Theology
The End of Sexual Identity: Why Sex is Too Important to Define Who We Are
Review: Jenell Williams Paris: The End of Sexual Identity: Why Sex is Too Important to Define Who We Are (IVPress, large-print edition, 2011). As a (‘straight’) advocate for my homosexual friends and clients part of my job is to read/discern ¢â‚¬Ëœwho ¢â‚¬â„¢s saying what to whom ¢â‚¬â„¢ about gender and sexuality issues. Together with the world-wide turmoil […]
Review: Brian McLaren: A New Kind of Christianity
Note: I try to review an important book each week. This is probably the most significant one I’ve ever written. Rowland September 21, 2012 ~~ Brian McLaren: A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions that are Transforming the Faith, (Harper/ H&S, 2010, 2011). How did this man get such theological erudition but has never attended […]
The Kingdom of Heaven (Dorothy Sayers)
Dorothy L. Sayers, in a 1954 lecture on the limitations of language, gives a brilliant summary of all the different metaphors and parables Jesus uses to explain the Kingdom of Heaven. ¢â‚¬Å“The Kingdom of Heaven, ¢â‚¬ said the Lord Christ, ¢â‚¬Å“is among you. ¢â‚¬ But what, precisely, is the Kingdom of Heaven? You cannot point to existing […]
Marriage: should wives ‘submit’ to their husbands? Pro and Con
Men and women are different, and so should their marriage vows Peter Jensen Published: August 29, 2012 – 10:55AM Marriage really matters. Thank God we are talking about it. As Professor PatrickParkinson said in these pages last week, marriage is ”by far the most stable, safe and nurturing relationship in which to raise children”. However, fewer […]
RECONCILING PERSONAL FAITH AND SOCIAL ACTION
by Thomas Scarborough It has been said that one may be so heavenly minded as to be of no earthly good ¢â‚¬“ and similarly, that one may be so earthy minded as to be of no heavenly good. Theologians have described these two extremes as a ¢â‚¬Å“purely religious salvation ¢â‚¬ and a ¢â‚¬Å“purely politico-social liberation ¢â‚¬ . I […]
Translating the Trinity for Muslims
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings 6/28/2012 — Sarah Yardney An online consortium for ministry to Muslims, Biblical Missiology, has accused Wycliffe Bible Translators of dismantling the Trinity, the Christian doctrine that God is three persons in one, in their translations of the Bible for Muslims. […]
When you switch your windscreen wipers on, think about this…
One rainy afternoon I was driving along one of the main streets of town, taking those extra precautions necessary when the roads are wet and slick. Suddenly, my daughter, Aspen, spoke up from her relaxed position in her seat. “Dad, I’m thinking […]
Plantinga on Dawkins (atheism)
Science or naturalism? The contradictions of Richard Dawkins Alvin Plantinga ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS 12 APR 2012 PEOPLE LIKE RICHARD DAWKINS HOLD THAT THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN SCIENCE AND RELIGION. BUT THE REAL CONFLICT LIES BETWEEN SCIENCE AND NATURALISM, NOT BETWEEN SCIENCE AND BELIEF IN GOD. Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett are, of […]
Theodicy and theology
From a friend: It’s easy to confuse theology with theodicy. Of course, theology is all about sin, evil and redemption, and to say theologians have grappled with such things for thousands of years says nothing more than that theologians have thought about life as well as scripture. As for anyone producing a theodicy (an account […]
Heaven: Here-and-now or There-and-then or Both-and?
Sightings 4/12/2012 The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth — Karl W. Lampley In his Time magazine article, ¢â‚¬Å“Heaven Can ¢â‚¬â„¢t Wait, ¢â‚¬ dated April 16, 2012, Jon Meacham contrasts two seemingly competing visions of heaven in contemporary Christianity. One prominent view envisions heaven as the ethereal place one goes when one dies. Images of winged angels, celestial […]
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