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Archive for August, 2007
Good News: Future reality has invaded present history…
Published by August 31st, 2007 in Kingdom and Theology. 0 CommentsiFeedReaders
The heart of Jesus’ message is that God has once again become redemptively active in history. But this new divine activity takes on an aded dimension in comparison with the prophetic view: the escatological kingdom has itself invaded history in advance, bringing to men in the old age of sin and death the blessings [...]
If you’re not a consumer then what are you?
Published by August 29th, 2007 in Movies, Philosophy, Social Issues and Video. 1 CommentiFeedReaders
The prophet Brad Pitt decrying consumerism in one of the best films ever…
I feel like control alt deleting myself…
Published by August 29th, 2007 in Video. 1 CommentiFeedReaders
What would happen to us bloggers if the net suddenly died? Here is an idea:
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Christian Witness and the Internet
Published by August 28th, 2007 in Scripture, Spiritual Dynamics, Spiritual Practices and Western Christianity. 6 CommentsiFeedReaders
The following article really stood out to me especially against the backdrop of some of my previous posts dealing with christian community as hermenuetic of the gospel (Newbigin) the church as contrast-society (Lohfink) the intelligibility and truthfulness of Christian convictions residing in their practical force including their ability to shape a community of character (Hauerwas) [...]
Mother Teresa’s Dark Night of the Soul
Published by August 27th, 2007 in Spiritual Dynamics. 0 CommentsiFeedReaders
Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear. — Mother Teresa to the Rev. Michael Van Der Peet, September 1979
A great post by Roy Donkin on Mother Teresa’s Dark Night of [...]
Is our Gospel Credible?
Published by August 24th, 2007 in Church, Spiritual Dynamics and Western Christianity. 5 CommentsiFeedReaders
“How is it possible that the gospel should be credible, that people should come to believe that the power which has the last word in human affairs is represented by a man hanging on a cross? I am suggesting that the only answer, the only hermeneutic of the gospel, is a congregation of men [...]
Improvisation and Experiment
Published by August 23rd, 2007 in Church and Western Christianity. 2 CommentsiFeedReaders
A church which pitches its tents without constantly looking out for new horizons, which does not continually strike camp, is being untrue to its calling… [We must] play down our longing for certainty, accept what is risky, live by improvisation and experiment.”
-Hans Kung
This quote from Kung got me thinking about how hard it is [...]
Renovation of the Heart by Dallas Willard
Published by August 19th, 2007 in Books, Church, Kingdom, Spiritual Dynamics, Spiritual Practices, Theology and Western Christianity. 1 CommentiFeedReaders
SUMMARY OF INITIAL OBSERVATIONS
Dallas Willard is professor and former director of the School of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. Willard’s work in the field of philosophy has been mostly in phenomenology, exploring the work of Edmund Husserl. He also writes extensively about Christian spiritual formation. Influences in this work include John [...]
In class at Fuller today (MT520: Biblical Foundations of Mission). I have been blessed to do this program and this two week intensive with an amazing group of people from literally all over the world. My head is a little full but I am tremendously blessed to be in this cohort.
Jesus and Community: The Social Dimension of Christian Faith: by Gerhard Lohfink
Published by August 14th, 2007 in Books, Church, Global Christianity, Kingdom, Spiritual Dynamics, Spiritual Practices, Theology and Western Christianity. 4 CommentsiFeedReaders
SUMMARY OF INITIAL OBSERVATIONS
Reflecting on experiences of his childhood, German Catholic Theologian and Scholar Gerhard Lohfink once wrote: “I saw men and women who were forced to sew a yellow star of David on their garments; then one day I didn’t see them any more.” This memory would bring about a reconsideration of faith [...]
Book Review: The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity by Philip Jenkins
Published by August 9th, 2007 in Books, Global Christianity and Global Issues. 2 CommentsiFeedReaders
SUMMARY OF INITIAL OBSERVATIONS
Philip Jenkins is Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He has written over twenty books that deal with various topics in the fields of history, religion and criminal justice. Because of his meticulous research, he has been in demand as a speaker and expert on [...]
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