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Scot Mckight blogs about Greely and Houts “The truth about Conservative Christians.” Among other insights revealed is this one:
“family income and economic issues are far more significant than moral values for the trends in both voting and party identification†48. “The Republicans’ real base is not the the religious right but the affluent†[...]
Ethics Daily editor Bob Allen “got” my flossing diatribe! Editorial…
I wish Christian leaders (evangelicals specifically) would adopt a posture of greater humility when expressing their theological perspectives. Tim Lahaye, whose very popular “Left Behind” books advocate the position that the book of Revelation should be read literally as a “what will happen in the end times” (biblical prophesy interpretation) strikes out with some [...]
I liked Chris Sligh from the moment he first auditioned for American Idol. In response to Simon Cowell’s question: “Why are you here?” He answered, “I’m here to make David Hasselhoff cry.” I lost it. I like him even more now that his faith is being called into question by some [...]
In an interview posted at Out of Ur, Phylis Tickle offers her take onThe Future of the Emerging Church Among other things, she suggests that:
American religion has four, pretty much equally divided, quadrants. Evangelicalism is one of them, charismatic Pentecostalism is another, the old mainline or social justice Christians is a third quadrant, and [...]
Many times I bookmark articles or posts that I desire to blog about only to realize that I am not keeping up. I’ve noticed that many bloggers have a catagory for pointing out posts/articles that are worth more time and consideration than they can be given in the moment. Today I’m [...]
In a great article called “Why is the Emerging Church drawn to deconstructive theology?” by LeRon Shults, a professor of theology at Agder University in Kristiansand, Norway. Shults says:
…deconstructive epistemology (or hermeneutics) calls for humility within the search for knowledge. Now, my point is not that all deconstructive philosophers are humble and (say) analytic [...]
I just finished Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade–and How We Can Fight It by David Batstone. Batstone (a graduate of Westmont College here in Santa Barbara) does a tremendous job of storytelling through the issue of modern day slavery. Thoroughly researched and compellingly written, Not for Sale exposes [...]
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You can almost hear the desperation creeping into James Dobson’s voice. His attacks on Rich Cizik (and all the other millions of evangelicals working on creation care) are ludicrous. There is not a “heated controversy throughout the world” about whether global warming is real. Instead, worldwide, there’s melting ice, gathering storms, and spreading disease. The [...]
I hate flossing. It’s tedious, time consuming and very inconvenient. There are so many other things I would rather do with the time it would take me to floss. Besides, I’m pretty sure my dentist is just a liberal alarmist when he says things like “tooth decay” blah, blah, and “gingivitis” blah, [...]
I recently read for the second time Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life Together, the Classic Exploration of Faith in Community. Bonhoeffer writes:
“Innumerable times a whole Christian community has broken down because it had sprung from a wish dream. The serious Christian, set down for the first time in a Christian community, is likely to [...]
Phil shares that he was once taught:
…if God’s will is not clear we should use the test of spiritual expediency. Which of the two choices in front of me will impact more lives? That one is God’s will. My evangelical upbringing said more impact is better. It’s better to be Bill Bright than Mother Teresa. [...]
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