Peter Block, in The Answer to How is Yes, makes a simple pair of statements. "...it is never efficient or inexpensive to act on our values. There is no such thing as cheap grace." Chris Goldman attributes the theology of grace to Paul, pushing back against Paul's naysayers, asserting that without him, our understanding of …
Another Thanks
Every once in awhile, I am reminded to be grateful. In the midst of devastating earthquakes, the loss of children, the despair of loved ones, and the slow slipping away of life and vitality that waits for all of us, there is still so much of life. It is all grace to begin with, from …
In Secret
I'm plowing back through Matthew's account of the Sermon on the Mount. It never gets old. In Matthew 6, Jesus says (essentially) to be careful about what you do in public. Dallas Willard calls this this principle of secrecy. Pride is insidious, and even as we make a move to be generous or kind or …
Thinking about The Placebo Effect
I don't know much about this, really, but in reading about the brain, science, and belief, it seems clear that somehow human beings are made to be people of faith. I don't necessarily mean people of religious faith (although I think were made for that, too...the imago dei, and all that). I mean that we …
Water: Exhaustive vs. Substantial
Water. What do I know of it? Do I know much? Is what I know enough to thought of as real knowledge? And what are the implications of me not knowing as much as can be known? Can a simple glass of water give me true knowledge about water's nature? It's an image that came …
JEFF BERRYMAN 