Theology
‘He is risen,’ they still say
Poll: ‘He is risen,’ they still say BP News – Nashville,TN,USA … 75% of Americans who do not claim to be born-again still believe in the resurrection, said Phillip Connor, research missiology manager for the Center for Missional Research. … Read the full story here: http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=25300
Washed in the Blood? A Search for Relevant Symbols of Salvation
by Peyton L. Palmore III Peyton Lee Palmore III was a fourth generational missionary to the United Church of Christ in Japan for over twenty years. He has done graduate work at Yale Divinity School,, Union Theological Seminary, and McCormick School of Theology in Chicago. He presently enjoys being self employed as a home repairman […]
Baptizing children?
To this: If we choose to recommend to delay baptism of younger people, what are we going to do to recognize their step of faith. Because if we simply put them off then we may end up doing more harm by giving the impression that they are too young to be considered a “real Christian.” […]
Baptism in the Early Church
And to this: The one thing that keeps nagging at me is that the New Testament gives us one rite for entry into the body of Christ – that is believers baptism (at least that is my interpretation – others of different faith traditions may disagree). So I wonder if someone has come to a […]
Pope says hell and damnation are real and eternal
By Richard Owen in Rome March 28, 2007 12:00am *HELL is a place where sinners really do burn in an everlasting fire, and not just a religious symbol designed to galvanise the faithful, Pope Benedict XVI has said.* Addressing a parish gathering in a northern suburb of Rome, the Pope said that in the modern […]
The Pope’s Apology
Here’s an interesting quote/generalization I read again this morning, in comparative religion expert Dr Huston Smith’s book ‘The Soul of Christianity’ (HarperSanFrancisco 2005, p. 137): ‘Though divine in origin, the [Christian] Church is made up of humans, of sinners, and so *in an act unique for any institution* (my emphasis), at the end of the […]
Baptizing Children?
I wrote: Let’s take the biblical precedent/situation of a hostile environment seriously when judging whether a person is making a valid, personal decision about baptism. Would their personal commitment to Christ pass the test of opposition from others, or even persecution? Whilst it’s difficult to replicate the apostolic context in this respect, we must take […]
Women priests
Leadership: Amen To Women http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/20/katharine-schori-episcopalian-lead_cz_ch_0321pink.html http://tinyurl.com/ynvrms Cecile S. Holmes, PINK 03.21.07, 6:00 AM ET Katharine Jefferts Schori — oceanographer, instrument-rated pilot and Episcopal bishop — remembers the evening in 2000 when it seemed she might be reaching the zenith of her short ecclesiastical career. After spending the day in a diocesan committee meeting along Oregon’s […]
Speaking of Speaking of Faith
Sightings 3/26/07 Speaking of Speaking of Faith — Martin E. Marty My website reminds readers that I cannot write dust-jacket blurbs for forthcoming books, a policy explained on the “Regrets” page. Sometimes, however, when I read a manuscript critically for a publisher or an author — my “Regrets” page also explains why such readings are […]
Anglican Study Guide: Listening to Gay and Lesbian people
Theological Basis for the Study Guide The 1976 meeting of ACC 3 said this about the Communion: “As in the first century, we can expect the Holy Spirit to press us to listen to each other, to state new insights frankly, and to accept implications of the Gospel new to us, whether painful or exhilarating.” […]
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