We are free within the confines of the cross to love God and ask what we want.12.

Our bodies are not amorphous lumps that we shape and sculpt into our own self-image – they are divine gifts, given to us by God himself. The body opens the world to us and enables us to experience its goodness and beauty.

In any miracle, chase the causation back far enough and eventually you’ll find yourself irrepressibly singing in praise of the marvelous goodness of God’s creation.

A questioning community helps authorities avoid becoming authoritarian, for it reminds us of the gap between our interpretation of the infallible Word and the infallibility of that Word. The question of what this text says is not the same as whether this text is inerrant or inspired. It is no infringement on the infallible, inspired, authoritative Word of God to inquire about our pastor’s interpretations of.

Questioning is a form of our desire. Even while our inquiries often take an intellectual form, they come from wellsprings deeper than the mind.

When Jesus warns His followers to beware the teaching of the Pharisees, He exhorts them to “watch” it, not ignore it altogether.12.

Over the past twenty years, evangelicals have balkanized into several different schools of thought, each of which has their own approach to theology, culture, and church practices. Despite the disagreements, though, almost everyone agrees on this point: Traditional evangelicalism has deeply Gnostic tendencies.

But our body is not simply a gift from God – it is the place where God himself dwells within his people. The physical body was the place of Jesus Christ’s presence in the world.

In any miracle, chase the causation back far enough and eventually you'll find yourself irrepressibly singing in praise of the marvelous goodness of God's creation.

There’s a reason why many people feel most loved and cared for in the therapists’s or counselor’s office: few people ask us questions as well as they do, with the interest that they do. We should consider deprofessionalizing that task, though, and restore it to the context of friendship and mentorship where it originally belonged.