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Posts Tagged: jeffrey schooley
October 10, 2016
One Marriage License or Two Fishing Licenses? How legal marriage has skewed the Christian view of marriage By Jeffrey A. Schooley In early June 2007, I drove to the Summit County (OH) court house with my friend Than to get my marriage license. My wife-to-be, Brianne, was planning to meet us there. She ran late…. Read more »
September 25, 2016
Small words make a big difference! A much needed conversation about evangelism By Jeffrey Schooley Each month’s columns are a labor of love and there is no greater “I love you too” than when readers send their thoughts, opinions, and even disagreements. I try my best to respond to each e-mail sent to me at thinklikechristians@gmail.com… Read more »
September 12, 2016
Should Christians date/marry non-Christians? On correctly interpreting scripture incorrectly By Jeffrey A. Schooley If you came to age in a conservative or Evangelical Christian setting, then undoubtedly you once sat in youth group while the leader read to you 2 Corinthians 6:14: “Do not be mismatched with unbelievers” (NRSV). Other translations refer to this as being… Read more »
August 22, 2016
Churches never die Transforming grump into gratitude Jeffrey A. Schooley “Depressing” was the only observation from one of my elders after a recent session meeting. We had just reviewed demographic and sociological information from the remarkably helpful data aggregation web company, MissionInsite. The data revealed that much of our immediate community is “irreligious.” In fact, even… Read more »
August 8, 2016
Marriage as Witness Understanding marriage as being about mission, not happiness By Jeffrey A Schooley This column is for the engaged, the to-be-engaged, and even for those who are already married and are still working out what that means. Last month we explored the significance of couples getting married in the church during a normal… Read more »
July 27, 2016
Unholy War What just war theory requires us to believe about Jesus By Jeffrey Schooley At the 222nd General Assembly the Peacemaking and International Issues Committee addressed the long-contentious issue of the Just War tradition in Christianity. A recent guest column speaks to some of this deliberation. The concept of a just war and the… Read more »
July 11, 2016
Weddings vs. Marriages Why Christian marriage must provide subversive resistance to the capitalism of weddings By Jeffrey A Schooley $26,444. That’s the average cost of a wedding according to www.costofwedding.com. According to this CNN Money article, the average cost in 2015 was actually $32,641. Who’s actually correct is meaningless because we are all wrong for… Read more »
June 13, 2016
The Orlando Mass Shooting Why prayer is our best option – right now By Jeffrey A Schooley Like most pastors (I suspect), I did not have the time or the skill to rework my sermon yesterday to incorporate the tragic events that happened at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. And so all I could do was… Read more »
May 26, 2016
By Jeffrey A. Schooley Regressing? What to do when there aren’t many pros in being progressive I’m probably a progressive Christian. But I didn’t start that way. In fact, I didn’t start as a Christian at all. I [insert your preferred language for converting here] during my senior year of high school. And when I did… Read more »