism. What do you think the standard should be?
Brian Chilcote
Dec 26, 202413 min read
The Problem with the Golden Rule
What could be wrong about treating others as you would like to be treated? Well, a few things...
Brian Chilcote
Dec 20, 20244 min read
Jesus's Unanswered Prayer
Can we really claim that we belong to a through-line of true believers that were committed to the exact same truths we hold in our day?
Brian Chilcote
Dec 6, 202419 min read
Jesus Under Construction: The Trinity
In which we explore the muddy waters of defining the Trinity
Brian Chilcote
Nov 21, 202430 min read
Jesus Under Construction: A Church Full of Heretics
Long before there was a centralized authority making doctrinal decisions for the entire church, rogue bishops could dig their dogmatic heels
Brian Chilcote
Oct 14, 202416 min read
Jesus Under Construction: Next Stop, Uncharted Waters
30 to 99 CE: Small Church, Big ideas  Before churches imported Roman hierarchical structures in an attempt to unify all believers under...
Brian Chilcote
Aug 27, 202417 min read
Jesus Under Construction: A Long Strange Theological Trip
Christological debates began with the earliest New Testament writings from the Apostle Paul
Brian Chilcote
Jul 24, 202419 min read
Jesus Under Construction: The Theological Christ
Are the "Christ of faith" and the "Jesus of history" in conflict? Answers vary, as expected.
Brian Chilcote
Jun 1, 202424 min read
Jesus Under Construction: History versus Theology
Exploring the tensions between unbiased history and theological invention in the New Testament
Brian Chilcote
Apr 29, 202422 min read
The Need for Creeds
One of the earliest theological debates in the Christian movement is found in Galatians 2, with Peter in one corner and Paul in the...
Brian Chilcote
Apr 6, 202411 min read
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