<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Theology Blog]]></title><description><![CDATA[The church is not an institution, organization, or club, but a current reality rooted in Jesus changing the world through Jesus.  ]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/open-study</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:39:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.austinglines.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Eight Day of Creation: Matthew 28]]></title><description><![CDATA[The epistles are not the only place which affirm Christ’s election before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4; 1 Peter 1:20; Revelation 13:8). The Gospels themselves affirm that Jesus was the purpose and fulfillment of creation itself. This section examines Matthew 28 to show that Matthew writes the resurrection account as the completion of creation.  Matthew 28 begins with an awkward Greek statement. The two expressions in verse 1 literally mean, “late, (or evening) on the Sabbath”...]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/the-eight-day-of-creation-matthew-28</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d3fcd7d2dc331685bf38</guid><category><![CDATA[Biblical Theme Studies]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bible Study]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 23:32:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_93c69afc5679497b8875e70f275d1220~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_724,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Austin Glines</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where is the Kingdom of God: How Would You Live If Heaven Was On Earth? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[God's Way For Finding Purpose 	What is the thing you want most out of life? Mine is to make a difference. The most frightening thing for...]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/where-is-the-kingdom-of-god</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20e4a743519e75120ba</guid><category><![CDATA[Biblical Theme Studies]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:13:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_1c2652e6c10b445eaa452b2fdc4573c3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Austin Glines</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Genesis to Genetics: Correlating Biblical and Scientific Creation Stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[When entering this conversation we think God owed it to us to explain the creation in a way that would give us all the answers we desire....]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/from-genesis-to-genetics-correlating-biblical-and-scientific-creation-stories</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20e4a743519e7512024</guid><category><![CDATA[Christianity with Reason]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apologetics]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 09:00:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_ed66c0436c6f457c991b8e620f509051~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Austin Glines</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Biggest Mistake that Christians Make ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The biggest weakness of American Christians is their inability and unwillingness to listen to people who believe differently. We would...]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/the-biggest-mistake-that-christians-make</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20e4a743519e7512071</guid><category><![CDATA[Christianity In Action]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 17:03:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_ed66c0436c6f457c991b8e620f509051~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Austin Glines</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Live a Christ-Centered Life ]]></title><description><![CDATA[For many Christians, not just leaders and missionaries, the danger of self-focus can divert our attention from the true purpose of our...]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/how-to-live-a-christ-centered-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20e4a743519e7512070</guid><category><![CDATA[Christianity In Action]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 16:03:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_ed66c0436c6f457c991b8e620f509051~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Austin Glines</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does it Matter What You Call "Faith"? By Jonathan Brackens ]]></title><description><![CDATA[It matters what you call faith, because the definition will either send you down the circular and abstract way of Hebrews 11 or ground...]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/does-it-matter-what-you-call-faith-by-jonathan-brackens</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20f4a743519e7512120</guid><category><![CDATA[Biblical Theme Studies]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christianity In Action]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2023 20:27:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_aa409c65083d475581dc219c0be20a5d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jonathan Brackens </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any Amount of Faith Will Do (part 2) by Jonathan Brackens ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Remember, last time we discussed how our frustration with faith comes from a compulsion to compare our faith with those in the...]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/any-amount-of-faith-will-do-part-2-by-jonathan-brackens</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20f4a743519e7512119</guid><category><![CDATA[Biblical Theme Studies]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christianity In Action]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2023 20:24:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_aa409c65083d475581dc219c0be20a5d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jonathan Brackens </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any Amount of Faith Will Do (Part 1) By Jonathan Brackens ]]></title><description><![CDATA[We only ask “how much” when we are concerned with whether we have enough. Trust me, a dab will do. Our frustration with faith comes from...]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/any-amount-of-faith-will-do-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20f4a743519e751211b</guid><category><![CDATA[Biblical Theme Studies]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christianity In Action]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2023 20:22:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_aa409c65083d475581dc219c0be20a5d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jonathan Brackens </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whose “Ass” Is It, And How Many: By Jonathan Brackens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exploring the Johannine and Matthean Redactional Intent As An Example Of Christian Aggrandizement &#38; Impact on Faith Last time we...]