My Thoughts on ‘Star Trek’ (Part 1 of 2) Ok, I will start by joining the millions of other bloggers and say that this movie is amazing. Star Trek transcended my expectations in almost every way. It is worth spending … Continue reading →
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Tagged Christianity, Evangelicalism, Female Jesus, History, J.J. Abrams, James T. Kirk, Postmodernism, Spock, Star Trek, The Message
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[EDIT: DR. BALMER IS ON FRIDAY NIGHT, NOT THURSDAY AS EARLIER REPORTED] Randall Balmer is the guest tonight (Fiday, February 6) on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Dr. Balmer is promoting his new book, God in the White House. … Continue reading →
For a survey class on Christian Thought I’m taking this semester (from the Protestant Reformation to Karl Barth) we’re using Carter Lindberg’s ‘The European Reformations’ as one of our texts. It is an excellent history, seamlessly merging the culture and … 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 →
Posted in Brian McLaren, Christianity, Church History, Emergence, Emerging Church, Evangelical Manifesto, Random Bloggings, Theology
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Tagged Being Poor, Brian McLaren, Culture, Doug Pagitt, Envision 08, Evangelical, Evangelicalism, Faith, God!, Jay Bakker, Picking up Bottles, Politics, Princeton, Religion, Samir Selmanovic, Social Justice, Theology, Washing Cars
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In my first post on this subject, I discussed some of the problems that come along with autonomous Churches. Put into plain terms, Churches that don’t exist in submission to a higher body of authority. I highly suggest that you … Continue reading →
Posted in Christianity, Church History, Church Living, Random Bloggings
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Tagged Autonomy, Baptist, Christianity, Church, Church Autonomy, Church History, Earl Barnett, Ecclesiology, Eclesiastical Authority, Evangelicalism, Non-Denominational, Questions, Religion, Theology
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An Evangelical Manifesto: My Thoughts You can read my initial synopsis and comments to the Evangelical Manifesto here. I’ve been holding off on writing my thoughts for a few days because in these situations I tend to be reactionary and … Continue reading →
Posted in Christianity, Church History, Emergence, Evangelical Manifesto, Historical Theology, Random Bloggings, Religion, Theology
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Tagged Catholic, Catholicism, Christianity, Church History, Earl Barnett, Emerging Church, Evangelical Manifesto, Evangelicalism, Faith, Justification, Religion, Theology
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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 →
Posted in Christianity, Church History, Church Living, Emerging Church, Pagan Christianity, Random Bloggings, Religion, Theology
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Tagged Autonomy, Baptist, Christianity, Church, Denomination, Earl Barnett, Ecclesiology, Emerging Church, Evangelicalism, Non-Denominational, Pentecostal
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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 →
Posted in Christianity, Church History, Emergence, Emerging Church, Historical Theology, Kirk Cameron, Random Bloggings, Ray Comfort, Religion, Theology
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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 →
Posted in Books, Christianity, Church History, Emergence, Emerging Church, Frank Viola, George Barna, Pagan Christianity, Random Bloggings, Religion, Theology
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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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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 →
Posted in Brian McLaren, Christianity, Church History, Emergence, Emerging Church, Harrold Emerson Fosdick, Historical Theology, N.T. Wright, Religion, Stephen Chalke, Theology
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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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A mentor handed me Piper’s new book ‘The Future of Justification‘ today and said to me… ‘Earl, justification doesn’t have a future. It’s a term that Luther made up to fit his need, and it worked for then. But now, … Continue reading →
This is an excerpt of Rudolph Bultmann’s “The New Testament and Mythology” taken from The Christian Theology Reader (2nd Ed.) pgs 71- 72: “The cosmology of the New Testament is essentially mythical in character. The world is viewed as a … Continue reading →
Posted in Alister McGrath, Books, Christianity, Church History, Historical Theology, Religion, Rudolph Bultmann, Theology
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Tagged Alister McGrath, Biblical Interpretation, Christianity, Earl Barnett, Existentialism, Hermeneutics, Liberal Protestantism, Religion, Rudolph Bultmann, Theology
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Do many of us, as American-Protestant-Christians, operate from the assumption that God does not reveal ‘truth’ beyond our ability to comprehend it? I’ve met a lot of Christians who seem to operate from the perspective that any new theology or … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Christianity, Church History, Church Living, Emergence, Emerging Church, Random Bloggings, Religion, Theology
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Tagged Christian Living, Christianity, Church, Earl Barnett, Protestantism, Religion, Theology
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I first was introduced to H. Richard Niebuhr’s 5 models of Christianity’s interaction with culture (from his book Christ and Culture) while reading Alister McGrath’s book, Christianity’s Dangerous Idea. Since being introduced to Nieburhr’s models I’ve also found that D.A. … Continue reading →
Posted in Alister McGrath, Books, Christianity, Church History, Historical Theology, Random Bloggings, Religion, Theology
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Tagged Alister McGrath, Christian Ethics, Christianity, Church History, Culture, Earl Barnett, Niebuhr, Theology
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While reading through ‘Christianity’s Dangerous Idea…‘ McGrath brings up an old, but still interesting question for those of us with an interest in Ecclesiology. Does the church have a right to expect its congregates to have perfectly ‘correct’ theology? The … Continue reading →
Posted in Alister McGrath, Books, Christianity, Church History, Historical Theology, Random Bloggings, Religion, Theology
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Tagged Alister McGrath, Christianity, Church History, Donatism, Earl Barnett, St. Augustine, Theology
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