Weekly Meanderings

Last updated on: July 31, 2010 at 12:04 am By Scot McKnight

The heart of the summer brings out some great flower colors. Jim Martin’s reflections on a retreat. Should Christians align themselves with a political party? Allan Bevere asks and discusses. Geeding about being gray. Karen, with her nose on the mend, on the 700 Club. Chaplain Mike on “evangelical” and “postevangelical.” Don Johnson’s Sabbath experiment. Josh provides a nice reading list on religious diversity. Lauri Lebo on creationist rumblings in Louisiana. Jonathan D. Fitzgerald reports on evangelical conversions to Catholicism:... Read more

Did this band sing in September?

Last updated on: July 30, 2010 at 4:35 pm By Scot McKnight

Speaking of September

Last updated on: July 30, 2010 at 3:39 pm By Scot McKnight

Your Favorite Version of …

Last updated on: July 30, 2010 at 1:35 pm By Scot McKnight

“See You in September”? How about this one by Julie Budd? Read more

Anne Rice Quits…

Last updated on: July 30, 2010 at 11:27 am By Scot McKnight

…. being a Christian. Does this move make her a “spiritual” and “follower of Christ” but not “religious” or “in the Catholic Church”? How do you read her recent statement? Let me make a point I’ve made a number of times: You can’t follow Christ and not participate in the Church and in a church. The Church is the Body of Christ. Anne Rice, the bestselling novelist most popularly known for “Interview with the Vampire” and her other creepy vampire... Read more

The Wesleyan Quadrilateral Step by Step (by T) 3

Last updated on: July 30, 2010 at 5:25 am By Scot McKnight

We’re discussing how we build our knowledge of God, our theology, and using Wesley’s Quadrilateral (Scripture, Tradition, Reason and Experience) as an outline for our discussion. Last time we looked at Tradition with some wonderful discussion; today’s topic is the role of Reason in how we build our theology. Each of these topics overwhelms me in their significance and breadth; I look forward to the perspectives of others as we approach each of these rather large topics. As we look today at the... Read more

Imagine a World 3

Last updated on: July 30, 2010 at 12:01 am By Scot McKnight

Imagine a world where the worst of offenders or the least conforming or the most offensive — in other words, sinners — are restored to the table of fellowship. That’s what Jesus exhorts the Pharisees and legal experts to imagine when he tells the parable of the “prodigal son” (which you can read after the jump). Again, the Pharisees and legal experts are offended by Jesus’ behavior of welcoming tax collectors and sinners to the table. Jesus’ response is to... Read more

Twitter Disciples

Last updated on: July 29, 2010 at 1:55 pm By Scot McKnight

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Our Common Prayerbook 25 – 3

Last updated on: July 29, 2010 at 12:20 pm By Scot McKnight

Prayer is soul-ish wandering. It begins in one place and the spirit and soul wander from place to place while in God’s presence. One could say that genuine prayer often meanders from one thought to another. The psalmist in Psalm 25 begins in God’s presence and then petitions for wisdom and then asks for mercy. Now he turns back a bit toward wisdom, but this time from a different angle (vv. 8-10): Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs... Read more

Evolution: A Remarkable History (not by RJS)

Last updated on: July 29, 2010 at 6:03 am By Scot McKnight

Yes, you read the title for this post right. This is SMcK and not RJS, but this post is on evolution. Why? Because I just finished reading Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory (Modern Library Chronicles) , and found the book’s story — and the theory of evolution’s history — fascinating. Whether you dip into the Cuvier or Lamarck, or whether you focus on Darwin’s trip to the Galapagos Islands, or whether then you care to study the... Read more