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/whose-ass-is-it-and-how-many-by-jonathan-brackens</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20f4a743519e751211a</guid><category><![CDATA[Reading the Bible]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2023 13:17:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_aa409c65083d475581dc219c0be20a5d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jonathan Brackens </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Repentance? By Jonathan Brakens ]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is repentance? It’s not what most think it is. When Jesus and John instructed listeners to repent because the kingdom of God was...]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/what-is-repentance-by-jonathan-brakens</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20f4a743519e751211e</guid><category><![CDATA[Biblical Theme Studies]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2023 12:51:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_aa409c65083d475581dc219c0be20a5d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jonathan Brackens </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Potent Impotence: What Happens When You Don’t Seek First The Kingdom? By Jonathan Brackens ]]></title><description><![CDATA[What If: 	What if strong emotions, like joy, impair some people’s cognitive processing? What if strong emotions, like joy, and low...]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/potent-impotence-what-happens-when-you-don-t-seek-first-the-kingdom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20f4a743519e751211c</guid><category><![CDATA[Christianity In Action]]></category><category><![CDATA[Biblical Theme Studies]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2023 15:38:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_3cd7da466d8840bf8059dcf7ca09ea80~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_370,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jonathan Brackens </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Person Monotheism: Explaining the Trinity]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Trinity is one of the hardest concepts of Christianity to understand. This is because Jewish Monotheism is the core of the Hebrew...]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/three-person-monotheism-explaining-the-trinity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20e4a743519e751206f</guid><category><![CDATA[Biblical Theme Studies]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2023 22:40:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_ed66c0436c6f457c991b8e620f509051~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Austin Glines</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too Close for Comfort: The False Dilemma of Gospel Relatedness By Jonathan Brackens]]></title><description><![CDATA[How can the Gospels be too diverse to derive from oral tradition but too synonymous not to be derivatives of another? This is the...]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/too-close-for-comfort-the-false-dilemma-of-gospel-relatedness-by-jonathan-brackens</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20f4a743519e751211d</guid><category><![CDATA[Apologetics]]></category><category><![CDATA[History of Christianity]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:48:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_aa409c65083d475581dc219c0be20a5d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jonathan Brackens </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crucified, Dead, Alive or Neither? By Jonathan Brackens]]></title><description><![CDATA[The facts are neither whether he died upon or on his way to the cross, nor at what hour, but that he died and if he died that means he lived]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/crucified-dead-alive-or-neither</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20f4a743519e751211f</guid><category><![CDATA[Apologetics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christianity with Reason]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 14:03:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_aa409c65083d475581dc219c0be20a5d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jonathan Brackens </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncovering Our Cultural Bias While Reading the Bible]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Bible is for all people. Therefore, when reading it, we must lose our cultural bias. Much of reading the Bible should not affirm our...]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/uncovering-our-cultural-bias-while-reading-the-bible</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20e4a743519e7512093</guid><category><![CDATA[Reading the Bible]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christianity In Action]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 05:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_ed66c0436c6f457c991b8e620f509051~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Austin Glines</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bible and Tradition: The Cornerstones of Theology]]></title><description><![CDATA[Theology, the study of God and religious beliefs, is a profound and ancient discipline. At its core, theology seeks to understand the...]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/the-bible-and-tradition-the-cornerstones-of-theology</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20e4a743519e7512049</guid><category><![CDATA[Reading the Bible]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 05:00:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_ed66c0436c6f457c991b8e620f509051~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Austin Glines</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Systematic Theology?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is Systematic Theology? Systematic theology might sound like an intimidating term, but at its core, it's a straightforward concept....]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/what-is-systematic-theology</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20e4a743519e75120dd</guid><category><![CDATA[Reading the Bible]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 05:00:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_ed66c0436c6f457c991b8e620f509051~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Austin Glines</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are a Theologian]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are you a theologian? The question might make you pause, but the answer is both simpler and more profound than you might think. Yes, you...]]></description><link>https://www.austinglines.com/post/you-are-a-theologian</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa9d20e4a743519e7512092</guid><category><![CDATA[Christianity In Action]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reading the Bible]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2023 05:00:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394555_ed66c0436c6f457c991b8e620f509051~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Austin Glines</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why we can trust the Gospel Accounts]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you're familiar with eyewitness accounts, you'll know that they often differ due to individual perspectives and experiences. 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