Theology
Christian Fundamentalism vs. Orwell’s 1984
(From Mark): George Orwell’s 1984 is an important book, and probably deserves all the praise that has been lapped on it over the generations. But did organized religion beat Orwell by a couple thousand years? If you think about it, fundamentalist Christianity is a very Orwellian religion. Who needs Big Brother when you’ve got an […]
Why Men of Learning Often Do Not Believe
ON THE WILL TO KNOW THE TRUTH Newman on Why Men of Learning Often Do Not Believe James V. Schall, S.J. “We attain to heaven by using this world well, though it is to pass away; we perfect our nature, not by undoing it, but by adding to it what is more than nature, and […]
Evangelicalism
From Mark: “Fit Bodies, Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals don’t think and what to do about it” ( Baker Books; Grand Rapids:1994) – Os Guiness p. 9 -11 …a leading problem in American evangelicalism – anti-intellectualism. Anti-intellectualism is a disposition to discount the importance of truth and the life of the mind. …evangelicals have toned up […]
Philosophy
from http://humanknowledge.net ©Brian Holtz 2004-11-04 ….. Philosophers often divide all phenomena into three kinds: a.. mind (or spirit or soul): that which can think and perceive; b.. ideas (or universals or forms): that which can be thought; and c.. matter (or substance): that which can be perceived. Human theories of mind differ according to how […]
The Life of the Mind
Williams, Clifford The Life of the Mind. A Christian Perspective. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic. 2002 95 pp. Paperback. ISBN 0-8010-2336-X. It is telling that a book explaining the value of thinking and learning needs to be written in our time. The life of the mind is an endangered species in our culture. The author Clifford […]
Gandhi to E. Stanley Jones
Mahatma Gandhi to friend and missionary E. Stanley Jones: “Oh, I don’t reject your Christ. I love your Christ. It’s just that so many of you Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
100 things that Christians believe about Jesus
Jesus came to die and destroy Satan’s power – Heb. 2:14 Jesus came to fulfill the Law and the Prophets – Matt. 5:17 Jesus came to give life – John 10:10,28 Jesus came to taste death for everyone – Heb. 2:9 Jesus came to proclaim freedom for believers – Luke 4:18 Jesus claimed to be […]
Punished in our Place: … on Penal Substitution
Punished in our Place: A Reply to Steve Chalke on Penal Substitution Dr Garry J. Williams. Teaching Church History & Doctrine at Oak Hill College, and engaged in long-term research for an exposition of penal substitution In March 2004 Zondervan published a new book by Steve Chalke with Alan Mann under the title The Lost […]
Tsunami raises ‘where,’ not ‘why,’ question about God
Commentary: Tsunami raises ‘where,’ not ‘why,’ question about God Feb. 9, 2005 A UMNS Commentary By Bishop Judith Craig* To ask about God’s presence in the face of the tsunami that struck Asia and Africa is to ask a good question. It is not a “why” question but a “where” question. We are long past […]
Oral Tradition and the Early Christian Movement
Another view from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/story/gospels.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Dominic Crossan: Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies DePaul University Did oral tradition play a part in preserving the traditions of the early movement? Oral tradition is something that we have rather abused, I think, in scholarship. If you take, for example, the common material behind the Q gospel and […]
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