The Worst Theologian

"1. Is what you're saying helping anyone?" - The first rule in Everson Guild's Guide to Being Awesome (2002-2017) Death and the Question of Evil This year, on July 24th, my 14-year-old brother, Everson Guild , passed away unexpectedly. My whole family was in shock. He was too athletic, too outgoing, and too healthy to die so soon. There were no signs of any disease or defect and no drugs in his system according to the autopsy. So, how did he die? We don't know and may never know. My family (and loads of his friends) is content without knowing the cause of his death. But, they certainly would love to know why  he died. What purpose did it have? Why, when one of my family member's prayed and longed for him to live, did he still lay cold? These questions have haunted my family for the last 5 months like Halloween was going out of style. They linger in my family's heads and hearts as if the questions themselves were trapped in a tomb. And yet, every ...

You know, I'm bad at this blogging thing. I don't write regularly and I definitely haven't been keeping to the promises I've made. I hope you can forgive me. Because even though there's a dam along the river, it still flows. Introduction This blog series, which I'm calling "Union with Christ: Two Views", is going to be based on a paper I wrote, titled, Two Views on Mystical Union: An overview and comparison between Perfected (or Perfecting) Unity and Distinctive Unity. Though that paper's title seems very complex (and contrived), these blogposts will hopefully be less so. I would really like everyone to be able to understand this topic, so my writing style will be less formal than in my paper - just as it should be! And I say should be because theology and academia should be easily accessible to seekers of all levels of education - not just those with a college level or even postgraduate level of education. "Union with Christ: Two Views...