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Patrick Oden
Patrick Oden is Director of Academic Integration and an Affiliate Professor of Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. He teaches classes in theology and church history as well as community and worship, drawing together a holistic approach to Christian theology in our era. His other hat involves coordinating academic contributions to Fuller's online continuing education program, Fuller Equip.
After finishing his MDiv at Fuller in 2002 and working for a time as a pastor, Dr. Oden stepped away from ministry and moved to the mountains. What followed was an extended season inspired by early Christian monastics. He did a lot of reading and praying and writing, helping those in need around him, staring at trees, watching ravens, and running after coyotes through the forest.
He wrote two books and participated in many forms of nontraditional Christian community life before Fuller beckoned him back to continue his studies. In 2013, he graduated from Fuller with a PhD in Systematic Theology and a minor in Church History. Since then he has published two more academic books on the topics of ecclesiology and liberation.
Patrick is an ordained minister in The Wesleyan Church and has a passion to empower others in their contributions in and for this world. Currently back living in the mountains of Southern California with his wife Amy and two kids Vianne and Oliver.
Address: PO Box 2342
Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352
After finishing his MDiv at Fuller in 2002 and working for a time as a pastor, Dr. Oden stepped away from ministry and moved to the mountains. What followed was an extended season inspired by early Christian monastics. He did a lot of reading and praying and writing, helping those in need around him, staring at trees, watching ravens, and running after coyotes through the forest.
He wrote two books and participated in many forms of nontraditional Christian community life before Fuller beckoned him back to continue his studies. In 2013, he graduated from Fuller with a PhD in Systematic Theology and a minor in Church History. Since then he has published two more academic books on the topics of ecclesiology and liberation.
Patrick is an ordained minister in The Wesleyan Church and has a passion to empower others in their contributions in and for this world. Currently back living in the mountains of Southern California with his wife Amy and two kids Vianne and Oliver.
Address: PO Box 2342
Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352
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It begins by introducing basic themes and discusses how eschatology is covered in Scripture. It then briefly covers core issues and spends some time on the most dominant interpretation of the last century. Next, lessons will assess how eschatology has developed in healthy and unhealthy ways, while suggesting priorities for a better eschatology that is more coherent and has more integrity with broader Christian teaching. This course will conclude by pointing toward a more holistic approach that helps orient Christian faith within its key expressed priorities of love and hope oriented by the promise of eternal life.
With all this, the goal is to provide a introduction to the topic of eschatology, develop a critical perspective on popular emphases, and offer constructive ways to better understand eschatology's role and impact in contemporary society. "A Quick Trip into Eschatology" is intended for those within Christian belief who want to know more about their faith and for those outside Christianity to better understand what Christianity believes and the impact this has on its influence in this world.
Foreword written by Jürgen Moltmann
I suggest that these earlier studies are inadequate because they do not include the scope of Susanna’s interactions with her children. The bulk of this essay, then, will be to help remedy future interpretations by providing examples from her letters to her three sons: Samuel, Charles, and John. This was a predominantly positive influence
that helped give them both a creative genius and intrepid spirit that
led to the founding and thriving of the Methodist movement.
It begins by introducing basic themes and discusses how eschatology is covered in Scripture. It then briefly covers core issues and spends some time on the most dominant interpretation of the last century. Next, lessons will assess how eschatology has developed in healthy and unhealthy ways, while suggesting priorities for a better eschatology that is more coherent and has more integrity with broader Christian teaching. This course will conclude by pointing toward a more holistic approach that helps orient Christian faith within its key expressed priorities of love and hope oriented by the promise of eternal life.
With all this, the goal is to provide a introduction to the topic of eschatology, develop a critical perspective on popular emphases, and offer constructive ways to better understand eschatology's role and impact in contemporary society. "A Quick Trip into Eschatology" is intended for those within Christian belief who want to know more about their faith and for those outside Christianity to better understand what Christianity believes and the impact this has on its influence in this world.
Foreword written by Jürgen Moltmann
I suggest that these earlier studies are inadequate because they do not include the scope of Susanna’s interactions with her children. The bulk of this essay, then, will be to help remedy future interpretations by providing examples from her letters to her three sons: Samuel, Charles, and John. This was a predominantly positive influence
that helped give them both a creative genius and intrepid spirit that
led to the founding and thriving of the Methodist movement.