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The Disposable Society and the God Who Restores: Why Christian Restoration Begins Where Usefulness Ends

Hetrick, Kyle

The Disposable Society and the God Who Restores examines the tension between accountability and human dignity in a culture increasingly shaped by disposability. Drawing on Scripture, Wesleyan-Holiness theology, and the Salvationist tradition, the essay argues that Christian restoration begins with the conviction that…

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The Christ Who Would Not Be Hurried: Jesus, Sacred Time, and Resistance to the Speed of the Modern World

Grace, Daniel J.

This academic study develops a Christ-centred theology of sacred time through close engagement with the Gospel narratives, Christology, ecclesiology, spiritual formation, and critiques of modern acceleration. It argues that Jesus Christ was never governed by public pressure, institutional demand, spectacle, or anxiety. His…

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The Church in an Age of Exhaustion: Christian Faithfulness, Sabbath, Ministry, and Human Limits in a Culture of Constant Activity

Grace, Daniel J.

his article develops a theological and ecclesiological account of exhaustion within contemporary Christian life and ministry. It argues that chronic exhaustion is not merely an individual problem of time management, but is often produced by wider cultural, institutional, technological, and theological assumptions concerning…

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The Theology of Attention: What We Give Our Minds to Shapes Our Souls

Grace, Daniel J.

This article develops a theological account of attention as a central dimension of Christian discipleship and spiritual formation. It argues that attention is neither psychologically neutral nor merely a matter of personal productivity, but a moral and spiritual practice through which human desire,…

Systematic & Philosophical TheologyView record
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Laodicea: Wealth, Comfort, and the Crisis of the Human Soul

Grace, Daniel J.

This article examines the Church of Laodicea as a symbolic reflection on modern civilization’s growing attachment to comfort, consumption, and self-sufficiency. Moving beyond historical interpretation alone, the study explores Laodicea as a representation of societies and individuals who achieve material prosperity while gradually…

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