a different perspective from alan hartung on the emerging church, politics, faith, and life
It’s the time again where the Christian political machine is revving up for another presidential election. This is a time, as a Christian, I truly dread.
This is the time where human sexuality, abortion, gay marriage, etc., rule the voting consciences of many Christians. It comes down to a simple principle:
The religious right believes you [...]
But the new generation of evangelicals is sick of being labeled as backward rednecks because of their association with fossils like Dobson. There are many evangelicals like Cizik too who are not all about homophobia, nationalism, war-without-end and American exceptionalism or the Republican Party. Like Cizik they believe that the America has a responsibility to [...]
I once contemplated reading nothing from the Bible except the Gospels for an entire year. I didn’t do it, but I did read the Gospels much more often than any other books that year. That experience was probably the forerunner to my exodus from the establishment and seeking out ways to be the church outside [...]
I love it!
Update: Embedding has been turned on and off on this short, and it seems now it is back on. If you can’t get the video to play, click the link in the comments.
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My friend Jason Zahariades is exploring Eastern Orthodoxy. He’s got a lot of great posts on his blog, and a recent post challenges equality in interpretation of the Scriptures. He quotes Fr. Stephen,
“Literalism is a false means of interpretation (hermenuetic) and is a vain attempt to democratize the Holy writings. If they can be read [...]
OpenSong is software for the Mac which can run your multimedia presentation over a projector. And the price is great: free.
Definitely worth a look for those of you who use projection for your times of community worship.
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“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.” - Ephesians 2:8
There’s a disconnect in the common Evangelical doctrine of salvation between faith and works. Perhaps disconnect is not the right word, but there’s a one-sided view of “works.” While we are saved by [...]
The Environment. Global warming. Universal Health Care. Poverty. War.
These are all issues we must be concerned about.
Do you feel a “but” coming?
But…
There’s a danger in big ideas. The danger is we transfer one cause for another. This is especially dangerous in the emerging church. Many of us have come out of church situations where [...]
I have to admit, it’s pretty rare for me to read a post and see something about Christianity I have not remotely thought about. There are different takes on various ideas, insights I glean, and sometimes truths beating me over the head in such a way I begin to truly understand, but to actually go, [...]
I really like what Will Samson had to say about John MacArthur’s most recent attack on the emerging church (specifically Doug Pagitt). More thoughts from me after the quote…
John MacArthur on The Emergent Church:
“This gives us the chance to say that we are so committed to unity in the Body of Christ that we are [...]