July 2010
9 posts
Do You Think I Could Get My Book Back? →
Very cool story of a girl who helped someone in South America without even knowing it.
Well.
She knows now.
Radical Christianity →
You say you want a revolution?
I’m getting tired of being interviewed for or asked to endorse books that are about “radical christianity.” Especially when those books typically use that term to describe what should be garden variety, everyday Christianity. It shouldn’t be the work of the “radical” to reach out to those who are different than them economically, racially or sexually.
Very...
Sox Place →
A Denver pastor helping the homeless:
“This is what we’re supposed to be doing. We’re not supposed to be building multimillion dollar facilities. God never said to do that,” according to Robinson. “When Jesus was on Earth he said, ‘Guys, I’m leaving, I’m putting you in charge.’ He said feed the hungry. It’s not a suggestion.”
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Jim Wallis' Invitation to Lifest Helps Shed Light... →
A “Christian” radio station in Wisconsin says:
[W]e believe the social justice message and agenda they promote is a seed of secular humanism, seeking an unholy alliance between the Church and Government.
The Bible says:
No, O people, the Lord has told you what is good,
and this is what he requires of you:
to do what is right, to love mercy,
and to walk...
Chesteron on Patriotism →
Lest I be mistaken for a hater, I offer up a bit of counterpoint to Ms. DiFranco’s sentiments.
Some thought-provoking notions from none other than G. K. Chesterton:
The fundamental spiritual advantage of patriotism and such sentiments is this: that by means of it all things are loved adequately, because all things are loved individually.
Read the entire quote if you’d like to...
‘Tis of Thee
Ani DiFranco
They caught the last...
Does the Bible Say Jesus Was Crucified? →
Swedish scholar, Gunnar Samuelsson, claims that, though Christ was crucified, the evidence for it is not textually present in the gospels.
Does it matter?
He claims tradition tells us of the crucifixion and not the gospel texts.
“We fight against each other,” he reflects, but “the theological stances that keep churches apart are founded on things that we find between the...