Who is Jesus?
He is the Savior, coming to set us free from spiritual bondage like Moses liberated the Israelites from physical bondage. The Israelites were enslaved to the Egyptians, and their only…
On the Trinity
What is the Trinity, and Why Does it Matter? I have a suspicion that Christians don’t really care about understanding the Trinity. We tend to think of it as…
Westwinds’ Ownership Manual
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”For years I struggled to come up with any satisfactory reason why anyone should become a member of their local church. Maybe you’ve had the same struggle. Maybe…
Furious George: a children’s companion to “Sin Monkey”
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”I always want the children’s ministry and the adult ministry at Westwinds to rhyme. So, when we began teaching on hamartiology (the theology of sin), I thought it…
Images of Atonement
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Do you know what the phrase ‘Jesus H. Christ’ refers to? These days, it’s terribly offensive, but its origins are actually sacred. It comes from the latin phrase…
Telos: the purpose of life on earth
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Most people don’t seem to grow much, if at all, after the first year or so of becoming Christians. They think becoming a Christian was all they needed…
Christus Victor: overcoming the crushing defeats of ordinary life
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”When I was a kid growing up in church we used to sing this song, Victory in Jesus. And, whether it was the song or something else, it…
Doxa: a practical introduction to Christian spirituality
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text title=”Doxa: a practical introduction to Christian spirituality” text=”systematic theology may be the academic discipline with the least tendency towards story telling – it’s like god-math. sometimes it even…
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