A New Kind of Christianity is nothing like I expected it to be. I assumed that I was picking up another defense of the Emergent Church tradition. What I picked up, instead, was the first truly Emergent volume of systematic theology. I know… I was confused too. Continue reading →
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Tagged A New Kind of Christianity, A New Kind of Christianity Review, Book Review, Brian McLaren, Christianity, Emergent Church, Emerging Church, Postmodern Christianity
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I highly recommend The Justice Project to anyone concerned with faith’s intersection with the public sphere. With that said, I do not think that any review I can write will do this book justice (pun intended). Nevertheless, I will try to encapsulate this excellent book and my thoughts on it Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Brian McLaren, Emergence, Emerging Church, Evangelicalism, Tony Jones
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Tagged Christian Living, Christianity, Emergent, Emerging Church, environmentalism, fair trade, justice, Social Justice, sustainability, the coming insurrection, The Justice Project
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Sites I Recommend: Queermergent I just found out that a Queermergent blog is up and running. If you presently find yourself wondering, “What in the world is “Queermergent” ?!?!” Here’s a brief bio: Queermergent is a play on the words … Continue reading →
Hunter Thompson and Optimism This quote from the Rum Diary struck a chord with me: “Like most of the others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser. I was never idle long enough … Continue reading →
Envision 2008 Princeton, New Jersey June 8-10th According to the website: http://ev08.org/ Envision ‘08 is about the power of the gospel to transform the public square. It’s about Jesus and justice, evangelical history and heritage, and practiced theology. It’s about … Continue reading →
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Why? After having spent almost 10 years participating in the American movement called conservative evangelicalism I have witnessed many well-intentioned people bring much disgrace to the name of Jesus. These disgraces have come through harmful theology, oppressive practices, conservative cultural … Continue reading →
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Tagged Autonomy, Baptist, Christianity, Church, Denomination, Earl Barnett, Ecclesiology, Emerging Church, Evangelicalism, Non-Denominational, Pentecostal
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Chapter 6: Sunday Morning Costumes “So what’s the big deal about ‘dressing up’ for church?… First, it reflects the false division between the secular and the sacred…. Second, wearing attractive, flashy clothes on Sunday morning screams out an embarrassing message: … Continue reading →
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Tagged Book Review, Books, Chrsitianity, Church, Earl Barnett, Ecclesiology, Frank Viola, George Barna, Pagan Christianity, Religion, Theology
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Evangelism is destroying the Church. Our constant focus on bringing those outside our communities inside, with little focus on genuinely making disciples has left our Churches a ‘mile wide, but merely an inch deep’ (to borrow an overused cliche). I … Continue reading →
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Tagged Christianity, Conversion, Earl Barnett, Emerging Church, Evangelism, Faith, Kirk Cameron, Ray Comfort, Religion, The Way of the Master, Theology
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Chapter 5- The Pastor: Obstacle To Ever-Member Functioning “… the present-day pastor was born out of a single-bishop rule first spawned by Ignatius and Cyprian. The bishop evolved into a local presbyter. In the Middle Ages, the presbyter grew into … Continue reading →
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Tagged Book Review, Books, Christianity, Church, Church History, Earl Barnett, Emerging Church, Evangelicalism, Frank Viola, George Barna, Pagan Christianity, Religion, Theology
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You can read the introduction to the book here (Credit to Emergent Village for posting it). While the opening story is fascinating and moving, I’m highly suspicious. I’ve not yet read Rollins’ first book ‘How (Not) To Speak of God‘ … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Generous Orthodoxy, Book Review, Books, Brian McLaren, Christianity, Emergent Village, Emerging Church, Emmergence, Religion, The Fidelity of Betrayal, Theology
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This will be the first installment of my search through contemporary (1998- present) Christian thought on the philosophy we so dearly refer to as ‘postmodernism’. I’m not fully sure of the scope this survey will go, but with so many … Continue reading →
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Tagged Brian McLaren, Christianity, D.A. Carson, Doug Pagitt, Earl Barnett, Faith, John MacArthur, Postmodernism, Religion, Stanley Hauerwas, Theologians, Theology, Tony Jones
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I found this quote while reading A Better Hope by Stanley Hauerwas, “The attempt to make God knowable separate from how God has made himself known through Scripture makes a world without God thinkable.” Not trying to make any sort … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Better Hope, Books, Christianity, Earl Barnett, Emerging Church, Religion, Stanley Hauerwas, Theology
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During Church I often find myself analizing my Amercian, conservative, evangelical, pseudo-’mega church’s worship style. I spend time questioning mostly ‘why’ and ‘how’ they do worship hoping to understand their theology behind the manner they do things. I see their … Continue reading →
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Tagged Add new tag, Anthropology, Christianity, Earl Barnett, Emerging Church, Faith, George Orwell, Linguistic Determinism, Religion, Theology
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This post comes as a response to accusations that I wanted to address clearly and directly. So, why preach? As much as I’m getting sick of making lists, I’ll do so for the sake of simplicity for readers. 1) Preaching … Continue reading →
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Tagged Calvin Park, Christianity, Church, Earl Barnett, Preaching
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From his sermon, ‘Shall the Fundamentalists Win?‘: “If a man is a genuine liberal, his primary protest is not against holding [conservative] opinions, although he may well protest against their being considered the fundamentals of Christianity. This is a free … Continue reading →
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Tagged Brian McLaren, Christianity, Church History, Earl Barnett, Emerging Church, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Historical Theology, Liberalism, N.T. Wright, Religion, Stephen Chalke, Theology
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