Topic: Commentary
May 31, 2007
True Christian life
The true Christian life, true spirituality, is not merely a negative not -- doing of any small list of things. Even if the list began as a very excellent list of things to beware of in that particular historic setting,... ... morePosted at 10:58 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
May 11, 2007
Would Jesus Discriminate against Homosexuals?
The article begins with a supportive lead-in:Rev. Kevin Konkle used to see homosexuals as immoral hedonists with no concept of God. Yet he struggled with his own attraction to other men.You know exactly where it's headed ... this pastor's illicit... ... morePosted at 08:41 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Repent before you Marry
If two unchurched people are living together, pastors cannot expect them to cease living in a way the couple thinks is right. Instead of placing conditions upon them—"I will not officiate your wedding unless you two stop co-habiting"—we as pastors... ... morePosted at 01:00 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
September 15, 2006
Shaming into Submission
Amy Hall takes aim at pragmatism, and the use of shame as a marketing tool to combat teen pregnancy. Rather than asserting that an out of wedlock life is worthless she suggests: I have come to believe that Christians are... ... morePosted at 07:14 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
August 15, 2006
Knowing God pt 1
Even in the garden, inward contemplation and the abundance of natural revelation were insufficient for communion with the God. The spoken Word, the divine voice, brought to man both knowledge of God and purpose. Romans 1and Psalm 19 tell us... ... morePosted at 12:16 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
July 08, 2006
Rick Warren - Propaganda Tool?
Agape Press reports: An activist dedicated to a free North Korea says she doesn't think it is a good idea for mega-church pastor Rick Warren to accept an invitation to preach in Pyongyang this summer. Recently Warren drew a collective... ... morePosted at 07:01 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
June 20, 2006
Metaphors and Stories
Apprising Ministries Ken Silva provides the following quote from Brennan Manning:So Jesus comes in the way of weakness, giving us the chance to love him and making us feel that we have something to give him. Isaiah prophesied that he... ... morePosted at 12:41 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
June 11, 2006
This whole cultural drift
It is curious to me, in studying this whole cultural drift, that so many pick up the latest theological fashion and hail it as something new. But in fact, what the new theology is now say has already been said... ... morePosted at 10:48 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
June 08, 2006
Is something wrong ...
... with the evangelical church? The New York Times describes a tug of war "unfolding behind the scenes over theology--should evangelicalism be a big tent open to divergent views, or a smaller movement with more pure theology?" Jan Markell describes... ... morePosted at 07:32 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Consumer Culture and Contemplative Prayer
A commentary from an Opus Dei numerary member suggests: Can consumer culture be combined with contemplative prayer? For us in Opus Dei it can. Our ideal is the life Christ lived before his public life, his life of ordinary work... ... morePosted at 10:48 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
