“Mathew N. Schmalz is associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester” and is not biased.
>>Mainstream Christian theology has moved far away from....
...in far too many cases, it has moved away from Christ and the Bible, prayer and repentance, recognizing the supernatural aspect of God. But it does do a good potluck dinner!
America has a unique elected form of government, so some responsibility for the character of its leaders rests with its people. And Irene did hit a largely liberal area. I do not think a prophet exists today who can furnish a definitive reading on whether God meant something in particular by Irene. Most Christians accept that the world of sorrow we know today is a battleground between God and Satan, and that events occurring in it reflect powers of both good and evil.
is one of those modern day pagans masquerading
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
as a follower of Yah'shua who do not believe
that YHvH has punished this country for it's
actions toward Israel.
I must confess that I had to read this four or five times to make sure I wasn't reading it wrong. Faith is NOT a struggle through a meaninglessness existence and can only happen by "connecting" with other. Is God on Facebook now?
Scriptures says that faith is the assurance of things hopeful and the evidence of things not seen. Faith is given to us by God if we ask. Life is not a bed of roses but it is far from meaningless.
This is what "religious" professors have evolved into.
"As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, so they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence punishes national sins by national calamities."-- George Mason