Apologetics
The Real Religion of America…
In article , “Rowland Croucher” wrote: The real religion of America has always been America itself; our religion has largely been civil religion for the sake of social order more than for any soul transformation… Our parents gave us what they had been given… the self-serving American dream of material advancement and an overreliance on […]
Some Big Questions
“Mark T” wrote in message . 1. How can the Christ (the anointed of God) be the God anointed by God? Lawrence: How can He not? Mark: God anoints himself to be the king / messiah???? Rowland: The response of a rational mind. The alternative? Certainly not anti-rationalism, or irrationalism, or even non-rationalism. Try supra-rationalism. […]
Women – in the U.S. Army and Southern Baptist Churches
Sightings 6/9/05 Dreaming of Genies — Matthew C. Baldwin Dreams are said to disguise wishes; similarly, stories and myths can encode ideological fantasies. Last month, some rhetoric used in the general context of congressional debate reminded me of a classic American TV story, unveiling ways that mythic and religious structures may influence lawmakers on Capitol […]
Bread for my neighbor
(~) Bread for my neighbor Christianity has all too often meant withdrawal and the unwillingness to share the common suffering of humankind. But the world has rightly risen in protest against such piety…. The care of another – even material, bodily care – is spiritual in essence. Bread for myself is a material question; bread […]
Asylum Seeker and Refugee Advocacy in Australia
“What if no one had spoken out against this policy?”: The Rise of Asylum Seeker and Refugee Advocacy in Australia. Diane Gosden: Centre for Refugee Research, School of Social Work, University of New South Wales. Sydney Biographical note: Diane Gosden is a postgraduate research student at the Centre for Refugee Research. Her PHD topic is […]
What Was That About the Rich Man?
Taking Jesus at his word. by Arthur Simon It may be possible to have a good debate over whether or not Jesus believed in fairies,” G.K. Chesterton said. “Alas, it is impossible to have any sort of debate over whether or not Jesus believed that rich people were in big trouble-there is too much evidence […]
Borderline Behaviors
Sightings 6/6/05 Borderline Behaviors — Martin E. Marty WWJD — “What would Jesus do?” — remember that faddish acronym? WWJD recently returned with an appearance in commentator Bill O’Reilly’s syndicated column. He used it a) to show that he “knew” what Jesus would do to fight off illegal immigrants, and b) to counter Cardinal McCarrick […]
Soldiers of Christ (conservative Christianity in America)
They are drawn as if by magnetic forces; they speak of Colorado Springs, home to the greatest concentration of fundamentalist Christian activist groups in American history, both as a last stand and as a kind of utopia in the making. They say it is new and unique and precious, embattled by enemies, and also that […]
Christianese Translator
Christianese Translator . “Touch not mine anointed” Means: Do what I say without questioning. . “You are ‘out of your place’ in the spirit” Means: You are not complying 200% to my every command. . “Jesus came to bring a sword” Means: I want you to cut off your family and friends and become co-dependent […]
Christianese
Christianese From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Christianese (kirs’ch nez’) is a form of jargon sometimes used by members of the Christian church, especially within, though not limited to, contemporary Pentecostalism and Evangelicalism. Christianese is characterised by the use of certain words, theological terms, and catchphrases in everyday conversation in ways that are only comprehensible within […]
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