This is the second part of the letter we received the other day. Again, I’m keen on hearing how you would respond to this seeker. Bottom line I would like an absolute truth. A Fact. It seems reasonable to me to believe in something that is true and real. However, it seems that christianity, much like science gets as close as they can with what God or christianity is, and the rest is up to faith. Which I am not sure... Read more
What does a Third Way approach look like when it comes to the meaning of the “gospel.” No small matter here but I enter this discussion with Adam Hamilton:Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White: Thoughts on Religion, Morality, and Politics . Adam sorts this one out by using the two poles of thinking and argues that there is a gray area of balance — neither liberal nor conservative. What does the liberal gospel look like? (more…) Read more
What is hinted at in the Benedictus of Zechariah and in the Gloria in excelsis of the Angels, and what comes out into clear focus with Simeon, becomes concrete reality in Matthew’s Gospel, chp 2. The magi, Gentile star gazers, are the ones who offer gifts to the will-be king in the face of Herod the Great, the must-be king. They come from afar; they come to Jerusalem in search of the king of the Jews; they come in search... Read more
Is it “cancelled” or “canceled”? Read more
Here is a letter sent to me about a woman struggling with faith, and one of her major questions is a deep, dread-type question: The shocking injustices some experience. Gary Haugen spoke at the service at Willow on the International Justice Mission. He discussed the sex trafficking, as well as many other injustices going on around the world. He would tell a story of some injustice occurring in the world and then say, “How are these people supposed to believe?” ... Read more
Kris and I are wondering if we need a land line. Each of us has a cell; yet we’ve held on to our land line phone for two or three years. We don’t have a fax. So, tell me, what are the advantages and disadvantages of the land line (or eliminating our land line)? Read more
What the Angels envisioned – “peace on earth” – Simeon envisions as well. Here are the words of this aged saint who spent his time waiting for the Messianic kingdom: 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen... Read more
I wish my family had known of these things years ago! Just got this in the e-mail today from Amazon and had to pass it on for those who still don’t know what to buy. Read more
I will give you my reasons why I’m baffled by the reactions by liberal Democrats because President Elect Obama has invited Rick Warren to give the invocation. First, because Inauguration Day is not a day for triumphalism, domination and a “See, we’re the winners and you’re the losers and we’re now set to take over.” Instead, Inauguration Day is a day for all Americans, Democrats and Republicans and social conservatives and social liberals to attend to the American duty of... Read more
This is what I found at Border’s. Here’s the image. As you can see, they managed to get The Blue Parakeet’s author as a certain former, pretty student of mine named Ron Martoia: This is Ron Martoia and it does not surprise me one bit that Borders got Ron and Scot McKnight mixed up. “Which one is which?” is surely the question everyone asks. They call Ron “GQ” … Is the real Scot McKnight on the left or the right?... Read more
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