Grief versus the Griever: Insights from C.S. Lewis’ book A Grief Observed Shafer ParkerMarch 9, 2023Faith Beyond BeliefC. S. Lewis, A Grief Observed, Joy Davidman, Douglas Gresham, The Problem of Pain, Jack's Life, Christianity, atheism, theism, conversion, grief, loss, hope, cancer, Chronicles of Narnia, The Magician's Nephew, Digory, Polly, First World War, Oxford, Oxford Don, Paddy Moore, promises kept, Providence, Miracle, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Five Stages of Grief, self-pityComment
Lent (But Not Borrowed) Ian McKerracherMarch 1, 2023Faith Beyond BeliefLent, Good Friday, Easter, fasting, Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Mardi Gras, Carnival, Roman Catholicism, Reformation Churches, liturgical churches, prayer, self-examination, Christian growth, holiness, obedience, sin, Jesus, Christ, Christ's suffering, resurrectionComment
Hate for Eight: How “Believers” and Non-believers Alike Despise the Christian Worldview Shafer ParkerFebruary 14, 2023Faith Beyond Beliefglobal warming, climate change, climate nihilism, climate grief, science, COVID, New York Times, Hal Lindsey, The Late Great Planet Earth, Billy Graham, the apocalypse, Left Behind, Tim LaHaye, Jerry Jenkins, David Jeremiah, John Hagee, Noah, flood, Bible Study, covenant, Genesis, Louis DeBoer, tyranny, resisting tyranny, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, AOC, "woke" crowd, "woke" Christianity, He Gets Us, fascism, Epicureanism, Stoicism, Greek philosophy, Athens, Mars Hill, gospel, St. Paul, Christian outreach, theology, Trinity, Creator, Islam, Muslim, sin, salvation, judgement, Bible study, Big Bang, evolution, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ agendaComment
The End of Despair and the Future of Hope Shafer ParkerFebruary 7, 2023Faith Beyond Beliefglobal warming, climate change, climate nihilism, climate grief, climate melancholia, eco-anxiety, science, vaccines, COVID, New York Times, hope in Christ, Hal Lindsey, The Late Great Planet Earth, Billy Graham, Approaching Hoofbeats: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the apocalypse, Left Behind, Tim LaHaye, Jerry Jenkins, David Jeremiah, John Hagee, Noah, flood, Bible Study, covenant, Genesis, Louis DeBoer, tyranny, resisting tyrannyComment
Worse than Death: How Compromise with the World Is Killing the Church Shafer ParkerJanuary 31, 2023Faith Beyond BeliefState of the Church, Canadian Church, compromise, corruption of the soul, English Church, Matt Walsh, Church of Cowards, John Stevens, To Affirm is to Apostatize, homosexuality, LGBTQ+, Bible study, Book of Numbers, Revelation, Gospel of Luke, Jesus, worship, heretical churches, Evangelical churches, human sexuality, excommunication, false teachers, church discipline, Phinehas, Balaam, Moab, MidianComment
