how the church turned inward..: “Shonnie Scott, one of the board members of Mustard Seed Associates, is writing a dissertation on how the ministry of the church has turned in on itself. Instead of providing for the needs of our neighbors (what she calls Kingdom Work), we have chosen to form structures and ministries that [...]
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how the church turned inward..
Posted in Bad Theology, Christianity, Church, Compassion, Consumer, Control, Culture, Institution, Institutionalism, Integrity, tagged Christian, Compassion. Politics, Integrity on Thursday, September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Diversity not Division..
Posted in Chaplaincy, Christianity, Communion, Conflict, Consumer, Culture, Integrity, Politics, Postmodern, Racism on Thursday, July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
interesting post at http://inaforeignplace.blogspot.com/2009/07/diversity-dept-confusion.html re the excesses of political correctness and rights of the individual…..
Recent Books….
Posted in Books, Capital Punishment, Christianity, Christology, Communion, Conflict, Consumer, Control, Deception, Empire, Ethics, Evangelical, Evangelism, Fundamentalism, Good Theology, Institutionalism, Integrity, Postmodern, Punishment, Reconciliation, Theology, Violence, War, Wrath on Sunday, July 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Since I graduated with my BA last October, I have been determined to continue with my reading as much as possible. It is so easy to get burnt-out after having to read only parts of academic books and vow not to pick up another book. I must admit, I have read as widely as possible [...]
Church Growth = Life of the Church?
Posted in Christianity, Consumer, Culture, Deception, Evangelism, Integrity, Preaching, Proclamation, Theology on Saturday, May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The below article was found on a Blog called ‘Next Reformation’ and it certainly connected with my views on how we Nazarenes in the UK. We are so desperate to see something positive happen in our churches, for numbers to increase and seemingly to battle against consumerism from the pulpit, and yet buy into it [...]
NON-VIOLENT ATONEMENT
Posted in Atonement, Bad Theology, Christianity, Christology, Consumer, Fear, Good Theology, Indecency, Injustice, Justice, Punishment, Restoration, Theology, Violence on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another article linked to my dislike to a permanent angry God. This time a contractual God…
Excellent article by Maggi Dawn
I see that Giles Fraser is getting a bit of stick both in blogland and tweetsville over his latest comments on Good Friday and Easter. He has claimed that the idea that sin is like a [...]
Warning over narcissistic pupils
Posted in Capitalism, Consumer, Danger, Fear, Integrity, Urban Decay on Friday, March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BBC NEWS | Education | Warning over narcissistic pupils
We really do seem to be so self-absorbed and concerned with the ‘me’ and not the ‘we’ of society. Self-centred, rights drive, consumerism… where do we stop with this? Any thoughts on this one to share? Please, please convince me that I am barking up the wrong [...]
Ongoing discussion on another blog
Posted in Capitalism, Christianity, Church, Conflict, Consumer, Culture, Deception, Empire, Evangelical, Evangelism, Fear, Holiness, Integrity, Love, Postmodern, Secularism, Theology on Sunday, March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting discussion that is ongoing still at the following link HERE
regarding the state of church on both sides of the pond
The church and Britain: a homily for Christ the King Sunday
Posted in Church, Consumer, Culture, Injustice, Institutionalism, Integrity, Justice on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Below is a sample of a sermon from a friend of ours (my wife spent 3 years studying with him at NTC, Manchester)
Andrew Brower Latz ( preached recently for Christ the King Sunday)
Today is the feast of Christ the King, or the Reign of Christ, the last Sunday of the Christian year. It was [...]
From purpose to people.. McNeal “It’s AD 30″
Posted in Christianity, Church, Consumer, Culture, Institutionalism, Integrity, Theology on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
McNeal “gets it.” The Holy Spirit does not live in buildings made with hands. We have reversed the original lens and view the kingdom through the lens of church, where we should view the church through the lens of kingdom. A missional lens begins with the gospel of the kingdom. Or as Rohr put it, [...]
Gender confusion …
Posted in Consumer, Culture, Disaster, Ethics, Freedom, Future, Institutionalism, Integrity, Law, Science on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So now that two females can be considered as parents (and two males of course) we can now register a childs parents as anyone we like!!
Single women can name ‘almost anyone’ as second parent after IVF Single women having fertility treatment to become a mother will be able to name almost anyone [...]
