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When Christianity Becomes American 
Bruce Willke #theology The Americanization of Christianity did not begin with American nationalism. Nationalism is one of the consequences of a much deeper problem. Christiani...
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Postmillennialism and the Visible Kingdom Bruce Willke #theology#eschatology#church Looking back, I think my move toward a sacramental and visible Church was probably influenced more by postmillennialism than I realized at the time.
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The Desert and the Wellspring Bruce Willke #theology#church I have become increasingly convinced that a low view of the Church leaves a person alone in the desert with his thoughts.
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The Hypostasis of Marriage Bruce Willke #theology#marriage#symbolism One of the things that has become increasingly beautiful to me is how God reveals heavenly realities through tangible ones. We often speak of metaphors...
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St. John of Damascus and Why Images Matter Bruce Willke #theology#icons#saints I’ve been reading On the Divine Images by St. John of Damascus, and one thing keeps standing out to me. His defense of images isn’t really about paint a...
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Terminator 2 and the Christian Imagination Bruce Willke #symbolism#film#theology One of the things I enjoy about good stories is that they often tell truths their authors may not have consciously intended. Whether deliberately or sim...
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The Hand That Wrote Again Bruce Willke #theology#saints#icons I've been working through the rest of St John of Damascus's *On the Orthodox Faith*, and somewhere in it I realized I had never read his life. I should...
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There Is a Poetic Way of Informing the World Bruce Willke #theology#symbolism#scripture One of the biggest changes in how I read Scripture and even how I look at the world has been learning that there is a poetic way of speaking that is act...
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What Exactly Happened on the Cross? Bruce Willke #theology#atonement#christology One of the questions that has occupied my mind lately is this: what exactly do people think happened on the cross?
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A Response to Common Objections Bruce Willke #theology#objections Before I go any further, I want to answer a few objections that I think are fair. I also want to clean up a few things I said earlier.
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Calvinism, Illumination, and the Real Question Behind *Sola Scriptura* Bruce Willke #theology#scripture#authority I've been listening to a debate on *sola Scriptura* and illumination, and it made me realize something.
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Ecclesiology Follows Christology: A Cyrilline Critique of the Invisible Church Bruce Willke #theology#church#christology A Cyrilline argument that ecclesiology follows Christology and that Christ's visible, incarnate Body cannot be reduced to an invisible church.
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Everyone Has a Tradition - Even James White Admits This Bruce Willke #theology#scripture#tradition I want to be clear that I am not making some strange Orthodox claim that only Protestants possess traditions while Orthodox Christians somehow approach...
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No One Escapes the Question of Authority Bruce Willke #theology#scripture#church An essay on Scripture, tradition, the Church, and the unavoidable question of interpretive authority.
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The Pillar and Ground Bruce Willke #theology#church#testimony I have not abandoned the gospel. I have come to understand more of its fullness and how the good news is truly good. It is not merely something to which...
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The Problem Is Not Grace Bruce Willke #theology#philosophy#scripture A critique of what the Reformed decree does to Scripture, freedom, and the character of God.
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The Question Isn't Certainty. It's Normative Authority. Bruce Willke #theology#authority#church One thing I've noticed is that conversations between Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox often end up talking past each other.