theology Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/theology/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:16:57 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/brianharrisauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-brianharrisauthor-favicon-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 theology Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/theology/ 32 32 93416650 The Three Books of God: How do we Learn About God? https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-three-books-of-god-how-do-we-learn-about-god/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-three-books-of-god-how-do-we-learn-about-god/#comments Sat, 04 May 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4791 If you’re into theology there is a fair chance that you’ve heard about the two books of God. There is the book of nature, where creation points to the creativity, power and majesty of God, and then there is the Bible, which records hundreds of “God turned up” events and helps us to understand what […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-three-books-of-god-how-do-we-learn-about-god/feed/ 1 4791 With a stake in the heart – learning from the past https://brianharrisauthor.com/with-a-stake-in-the-heart-learning-from-the-past/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/with-a-stake-in-the-heart-learning-from-the-past/#comments Sat, 13 Jan 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4625 I’m taking today’s blog in a somewhat different direction, and a bit of a warning is appropriate. I will be looking at some historic Christian responses to suicide, and what we can learn from them. While it is not meant to be, it could be triggering for some, and if that’s you, give this post […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/with-a-stake-in-the-heart-learning-from-the-past/feed/ 8 4625 From Statements of Faith to Theological Architecture… https://brianharrisauthor.com/from-statements-of-faith-to-theological-architecture/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/from-statements-of-faith-to-theological-architecture/#comments Sat, 25 Mar 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4213 If you are a Christian, tell me what kind of a Christian you are? In a divisive age where faith is expressed in varied and sometimes incompatible ways, this has become a relevant question. While most of us feel a little uncomfortable asking it, it is a little naive to assume we all love Jesus, […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/from-statements-of-faith-to-theological-architecture/feed/ 12 4213 Reductionism or Awe: Thinking about God https://brianharrisauthor.com/reductionism-or-awe-thinking-about-god/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/reductionism-or-awe-thinking-about-god/#respond Sat, 26 Nov 2022 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4038 It’s always good to think about God. What is less good is assuming we are always right and that we are on top of our subject. Any description or explanation of God is at best a simplification or a reduction, and that is as we would expect it to be. After all, as Tom Wright […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/reductionism-or-awe-thinking-about-god/feed/ 0 4038 When Belief is Aspirational https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-belief-is-aspirational/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-belief-is-aspirational/#respond Sat, 06 Aug 2022 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3897 Have you ever asked if we do what we believe, believe what we do, or sit in an uncomfortable space of a bit of both, with belief and action sometimes congruent, sometimes not. It’s worth thinking about as it digs into the gap between what we say we believe and how we then live. For […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-belief-is-aspirational/feed/ 0 3897 On being a progressive conservative (or a conservative progressive)… https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-being-a-progressive-conservative-or-a-conservative-progressive/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-being-a-progressive-conservative-or-a-conservative-progressive/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2021 22:00:27 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3488 Is the world so simple that we can quickly attach a valid label to everyone? We often act as though it is – or certainly we do in the world of theology, where we try to separate between those who are theologically conservative and those who are progressive – although we might use slightly different […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-being-a-progressive-conservative-or-a-conservative-progressive/feed/ 26 3488 Original Goodness: Taking our First Creation Seriously https://brianharrisauthor.com/original-goodness-taking-our-first-creation-seriously/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/original-goodness-taking-our-first-creation-seriously/#comments Thu, 27 May 2021 22:00:06 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3478 I often listen to the theology podcasts from Yale Divinity School. Their by line asks a question: “What is a life worthy of our humanity?” I love it. It reminds us that although we might talk about original sin, God’s first word after the creation of humans was that they were very good, and indeed, […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/original-goodness-taking-our-first-creation-seriously/feed/ 6 3478 What do Theologians do? https://brianharrisauthor.com/what-do-theologians-do/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/what-do-theologians-do/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2019 22:00:58 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3112 It’s a question I’ve been asked often enough, especially after I’ve introduced myself as a pastor and theologian, “So what do theologians do?” Let’s note the obvious. By definition, theology, being made up from two Greek words theos (God) and logos (the word about, or the study of), is the study of God. By implication […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/what-do-theologians-do/feed/ 4 3112 The Way, the Truth and the Life: with Jon Bergmann https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-way-the-truth-and-the-life-with-jon-bergmann/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-way-the-truth-and-the-life-with-jon-bergmann/#respond Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:00:36 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3086 One of the many things I love about my post as principal of Vose Seminary, is that I get to work with some amazing and creative thinkers. No matter whose office I walk into at the seminary, my entry causes the average IQ in the room to drop about 10 points! More recently we’ve been […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-way-the-truth-and-the-life-with-jon-bergmann/feed/ 0 3086 Quotable: Rachel Held Evans – Searching for Sunday https://brianharrisauthor.com/quotablerachel-held-evans-searching-for-sunday/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/quotablerachel-held-evans-searching-for-sunday/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2018 22:00:26 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3065 Rachel Held Evans 2015 book Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving and Finding the Church is well worth the read. As the sub title suggests, it is a book about loving, leaving and finding the church – and tells of a journey well worth pondering. Each chapter starts with a quote from a noteworthy figure, or a […]

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