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Beliefs of the Heart

Exploring Intimate Theology

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    • Hearing God in Conversation
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    • Video Blogs
  • Speaking
    • Hearing God Online Course
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Intimate Theology

The Evil Done to Us

January 25, 2023 by Samuel Williamson

My friend’s wife has been angry for forty years. Maybe fifty. When we go out to dinner as couples, she decides which restaurant we visit. Every single …

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These Inward Trials

November 30, 2022 by Sam Williamson

This past year was difficult for me. Nothing horrific: I lost no loved ones and received no dreadful news. But it was inwardly difficult to navigate. …

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There Is Hope in Our Suffering

July 6, 2022 by Sam Williamson

After my junior year at University, I wanted to spend a summer abroad, but money was tight, so tight that my Sunday feast was Raman noodles. I found a …

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Controlling The Remote

February 16, 2022 by Sam Williamson

When I was a student at university, I saw the Stepford Wives (the original not the copy). It was so eerie I couldn’t get it out of my mind. A decade …

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The Measure of Our Lives

January 19, 2022 by Sam Williamson

Years ago, an entrepreneur I barely knew asked if we could meet. He was an aggressive businessperson, a roaring lion among his peers. Yet on the …

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I Was A Fool

January 5, 2022 by Sam Williamson

Ten years ago, my friend Gary Barkalow asked me if I had any New Year’s resolutions. While I wanted to share sixty years of life-changing resolves …

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Comforting Our Sadness

October 6, 2021 by Sam Williamson

I recently read an article that blames Facebook for the modern plague of discontent. After all, Facebook ceaselessly shows us friends sailing the …

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Asking God for More Coincidences

September 8, 2021 by Sam Williamson

My parents moved from Detroit to Philadelphia in September 1975. I started university the same month, and I supported myself (tuition, room, and …

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Hearing God: Conversation Is the Point

August 25, 2021 by Sam Williamson

When I was growing up, my dad taught me to sail our small Sunfish sailboat. We took month-long summer vacations. We always camped on lakes, so we …

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The Impact of Intimate Theology

August 18, 2021 by Sam Williamson

A few years ago, I met with a pastor of a church near a large campus. As the university grew in prestige, it attracted thousands of international …

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The Fearful Tests of God

August 4, 2021 by Sam Williamson

In 1997, after years of wanting but not doing, I began flying lessons. The lessons taught me how to take off and land, how to navigate using …

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Bullied By A Boss

May 19, 2021 by Samuel Williamson

Thirty years ago, I worked for a struggling software company. Our architecture was outdated and sales revenue had plummeted. Investments in new …

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I write Beliefs of the Heart to grow our intimacy with God, to help us all examine our deepest heart-beliefs. I am an orthodox believer, meaning my theology is consistent with Christian beliefs through the centuries. In fact, I believe that our current cultural moment clouds our beliefs, so we must continually examine our current,

 fashionable beliefs–which are often unquestioned–in light of scriptural truth. I live in Brooklyn, MI, USA, with my wife. We have four grown children and an ever increasing number of grandchildren.

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