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Process Theology, Cornhole, And Homebrew
Yep. I’m off to California, starting Tuesday, for a few days to attend the Emergent Village Theological Conversation on Process Theology. It’s a new, to me, theological position, one that I can see some of the plusses and minuses in. I’m definitely looking forward to learning more over the next few days and getting to pick Bruce Epperly‘s brain a little. I’ve been reading his book to study up for this conference, so it’ll be an experience to be able to interact with him a bit. I’m also pretty stoked to hear Julie Clawson. In “God, Creation, and Theology – A Few Questions“, she expresses some of the same concerns about Process thought that I do, particularly concerning the presuppositions that Process moves forward from. It goes without saying that it’ll be … Read entire article »
God Is Not A Fight Fan
Interesting article, an interview with Chael Sonnen, posted by a friend of mine on Facebook: The most recent example was Edson Barboza’s profuse denials of responsibility for his spin-kick KO of Terry Etim. He repeatedly pointed at the sky to indicate that the kick had been divinely ordained. “You know, these guys want to talk about God. ‘Oh, I want to thank God. I want to thank God.’” he told MMA Fighting. “Listen, I’m a God-fearing man, go to church every Sunday and have since I was a boy. But if I ever found out that God cared one way or another about a borderline illegal fist-fight on Saturday night, I would be so greatly disappointed that it would make rethink my entire belief system.” – HT: Fighters Only Magazine Mark Driscoll is going to … Read entire article »
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Does Science Make Belief In God Obsolete?
I recently found the website for the John Templeton Foundation and their “Big Question” essay series through a friend of mine’s tweet. The big question he linked to was “Does Science Make Belief in God Obsolete?” There are a few short essays that run the gamut from yes to no to yes… if and no… but. My answer? No. Science is simply the toolbox we use to understand and, in some instances, control the world around us. It helps us to explain the world, yet it cannot, and did not, create the world. Related articles God need not be the enemy of science (newstatesman.com) … Read entire article »
Farewell @PastorMark
The time has come for you to give up the reins. Despite your promise to be more cognizant of the words you use after your “effeminate worship leader” Facebook status, you continue to be as obnoxious and classless as ever. You continue to belittle anyone who doesn’t agree with your hyper-masculine brand of …well, can’t really call it Christianity anymore. After mocking the entire Christian society within the UK, you appeared on Unbelievable, British radio show and took the opportunity to belittle, insult, and demean the host and his wife. You see, the host’s wife is the pastor of their church. Something which evidently gets under your skin. Brierley: Well we’re not a huge church, unlike yours, but I’d say there’s two or three probably in the last year who certainly, yah, I’d say … Read entire article »
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John Piper On The Idolatrous Prosperity Gospel
I don’t normally agree with a lot of what Piper preaches, but in this case, he is dead on. … Read entire article »
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@PastorMark Is What’s Wrong With American Christianity
Thanks to my friend Stuart for posting this earlier. HomebrewedTheology is no fan of Mark Driscoll‘s overly-masculine, misogynistic, hyper-sexualized version of Christianity. That much should be plainly obvious. He’s been taken to task by HT and numerous other bloggers over the past couple years, yet he continues to go out of his way to offend anyone who doesn’t meet his definition of a “manly man”. In an interview in Christian Today, he’s decided that his brand of Manianity is exactly what the UK needs. He’s loved and loathed for his tough talk on the church in the 21st century, and this time he’s taking aim at Britain. The Mars Hill pastor continues on a similar theme in an interview with the latest edition of Christianity Magazine in which he suggests that preachers need to … Read entire article »
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Richard Dawkins | Theological Idiot
Thanks to my friend Joel for posting the pic on Facebook. In an open letter to UK Prime Minister David Cameron, notorious Atheist Richard Dawkins questioned his faith, and the faith of most of Britain’s leaders, using a variation of the “No True Scotsman” fallacy. You see, since Cameron and others aren’t believers in the way Dawkins defined them, they couldn’t really be believers, now could they. Cameron responded by saying that the UK is a Christian country. Well, anyone who has studied British history would know this to be true. Dawkins, who never met a religious reference he couldn’t get outraged over responded with his usual aplomb: “The bible is a terrible moral compass, if you think about it. Of course, you can cherry pick the verses that you like, which means the … Read entire article »
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No, Newt Gingrich Is Not Like King David
Yes, the ridiculous, bordering on asinine, comparisons of Newt Gingrich to King David are making the rounds in conservative Evangelical circles. This isn’t by accident, my friends, it is by design. My good friend Becky Garrison, author of one of my favoritest books ever – Jesus Died For This?, gives the skinny on the behind the scenes machinations behind this ridiculous nonsense in her latest piece for The Guardian. The ingenious solution his handlers have come up with is to compare him to King David. Radio host Steve Deace categorised Gingrich and King David as “two extraordinary men gifted by God, whose lives include very high highs and very low lows”. On the Town Hall website, columnist Dennis Prager reminds his religious readers that God himself thought that King David deserved to remain king … Read entire article »
School Prayer Isn’t Banned, So Quit Saying That!
Rick Perry‘s latest web ad “Strong” has seemingly set the interwebs ablaze, and not in a good way. As of this writing, the “dislikes” of the video on YouTube outnumber the “likes” by ~ 231,000 to 5,000. Yes, that’s a ratio of ~46:1. Aside from the bigoted, homophobic statement about gays in military being something “wrong” with this country, his belief that there is a “War on Religion” is equal in, well, idiocy. David Henson does an excellent take-down of this statement, as does Joel at Unsettled Christianity. Yet there is one thing I feel compelled to point out, and I want to address this to those conservative Christians that occasionally swing by HT. *ahem* Rick Perry is lying to you. Period. When he states that our “kids can’t pray in school”, he’s flat … Read entire article »
Sign Up For Tyndale’s NLT Bible Christmas Giveaway!
My good friends over at Tyndale House Publishing are having a Christmas giveaway over at the New Living Translation Facebook page. Starting on November 29th until December 24th at the New Living Translation Facebook page we’re giving away lots of great prizes and something free for you just for singing up. By visiting the giveaway entry page (located on the NLT Facebook page, the link is under the profile picture) and entering your name and e-mail address you’ll be entered to win the following prizes: One random person each day will win a Life Application Study Bible Family Pack (Guys Life Application Study Bible hc, Girls Life Application Study Bible hc, Student’s Life Application Study Bible hc, Life Application Study Bible hc, Life Application Study Bible Large Print hc). One Random person each week will win an Apple … Read entire article »
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