“In the book of Psalms, it’s written: “The Lord has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.” To the Jewish mind, heaven is not a fixed, unchanging geographical location somewhere other than this world. Heaven is the realm where things are as God intends them to be. The place where [...]
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Heaven and Hell Invading the Earth
Published by August 19th, 2008 in History, Movies and Spiritual Practices. 0 CommentsiFeedReaders
Helen Barrett Montgomery - The Bible and Missions
Published by October 2nd, 2007 in Bible, Books, Church, Faith and Politics, History, Leadership, Missiology, Politics and Theology. 1 CommentiFeedReaders
INTRODUCTION
Helen Barrett Montgomery may be on of the most influential Christians you have never heard of. Her groundbreaking text The Bible and Missions was required reading for one of my Fuller classes (review follows) but her life is more an inspiration than any of her individual writtings.
Montgomery (1861-1934) was a social reformer, [...]
Anne Rice on Jesus Studies
Published by February 26th, 2007 in Global Christianity, History and Western Christianity. 3 CommentsiFeedReaders
Anne Rice (author of Interview with a Vampire and more recently, Christ the Lord out of Egypt) shares her perspective on studying the life of Christ historically.
H.T. to George Woodlif via Stephen Shields
. . . Having started with the skeptical critics, those who take their cue from the earliest skeptical New Testament scholars of [...]
Amazing Grace at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Published by February 1st, 2007 in Faith and Politics, Global Issues, History, Justice, Movies, Politics and Social Issues. 0 CommentsiFeedReaders
This film premiered downtown last night and I wish I could have been there. The director, Micheal Apted, is being interviewed tonight at Victoria Hall. (Sadly, I don’t have tickets for this event…) Really looking forward to seeing this movie!
Santa Barbara Edhat - Amazing Grace
The film tells the story of [...]
Irony… Augusto Pinochet dies on Human Rights Day.
Published by December 11th, 2006 in Global Issues, History, Politics and Social Issues. 3 CommentsiFeedReaders
It appears that history may sometimes offers its own verdict. Notorious Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet passed away yesterday, December 10, Human Rights Day. It is estimated that Pinochet’s regime,
A Geo-Political History of the Middle East in 90 seconds
Published by October 26th, 2006 in Global Issues, History, Islam and Western Christianity. 3 CommentsiFeedReaders
Super cool presentation showing every major empire that has controlled the middle east in the past 5000 years. Striking to me how recent an advent the modern nation state really is. (Less than 100 years in most cases). Thanks to Stephen for pointing this map out.
Bonhoeffer the Documentary
Published by October 18th, 2006 in History and Philosophy. 2 CommentsiFeedReaders
Kristin’s brother, Mark, gave me this amazing documentary on Dietrich Bonhoeffer the last time he was here. For me it was a captivating
Dan Kimball on Pews, Pulpits, Pastors, Preaching and other things that can get in the way of the church
Published by October 10th, 2006 in History and Spiritual Dynamics. 0 CommentsiFeedReaders
Dan Kimball doesn’t post to his blog as often as other bloggers, but when he does, he continually offers outstanding content that is profoundly thought provoking. This entire article is well worth the read but I wanted to highlight a point of specific interest.
Read a great post by Don Johnsonasking about whether people involved in emerging church conversations consider our church histories are a burden or a gift. Shortly afterward, I read Dan Kimball’s post where he celebrates the influence in his life of past leaders saying:
I hope as emerging churches mature and grow, even [...]
Scot Mcknight’s DaVinci Code Outline…
Published by May 22nd, 2006 in History, Movies, Philosophy, Pop Culture and Western Christianity. 0 CommentsiFeedReaders
Scot McKnight posts an outline of his presentation on the DaVinci Code. Good stuff. He asks participants to consider why the climate was so right for the success of this book, in addition to pointing out the clear problems with DVC assumptions from a grounded, factual, historical perspective. I appreciate the dual emphasis. [...]
Pentecostalism at 100 - Our Anti-Intellectual Heritage
Published by March 30th, 2006 in History, Spiritual Dynamics and Western Christianity. 0 CommentsiFeedReaders
Thoughtful critique from a book excerpt by fellow Pentecostal, Rick Nanez describing how certian realities of the early Pentecostal movement (turning 100 this year) have biased the movement against intellectual pursuits. Having grown up in this movement, (and having toured some of its more fringe elements) I concur with many aspects of his assessment. [...]
Emergent Bonhoeffer
Published by March 4th, 2006 in History, Kingdom, Philosophy and Western Christianity. 3 CommentsiFeedReaders
This short article provides a quick overview of the writtings of Deitrich Bonhoeffer Bonhoeffers Costly Theology. Of particular interest to me are his comments regarding a tendency in religious people toward individualism, metaphysics, parochialism and arrogance. His concept of “religionless Christianity” as well as his contention that the essential doctrines of Christianity must [...]
When was the “Golden Age” of the church?
Published by January 30th, 2006 in History and Philosophy. 2 CommentsiFeedReaders
Church History is topic of perpetual interest to me. At less travelled, Ross proposes an interesting way of “seeing” it: history and theology
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