Tag Archives: grace

Salvation and the Church, Bacon and Eggs: A Reflection

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Mark Love

The last few days, I’ve been at an excellent conference hosted by the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology and The Parish Collective. If you don’t know the work of the Parish Collective, you should. And the place to start … Continue reading →

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Salvation is more than a Binary

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Mark Love

In one of my favorite episodes of The West Wing, Toby is being legally deposed in relation to his ex-wife’s pregnancy. At one point, the attorney deposing him asks “how pregnant is your ex-wife?” Toby’s response is something like, “the … Continue reading →

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Grace Gets Things Done

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Mark Love

I once had an elder tell me, “I know that we’re saved by grace, but you have to run the church with a little law.” I thought of that statement again today as I told my freshman Bible class about … Continue reading →

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Rubel Shelly and the Drama of Discernment

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Mark Love

At our conference, Streaming, a few weeks ago we focused on issues related to discernment. And some of our speakers focused on the large discernment narratives in Scripture, other on key theological notions. For instance, Luke Johnson dealt with the … Continue reading →

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Idolatry and the Gift of Grace: Some words from Luke Timothy Johnson

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Mark Love

The pages are literally falling out of my well-worn copy of Luke Timothy Johnson’s book, Faith’s Freedom. Admittedly, the binding on the book is not the best, but pages are falling out primarily from use. Some books you read and … Continue reading →

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I’ll Be Better When I’m Older: my so-called life as parable

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Mark Love

I preach 30 Sundays a year for the Church of Christ in Lake Orion, Michigan. They’ve been kind to me and I have benefitted from their grace and love through challenging times in my life. I often wish I had … Continue reading →

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We Are Being Saved: the promise of the pesky

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Mark Love

The journey to new insight often follows the path of a pesky phrase. You know, that one phrase that doesn’t quite fit into your understanding of things. It’s the anomaly that suggests that things may not be what they appear. … Continue reading →

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