THEOLOGY

Essays on Theology

Some questions don't fit in a morning journal entry. These essays move into longer theological territory — the Reformation's fracturing of the church, the crisis of reason driving brilliant minds toward paganism, what resurrection means in an age of digital transcendence. Harvey writes as a practitioner, not a scholar, but these questions demanded more than personal reflection.

  1. Transcendence as Self-Annihilation

    God chose a human body twice—at His incarnation, and at His resurrection. Having lived and died as a man, Jesus also rose from the dead as a man. The glorified human body of Jesus Christ, a prototype for all who will follow Him in resurrection, has no distance whatsoever from anything that is good.

  2. John the Baptist and John Steinbeck on Integrity

    To our capitalist ear, this sounds out of tune. But it's at home in the Kingdom of God.

  3. On the Church as Cosmic Immune System

    As agents of God, the redeemed people of the covenant are called to resist evil, promote good, and participate in the preservation and healing of a decaying world.

  4. On Negation

    God has promised us this. He says everything will work together for good to those who love him and are called according to his purpose. God says, 'No!' to our deepest hurts and turns our wounds into wisdom.

  5. The Reformation, Individualism, and the Fractured Church

    I'm not sure he was right.

  6. Right Doctrine and the Wrong Spirit

    I love to be correct, and when I feel I have understood something thoroughly, I can occasionally become belligerent in argumentation.

  7. Brilliant Minds Chasing Ancient Demons

    We dismiss the Living God as primitive while we chase the ancient spirits worshiped by primitive man.

  8. Homo Accipiens

    I felt disconnected from my morning work, though it had been productive. I had nothing to regret since it aligned with my spiritual and material priorities. But I was doing it alone. I'd been living as homo economicus—out of sync with my values.

  9. Morning News and the Cross

    The only human who has ever lived who had an absolute claim to the moral high ground did not use human strength to preserve what he valued.