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Tag Archive: "Theology"

The Stargazing Christian Leader

  POSTED: January 11, 2022
  AUTHOR: Jim Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Theology
 TAG(S): Ephesians • leadership • Plato • Republic • Theology

In his classic work The Republic, Plato uses the analogy of a shipmaster to illustrate some important points regarding leadership of a state. In order to properly steer a ship to its destination (in Plato’s day anyway), the shipmaster must … Continued

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The Theological Significance of Carpentry

  POSTED: March 27, 2017
  AUTHOR: Jim Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Theology
 TAG(S): carpentry • creation • redemption • Theology

I get a spiritual high out of doing home construction and renovation. I know that sounds strange, but its true. Building and repairing things actually makes me feel closer to God. For many years, I didn’t know why carpentry had … Continued

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Our Grape Harvest

  POSTED: September 30, 2015
  AUTHOR: Jim Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Family
 TAG(S): culinary art • grapes • horticulture • Theology

I’m no horticulturalist, but there is one domain of fruit cultivation where I am quite competent: grapes.  In our backyard we have a very large grapevine, which I’ve been lovingly tending for the last 13 years.  And every September its … Continued

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New and Old Treasures

  POSTED: November 1, 2013
  AUTHOR: Jim Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Education • Theology
 TAG(S): Jesus Christ • Philosophy • teaching • Theology

A passage in the book of Matthew really struck me recently.  Specifically, Matthew 13:52.  The context of the verse is Jesus’ speaking about the kingdom of heaven and how at the end of the age the righteous and wicked will … Continued

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A Theology of Sports—Part 4

  POSTED: December 11, 2010
  AUTHOR: Jim Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Sports • Theology
 TAG(S): shalom • Sports • Theology • winning

Thus far I have extolled the benefits of sports, but it would be remiss of me not to note a few caveats:  First, athletic competition is not an end in itself.  Notice that each of the benefits I mentioned underscore … Continued

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A Theology of Sports—Part 3

  POSTED: December 7, 2010
  AUTHOR: Jim Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Sports • Theology
 TAG(S): character • moral formation • Sports • Theology • virtue

In the first two installments of this series, I discussed how sports have aesthetic value and provide clear examples of excellence.  In this post I want to highlight another significant way in which sports are valuable. 3. Athletic competition builds … Continued

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A Theology of Sports—Part 1

  POSTED: November 29, 2010
  AUTHOR: Jim Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Sports • Theology
 TAG(S): spiritual life • Sports • Theology

In my previous post my alien friend challenged the notion that sports are inherently valuable.  My actual view is not quite as extreme as that of this unrelenting extraterrestrial (who enlightened me on many other subjects, I should add).  I … Continued

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Theological Roadtrippin’

  POSTED: October 21, 2008
  AUTHOR: Amy Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Cultural Observations • Theology
 TAG(S): Coffeehouse Theology • culture • Ed Cyzewski • Theology

In picking up Ed Cyzewski’s new book Coffeehouse Theology: Reflecting on God in Everyday Life, I had many different expectations. Ed, Jim and I had exchanged several e-mails and I greatly appreciated Ed’s style and humor. I was looking forward … Continued

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