Theology
Protestantism and prosperity
From two netfriends: [1] According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic, Protestantism is linked to prosperity and the article seems to suggest that Protestantism causes economic prosperity. “The Protestant work ethic is often credited with helping to define the societies of Northern Europe and other Protestant countries where Protestantism was strong, such as in Scandinavia, northern Germany, Great Britain […]
C S Lewis on liberal Christianity
By the way, did you ever meet, or hear of, anyone who was converted from scepticism to a “liberal” or “demythologised” Christianity? I think that when unbelievers come in at all, they come in a good deal further. C S Lewis, Letters to Malcolm, chapter 22, paragraph 5
Anglican Evangelicals
In response to a document put together by a group of evangelical and charismatic members of the Church of England, entitled “A covenant for the Church of England”: http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/?p=1034 http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/?p=1059 Tom Wright responds with a hard-hitting article: http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/news/2006/20061214wright.cfm?doc=171 concluding “This document is not a ‘covenant’ in any meaningful sense, except perhaps a covenant with chaos. […]
N T Wright and Gnosticism
N T Wright’s new book _Judas and the Gospel of Jesus_ discusses gnosticism, the Gospel of Judas, and responds to folks like Pagels, Meyer and Ehrman… ‘Classic Christianity, in short, has a lot more life and promise than have ever been imagined by those who propose the new Myth, or by those who offer newly […]
Decoding The Da Vinci Code (N T Wright)
Decoding The Da Vinci Code The Challenge of Historic Christianity to Post-Modern Fantasy Let me say at once what a pleasure it is to be here in Seattle and how grateful my wife and I are for your welcome and hospitality and for those who have worked hard to set this event up. I am […]
Must we believe the Virgin Birth?
By R. ALBERT MOHLER JR. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Published December 14, 2006 In one of his columns for The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof once pointed to belief in the Virgin Birth as evidence that conservative Christians are “less intellectual.” Are we saddled with an untenable doctrine? Is belief in the Virgin Birth really […]
The Mode of Baptism
From a netfriend: It seems to me that the biblical mode of Christian Baptism is immersion, but NOT submersion (although submersion is not invalid, just improper). A person would stand in water and a copious quantity of water would be poured on their heads from above. Their whole body would be touched by the water, […]
Spong Quotes
Check out http://www.beliefnet.com/author/author_44.html for smaller articles by Spong: Columns and articles by John Shelby Spong Bad Movie, But Don’t Dismiss It May 19, 2006 ‘The Da Vinci Code’ was boring and full of historical inaccuracies–but we can’t dismiss its central notion of a married Jesus. … Was the Apostle Paul Gay? Mar 26, 2004 What […]
Going Beyond Belief
Sightings 12/14/06 Going Beyond Belief — Philip Hefner Both the New Scientist and the New York Times reported on the symposium entitled “Beyond Belief: Science, Religion, Reason, and Survival,” hosted by the Science Network, a coalition of scientists and media professionals convening November 5-7 at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California. […]
Knowledge is Power
Dec. 17, 2006 Power to the People By Harry T. Cook Francis Bacon evidently thought the principle so important that he uttered it first in Latin: Scientia potestas est: “Knowledge is power.” Bacon, as he once said, preferred to begin with doubt and end in certainty rather than begin with certainty and end in doubt. […]
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