Rowland Croucher
Facing up to fundamentalism
Simon Barrow Abstract A description, analysis and overview (including guidelines for response) to Christian fundamentalism in particular and the ‘fundamentalist mindset’ more generally. “Fundamentalism has suddenly become a matter of concern for everyone, whether or not they are personally religious. It affects education in science and history; it affects political elections in some countries, and […]
JOY
Heard in church yesterday: ‘The old Sunday School maxim “J-O-Y means Jesus first, others second, yourself last” is not only heresy, but as C S Lewis wrote somewhere it’s an inverted form of snobbery.’ So waddaya think of that?
J M M Website
Someone wrote (February 2010): I received your e-letter, I signed up based on your article about Haiti. I am concerned that you are quoting Thomas Merton, who is very much linked with the Emergent Church. I wonder if I made a mistake signing up for your news letter. I must visit your sight and see […]
The Academy and the Pulpit: A Disconnect
One of the most important areas I come across in debriefing/counseling with pastors/ex-pastors: ***** Among those who study Christian history and New Testament scholarship, there is one issue that frequently comes up: Why is there such a disconnect between what is being taught in universities, divinity schools, and seminaries across the country, and what is […]
Seekers Who Don’t Want to Go to Church
God Discussion: The Place for Seekers Who Don’t Want to Go to Church – news, opinions & reviews http://www.goddiscussion.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About this Site …. This site is about reason, something that the America of today is losing in the radical unreason of the lies mixed with tiny bits of truth inherent in the soundbytes of […]
Some Presbyterians see salvation by other faiths
By DYLAN LOVAN The Associated Press Wednesday, February 10, 2010; LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Presbyterian Church USA’s statement of faith says God through Jesus Christ delivers followers “from death to life eternal.” But one in three members of the nation’s largest Presbyterian denomination seem to believe there’s some wiggle room for non-Christians to get into […]
Karen Armstrong’s God
by Tibor Krausz Why Karen Armstrong’s Case for God isn’t one. Anyone back there? February 8, 2010 The Jatravartids, a species of blue aliens living on the planet Viltvodle VI, believe the world was sneezed into existence by the Great Green Arkleseizure. As a result, they ‘live in perpetual fear of the time they call […]
Theological education: what is it for?
A while back, I was asked to write a few paragraphs on theological education for some church magazine. So I wrote the following: Last semester I taught a class on the doctrine of the Trinity: a notoriously difficult and challenging topic! Later in the year, I heard one of the students from that class leading […]
Malls Versus Mecca?
*Sightings* 2/11/10 — Jon Pahl President George W. Bush, to his credit, tried not to scapegoat Muslims for 9/11 and other acts of terrorism. “We are not at war with Islam,” Bush repeatedly intoned. Many Americans haven’t gotten the message. They still see the world in a populist version of Samuel Huntington’s “class of civilizations,” […]
The Dumbing down of culture
I’ve been reading Colossians Remixed recently and I find I’m having to stop every page or two to make my own notes. This book has such profound things to say to our culture. Basically, this book looks at what Paul might say to our western culture if he were writing his letter to the Colossians […]
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