Theology
Old Testament
“Again and again in the Pentateuch, the psalms, the prophets, and the subsequent writings … the claim is made that the creator of the entire universe has chosen to live uniquely on a small ridge called Mount Zion, near the eastern edge of the …Judean hill-country. The sheer absurdity of this claim, from the standpoint […]
Tony Campolo on Evangelicalism
‘Evangelical Christianity Has Been Hijacked’: An Interview with Tony Campolo Speaking out on gays, women and more, a progressive evangelical says ‘We ought to get out of the judging business.’ BY: Interview by Laura Sheahen July 2004–Evangelical leader, sociology professor, and Baptist minister Tony Campolo made headlines in the 1990s when he agreed to be […]
Usenet Discussion about Christian theology and clergy
1. Define ‘christian’ 2. Anyone whose pathway to God is through the teachings of Jesus the Christ OF God. It ISN’T what the historic time / space Jesus of Nazareth ever said and he was the Christ OF God that Christians are named after. Churchianity is not CHRISTianity. The views of the Christ OF God […]
Karen Armstrong’s ‘religion-lite’ approach
http://jmm.org.au/articles/22826.htm Karen Armstrong ¢â‚¬â„¢s ¢â‚¬ËœReligious-Lite ¢â‚¬â„¢ Approach. August 17, 2009 Resolving the metaphysical muddle Is their really much difference between Karen Armstrong ¢â‚¬â„¢s religion-lite approach and the secular humanism of atheists? o Dan Jones o guardian.co.uk, Sunday 9 August 2009 11.00 BST Karen Armstrong and the ¢â‚¬Å“new atheists ¢â‚¬ have one thing in common: both think that it […]
Is the universe a friendly place?
I receive daily emails from Richard Rohr’s Center for Action and Contemplation. [http://cacradicalgrace.org/] Most of the time they’re very good, and occasionally one just hits me with a force that I cannot ignore. This is one of them: “It is all a matter of learning how to be more and more deeply connected. And of […]
Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus
Book Review – Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus, Ann Spangler & Lois Tverberg, 2009 Imagine if you could take yourself back 2,000 years and immerse yourself in the world of 1st Century Palestine, in a little Jewish backwater where you were hearing reports of a man who was healing people and making the […]
Reason, Faith and Revolution
http://jmm.org.au/articles/22779.htm Reason, Faith and Revolution, August 3, 2009 May 3, 2009 God Talk In the opening sentence of the last chapter of his new book, ¢â‚¬ËœReason, Faith and Revolution, ¢â‚¬â„¢ the British critic Terry Eagleton asks, ¢â‚¬ËœWhy are the most unlikely people, including myself, suddenly talking about God? ¢â‚¬â„¢ His answer, elaborated in prose that is […]
God Is Back
God is Back, August 3, 2009 http://jmm.org.au/articles/22784.htm Sightings 4/6/09 ¢â‚¬“ Martin E. Marty is the title of a richly detailed new book by John Micklethwait, editor, and Adrian Wooldridge, Washington bureau chief, of The Economist, the news magazine so welcomed at our house. I profited from reading the book, but, in our self-imposed, self-enforced […]
Miracles?
(Note from Rowland. I remember reading about this idea first in William Barclay. I personally have no problem with the Son of God multiplying loaves and fishes). Proper 12- B – July 26, 2009 John 6: 1-21 (2 Kings 4: 42-44, Psalm 145: 10-19, Ephesians 3: 14-21) By Harry T. Cook 7/20/09 RUBRIC With the […]
Liberal or Conservative?
“Sometimes I feel like the most liberal person among conservatives, and sometimes like the most conservative among liberals. How can I fit together my religious past with my spiritual present?” Philip Yancey in “Soul Survivor” (Hodder & Stoughton, 2001), page 5
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