a different perspective from alan hartung on the emerging church, politics, faith, and life
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 [...]
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I received a small amount of justice yesterday.
It appears that Van Nuys Superior Court Commissioner Martin Wegman thinks I deserve the chance to be innocent…
I posted earlier about the possibility that I could not afford to be “not guilty.” It was going to cost me $381 to have my day in court. Evidently, the L.A. [...]
Terms get thrown around and we get desensitized to them. One of them is “waterboarding.” Most of us know it is a form of torture, but few know what it even is or what it is like.
This may seem like an awful post on Christmas Eve, but as I read this post from Boing Boing [...]
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 [...]
Evidently Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee isn’t releasing sermons he’s preached. Julie Clawson wonders if he is “embarrassed by what he preached? Has his theology changed? Is he just afraid of controversy?”
She brings up a reasonable observation that it seems both pastors and politicians have an aversion to admitting they’ve changed their minds about something. I, [...]
I found this video via the One for Truth blog.
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Scot McKnight’s stepping out into a potentially controversial topic… politics. I’m probably voting Green Party again, so I didn’t respond in the comments. If I did vote Democrat, right now it would be for Obama. The reason? I like most of his ideas, his heart seems genuine, and I haven’t been too impressed by anyone [...]
Michael Spencer hits the nail on the head with the problem of being too politically focused, whether you believe your politics are correct or not. Christians focusing on the political realm for the salvation of the world will develop a pessimistic attitude towards the future and cause them to lean towards solutions which do [...]
A friend sent me this.
Just FYI, I’m not a Democrat.
1. Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton
2. Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush’s Daddy made war on him , a good guy when Cheney did business with him, and a bad guy [...]