Category Archives: Theology

Why is the Way Narrow?

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Mel Wild

It’s been said that our theology affects everything we believe about God, and how and why He interacts with us as His creation. In fact, there’s probably nothing more important to guiding, not only how we see God, but how … Continue reading →

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How we see God’s sovereignty matters

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Mel Wild

What you believe about God matters. For instance, if you equate God’s sovereignty with Him micromanaging and controlling every single event in human history then you will struggle and even question His motives during times like these. God caused the … Continue reading →

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Why we still need reformation

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Mel Wild

We need to stop starting God’s story with the fall. God’s story starts with, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1), which is about God in relationship. We … Continue reading →

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Throwing stones from our glass houses

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Mel Wild

I hesitated to post this because I don’t want it come across as an attack against parts of the Body of Christ. Quite the opposite, my desire is that we would stop throwing our doctrinal rocks at each other. I … Continue reading →

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What if we returned to the ancient faith?

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Mel Wild

There’s a quiet revolution going on within the body of Christ; one that’s recovering ancient Christological truths that are setting us free from the powerless, humanistic, and deistic philosophies that have dominated Western theology since the Enlightenment. We’re recovering the … Continue reading →

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Taste and See!

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Mel Wild

We’re currently living in a time when the ubiquitous influence of Christianity that under-girded Western culture for a millennia has become a thing of history. But I would be quick to add, this is not necessarily a bad thing, because … Continue reading →

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Karl Barth and the nature of revelation

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Mel Wild

A problem I see with theology is there’s that which is made up of divine revelation given to us by God, and then there’s the stuff we’ve just made up. What I mean is, we’ve added human speculation and reasoning … Continue reading →

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Going beyond our fishbowl

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Mel Wild

I’ve been working on writing a new book and thinking a lot about our paradigms lately. Paradigms are funny things. We all have one and they color how we understand everything. How we interpret life…each other…God. It’s the fishbowl we’ve … Continue reading →

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A faithful discussion on the atonement

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Mel Wild

Here’s another interesting video interview for a followup to my post, “On atonement theories and the nature of God.” This discussion is between two pastoral leaders in the UK, Steve Chalke and Andrew Wilson, that shows how serious followers of … Continue reading →

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Why we needed fixing

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Mel Wild

As we approach Easter, the question Jesus asked His disciples is again a relevant one: “Who do you say that I am?” Many religious people accept Him as a great teacher, even a prophet. But neither of these make Him … Continue reading →

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