Posted in American Culture, Bible, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Love, Rob Bell and Love Wins, Suffering - When Bad Things Happen to Anyone, Will the Real God Please Stand Up? on May 18th, 2012
Letter to a 12-Year-Old Girl About the Eternal Destiny of Those Who Have Not Heard the Gospel – Desiring God. Letter From John Piper to a 12-Year-Old Girl About the Eternal Destiny of Those Who Have Not Heard the Gospel Sorry, kid, they’re gonna burn. Nothing like kindly, TV evangelist, John Piper, telling a 12 year […]
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Jonathan Martin: Pastor of Renovatus Church in Charlotte NC – On Mitt Romney, Liberty University and civil religion.. This rather insightful reflection on civil religion popped up on my Twitter feed. I have to admit, I really don’t use twitter like it was intended – for communication and bumper sticker wisdom. For me, its a […]
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Rachel Held Evans | How to win a culture war and lose a generation. Once again my friend, Rachel Held Evans, nails it. I remember reading about “The Lost Generation” of the 1920s and we have created our own lost generation in the church in the name of pure doctrine and social justice. I think […]
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it’s all one thing: Stephen Fry on being offended, plus Penn & Teller. Great blog post with a couple of video clips on one of the great banes and logical fallacies of American culture – the statement “I am offended by that.” This Stephen Fry quote and poster has gone viral and I think that […]
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On giving away iPads, pony rides, and gazillion eggs for Easter when the Gospel ought to be enough. « eugene cho. Living near a church in Toledo that dropped 30,000 eggs this weekend, I really like this article as a response. Eugene’s ending is the best part for me. If you’re going to a church […]
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David Lose: Is God Angry At You? A Good Friday Reflection. On this Good Friday, here is a great reflection that as Christians, not all of us take the popular Evangelical position of Jesus as God’s whipping boy and this warped idea that God has to kill someone in order to really love and forgive […]
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Andrew Sullivan: Christianity in Crisis – The Daily Beast. A lengthy but excellent observation of the state of North American Christianity. Despite the reach of American culture and megachurch outreach, the growth of Protestant churches in Africa and Roman Catholicism in South American is different from here. North American Christianity is at a point of […]
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It was back in the mid-1970s and I was in a middle school gifted and talented class. Our teacher had brought an album for us to listen to called Waiting For the Electrician Or Someone Like Him. Our school’s guidance counselor, who looked like Jesus in blue jeans had also dropped by to listen. Now […]
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Robert H. Schuller, wife resign from Crystal Cathedral board | schuller, board, ministry – News – The Orange County Register. Thanks to Maury for keeping me up to date since he lives near the Crystal Cathedral. I guess the end is near and its just vultures picking over the bones. Just goes to show nothing […]
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Banks foreclosing on churches in record numbers | Reuters. Its been interesting to hear in my tribal circles that giving to congregations and the denomination has gone down ever since we allowed the option for congregations to call gay and lesbian pastors in partnerships. Considering that only 500-600 congregations left out of 11,000, it doesn’t […]
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