Rev. Russ Smith's calling is to help individuals explore more about God and the ways they think about God.
In this second installment of a series, Rev. Smith talks about God as the Creator of All Things. What does that mean and how does that affect our life of faith as well as our life in this world God has created.
Rev. Russ Smith's calling is to help individuals explore more about God and the ways they think about God.
In this first of a series, Rev. Smith opens with scenes from the comedy, Monthy Python and the Holy Grail, that depict God--to begin this journey of thought about how we see God. Smith also uses a fun version of the "Blind Men and the Elephant" poem and other examples to launch us on this adventure in thought, growth, and above all, faith in God.
Question: What is the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost? Which is better to say? What do I need to know or do about the Holy Spirit to follow Jesus and believe correctly in God?
Response: This is an excellent question to which my response can only be one that is very basic (although I think that getting clear about basic matters is tremendously important).… Read the rest “Ask the Prof #4: What is the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost? What do I need to know about the Spirit.”
In response to a questioner reading Exodus 4:21-31, Clark Williamson writes:
In Exodus 4:21-31, before Moses goes back to Egypt to "perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I [God] have put in your power," and when Moses was on the way and stopped for the night, "the Lord met him and tried to kill him" (v.… Read the rest “Ask the Prof #3: Why was God trying to kill Moses, Exodus 4:21-31? Here God doesn’t seem so loving.”
Professor Clark Williamson replies:
This question is a classic in the literature of Christian theology. In the 17th century, Blaise Pascal agonizingly reflected on himself in relation to the immensity of the universe: "When I consider my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and behind it, the small space that I fill, or even see, engulfed in the immensity of space which I know not, and which knows not me, I am afraid...Who… Read the rest “Ask the Professor #2: Who/what is God? Why should it matter to a little human being in this sea of sand?”
Introduction to "Ask the Professor"
While waiting for glitches to be worked out of our new internet DiscplesNet Café, we’ve decided to go ahead and open one of the thought and discussion features of DisciplesNet Church that we have been working on: "Ask the Professor."… Read the rest “Ask the Professor: Why does God allow suffering?”
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What is Lent? DisciplesNet answers the essential questions about this time of preparation before Easter.
If you would like to know even more about the history behind Lent and the associated holy days here is a link to the Wikipedia article on Lent:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent
If you would like to know more about how to compute the date of Easter each year, here is a link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#Computations
Kyrie Eleison sung by the DisciplesNet singers. Music from the Chalice Hymnal #298 all rights reserved.
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Epiphany is a Christian holy day that occurs on January 6th, but what does it mean? Why do Christians celebrate it? This DisciplesNet video answers questions about this special day in the Christian year.
"We Three Kings" performed [on hammered dulcimer] by Ted Yoder. From album: Comfort and Joy, used by permission. www.tedyoder.com