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Ken Boa moves into the final relationship arena in which our faith should intersect with practice: society. How (and how much) should our faith have a bearing on our social involvement/action? Based on Scripture, Ken advocates a both/and attitude toward truth-centered (or personal) holiness and deed-centered (or social) holiness. While the Bible does not teach that the mission of the church is to bring society in conformity with the expectations of God, neither does it suggest that a believer should keep faith as only a privatized, individualized matter.
Relevant pages in Conformed to His Image: 239–242.
These are the last recorded statements of Jesus Christ before His death on the cross. Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing. (Luke 23:34) When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and
Mortality and the purpose of life are prominent themes in Thomas Cole’s paintings. Through his paintings, he vividly brings out the human dilemma of mortality, a dilemma we ourselves must wrestle with. Given the inevitability of death, what are we to do with our days? We can try to stave
In the article below, Dr. Boa synthesizes material from several teaching sessions from his series Biblical Principles for Marriage and from portions of his spiritual formation text Conformed to His Image (primarily from chapter 18, “Holistic Spirituality”). Dr. Boa focuses on agape love as one of the five forms of loves (based on the different Greek words). After reviewing all forms, he gives reasons for why agape is the greatest.
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