a different perspective from alan hartung on the emerging church, politics, faith, and life
Christians on the religious right have an opportunity with the upcoming Obama administration, but I doubt seriously evangelicals will take advantage of the chance they have been given. I’ve already let my opinion on Legislating Morality be known, so I won’t rehash it now. The time has come for Christians to shift from talk and [...]
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.
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
Jesus’ humanity is often looked at as a stumbling block to his divinity. As I read about Jesus and study the nature of God, I’m finding more and more how Jesus the man shows us God. Scot McKnight got me thinking about the term “flesh” to describe Jesus’ humanity. Normally, we think of the flesh [...]