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Willard, Dallas. Knowing Christ Today: Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge

By and others ⋅ September 16, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Willard, Dallas.  Knowing Christ Today: Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge. New York: HarperOne, 2009. Reviewed by  Murray Hogg Dallas Willard is well known for his works in Christian discipleship. He won  Christianity Today ¢â‚¬â„¢s  Book of the year in 1998 with  The Divine Conspiracy, and again in 2007 with  The Great Omission. Such works, along with a number of others on […]

Philip Yancey’s Second-best Book

By and others ⋅ September 14, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Philip Yancey,  What Good is God?  On the Road with Stories of Grace, H&S, 2010. Anyone who reads Christian books knows Philip Yancey. In his 20+ publications this  ¢â‚¬ËœProgressive Evangelical ¢â‚¬â„¢ popular writer is renowned for his stories, excellent research, readability, and global appeal. This one ¢â‚¬â„¢s more autobiographical than most. Eg.: ‘I should mention that on personality tests […]

Moltmann J: The coming of God: Christian eschatology.

By and others ⋅ September 8, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Review of J ƒ ¼rgen Moltmann, The Coming of God: Christian Eschatology Thomas O. Scarborough Moltmann J 1996. The coming of God: Christian eschatology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. 1. Introduction   In spite of having met J ƒ ¼rgen Moltmann, and frequently having encountered discussions of his works, I had never read one of his books.   I decided therefore that […]

The Meaning of Sin (Richard Rohr)

By and others ⋅ September 4, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

BREATHING UNDER WATER: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps   I wonder whether addiction could be one very helpful metaphor for what the biblical tradition called  ¢â‚¬Å“sin. ¢â‚¬  I personally am convinced that is the case, which might be the first foundational connection between the Gospel and the Twelve Step Program. How helpful it is to see sin, […]

Review: Abraham Joshua Heschel: Essential Writings

By and others ⋅ August 26, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Review: Abraham Joshua Heschel: Essential Writings, (Selected and with an Introduction by his daughter, Susannah Heschel, Orbis, 2011) Abraham Heschel is one of the three or four most-read modern Jewish writers – by non-Jews – and probably the most popular Jewish theologian. This book is one of Orbis’ Modern Spiritual Masters series (other titles include […]

Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes

By and others ⋅ August 26, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

(From Wikipedia: watch this website for my review of his daughter’s book about her father). “Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum hatred for a minimum reason.” “All it takes is one person ¢â‚¬ ¦ and another ¢â‚¬ ¦ and another ¢â‚¬ ¦ and another ¢â‚¬ ¦ to start a movement” “Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all […]

Priests vs. Prophets

By and others ⋅ August 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

  Very early in the Judeo-Christian tradition there is a split between the Exodus tradition, which I believe is the mainline tradition of full liberation, and the tradition that develops in Leviticus and Numbers,which is called the “priestly” tradition. If you read these two books, they have none of the drama of Exodus, but reflect […]

PAUL AS LIBERATOR (Richard Rohr)

By and others ⋅ August 20, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

For Paul, the Christ is not  ¢â‚¬Å“out there. ¢â‚¬  For him, there is no split between himself as the subject and Christ as any kind of object. Jesus is  within, around, and in-between ¢â‚¬”I cannot say that strongly enough. Christ is the Homing Device, the Inner Knower, a reliable Inner Guidance through an Indwelling Presence that he calls […]

More good quotes (from a Facebooker)

By and others ⋅ August 13, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Of study took he utmost care and heed. Not one word spoke he more than was his need; And that was said in fullest reverence And short and quick and full of high good sense. Pregnant of moral virtue was his speech; And gladly would he learn and gladly teach. (Description of the Oxford clerk, […]

LIBERATION FROM RELIGION (Richard Rohr)

By and others ⋅ August 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

LIBERATION FROM RELIGION (Richard Rohr) Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 4:55pm Jesus liberated us from religion. Jesus taught simple religious practices over major theorizing. There is no indication He wanted any of His followers to be what I call  ¢â‚¬Å“thought police ¢â‚¬  ¢â‚¬”thought police for others. That has been Rome ¢â‚¬â„¢s preoccupation for the greater part of 1,000 […]

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