Theology
Jesus and Women
A study of the life-giving encounters in the Gospel narratives. by Melanie Morrison The biblical defense of hierarchy in male-female relationships is built on a select number of Pauline passages, while the gospels and the book of Acts are often ignored. The hermeneutical principle that undergirds this position is that the gospels are to be […]
Heaven
Zion, City of Our God Sermon by Fleming Rutledge July 8, 2012 Psalm 48, Revelation 7, 19-21 There are a lot of apocryphal stories about the great theologian Karl Barth, but this one sounds just like him. A well-meaning lady asked him, ¢â‚¬Å“Dr. Barth, will we see our loved ones in […]
HELL – a sermon for Advent
Grace Church in New York Posted: Nov 17, 2013 By Fleming Rutledge At Grace Church in 1993 we had a series of Wednesday evening sermons on the Four Last Things of Advent: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell ¢â‚¬”in their traditional order. The sermon is unchanged from Advent 1993 and the names of parishioners have not been […]
TED talks: a recipe for civilisational disaster?
We need to talk about TED Science, philosophy and technology run on the model of American Idol ¢â‚¬“ as embodied by TED talks ¢â‚¬“ is a recipe for civilisational disaster Monday 30 December 2013 Alain de Botton speaks during during TEDGlobal 2011, in Edinburgh. Photograph: James Duncan Davidson/TED Benjamin Bratton In our culture, talking about […]
50 Spiritual Classics
(by Tom Butler-Bowdon) Revisited January 1, 2014 First, a disclaimer: I ¢â‚¬â„¢m impressed with the early Christian evangelist Paul ¢â‚¬â„¢s market-place dialogue with Stoic and Epicurean philosophers in Athens (Acts 17): although he disagreed with many of their presuppositions he was willing to quote their poets when he agreed with them. I believe strongly that our Christian apologetic should […]
Atheism vs the track record of Christmas
I recently read a modern day story about the true meaning of Christmas. Titled “Heart of the Slums”, it was a compelling account of a Melbourne family, the Barkers, who have embedded themselves for the last 12 years in Bangkok ‘s largest slum, Klong Toey, to embody and make tangible the divine love that came […]
PIECES OF ETERNITY (Michael Jensen)
PIECES OF ETERNITY Michael P. Jensen, Pieces of Eternity, Acorn Press, 2013. One of the advantages of semi-retirement is that when an interesting book sent by a publisher or author for review arrives in the mail I can sometimes put everything else aside and read it in one sitting (or reclining, in bed). That happened […]
Remembering CS Lewis, Aldous Huxley and…oh yeah, JFK
If you’re after a good trivia question for upcoming Christmas BBQs, try this one: Which two other famous people died on the same day as JFK, 22 November 1963? The answers are CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley. Most readers will be well aware of CS Lewis, but not as many will be aware of Huxley. The latter […]
Hell: Quotes & Views…
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. Mark Twain ~~ The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict. Martin Luther King, Jr. or The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Dante […]
Moody Bible Institute Drops Its Alcohol Ban
In Surprise Move, Evangelical Moody Bible Institute Drops Its Alcohol Ban by MARTIN E. MARTY Monday | Oct 14 2013 The Moody Bible Institute made national news last week when it dropped the ban on drinking of wine on the part of faculty members and staff. Born on Dwight L. Moody ¢â‚¬â„¢s birthday, able to keep […]
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