Posts Tagged ‘faith’
Too Radical?
[Credit: Lars Justinen of Justinen Creative Group for Heavenly Sanctuary. Picked up from Greg Boyd's blog.]
Filed under: moments | 1 Comment
Tags: faith, George Bush, humility, Jesus, love your enemies, Osama bin Laden, sacrifice, Tony Blair, washing feet, world leaders
Taking the Lead
As I sat round a dinner table with a bunch of wonderful close friends the other night, and conversation meandered comfortably as it always does in these situations, the question of the environment was raised: Did we think that the issues of global warming and environmental sustainability were important for Christians?
I’m paraphrasing, and it’s a [...]
Filed under: Green, In the news..., rants | 3 Comments
Tags: BBC News, Christianity, climate change, environment, environmental, faith, GEO4, government, North West Passage, responsibility, sustainability
Singles Church
Last night, a friend was telling me about their theory that Megachurches develop and thrive because they provide a forum for social mixing. Essentially my friend was saying that churches become large because they provide opportunities for boys to meet girls (and vice versa).
Ok, it’s an incredibly cynical argument, but somewhat compelling (in a twisted [...]
Filed under: groanings, rants | 2 Comments
Tags: church, God, faith, women, Christianity, Sex, relationships, marriage, singleness, men, dating, christian view of marriage, Jerry Maguire, megachurches
Deconstruction
“…believe that God is not confined inside a systematic theology book, that numbers do not equate “success”, and that God is offended by the pursuit of the Great Commission when it violates our call to live out the Great Commandment.”
Another great quote, again from the comments on Emerging Grace’s blog, this time by Gary Means. [...]
Filed under: groanings | 1 Comment
Tags: ASBO Jesus, church, deconstruction, Emerging Grace, faith, Gary Means, is not
ASBO Jesus
Just found this guy: isn’t he great?
Which I guess followed on from these…
Filed under: hilarity | 1 Comment
Tags: ASBO Jesus, cartoons, church, dualism, faith, funny, humour
Sex God
I’ve very kindly been leant an audio copy of Sex God by Rob Bell. I’m two chapters in, and I’m hooked…
I have a copy of Sex God on my wish list, because Jude blogged to say it was brilliant, and a recommendation like that is enough for it to get me interested. But as I’ve [...]
Filed under: groanings, me | 0 Comments
Tags: adoption, Christianity, connectedness, faith, God, Rob Bell, Sex, Sex God, sexuality, sexy
Mary and Martha
[UPDATE: I've just found a wonderful, far more in-depth and scholarly version of my exposition here]
The tirelessly enthusiastic Carla Harding posted yesterday on Mary and Martha. It’s a good post, and it paints a great picture of her life at the moment; the busyness and the struggle to hold onto a spiritual life when things get manic. I made [...]
Filed under: bible, rants | 3 Comments
Tags: apology, bible, Carla 247, Carla Harding, Christianity, faith, Luke 10:38-42, Martha, Mary, Mary and Martha, women, women in ministry
Unity
20″My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent [...]
Filed under: bible, groanings | 0 Comments
Tags: Mark Driscoll, church, prayer, Tim Challies, Jesus, Michael Spencer, Internet Monk, church unity, John 17, bible, faith, unity
