interesting post at http://inaforeignplace.blogspot.com/2009/07/diversity-dept-confusion.html re the excesses of political correctness and rights of the individual…..
Archive for the ‘Postmodern’ Category
Diversity not Division..
Posted in Chaplaincy, Christianity, Communion, Conflict, Consumer, Culture, Integrity, Politics, Postmodern, Racism on Thursday, July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Salt Spreading
Posted in Christology, Church, Culture, Integrity, Justice, Postmodern, Theology on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A convert to Jesus Christ lives in the world as well as in the church, and has responsibilities to the world as well as to the church. I think it is the tendency of churches to ‘ecclesiasticize’ their members which has made so many modern Christians understandably wary of conversion and church membership. Conversion must [...]
Breathing prayer – worship trick 59
Posted in Christianity, Church, Compassion, Contemplation, Emergent, Emerging, Liturgy, Postmodern, Prayer on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to anyone who showed up last night for the worship at LST. if you are interested in any of the prayers and liturgy etc most of it is here – wounded in all the right places…
Mike led an opening prayer exercise to help us focus and quiet down. he used a breathing prayer that [...]
Total Church
Posted in Church, Culture, Empire, Institutionalism, Integrity, Postmodern on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://thathideousman.blogspot.com/2009/04/totall-church.html
The link above directs you to the whole article. What do you think?
I have read many books about ‘the church’, from weighty academic tomes to popular critiques; from apologetics for conservative theology and practice, to emergent and liquid ‘radical’ critiques of both. Several of the most helpful ones have been biblically based and realistically helpful [...]
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
Christian group’s poetry protest
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Indecency, Law, Poetry, Postmodern, Reading on Thursday, December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7777157.stm
Protesters sang hymns outside the Senedd building
Around 250 Christian activists have protested outside the Welsh assembly building about a poetry reading.
Patrick Jones was invited by two assembly members to read from his collection Darkness Is Where The Stars Are, which has already led to claims it is "obscene and blasphemous".
Stephen Green, director of Christian [...]
Don’t Stop Believing 1 of 5: Communicate without Compromise
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Good Theology, Integrity, Postmodern, Theology on Monday, December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is an excellent article asking questions of how we deal with the tensions between culture and the Christian faith. Found at:
http://zondervan.typepad.com/koinonia/2008/12/dont-stop-believing-1-of-5-communicate-without-compromise-by-michael-e-wittmer.html
By Michael Wittmer (PhD, Calvin Theological Seminary) will be posting every day on topics related to his new book, Don’t Stop Believing: Why Living Like Jesus Is Not Enough and related to his previous [...]
Holiness and the past.
Posted in Christianity, Church, Control, Culture, Deception, Evangelical, Fundamentalism, Good Theology, Institutionalism, Integrity, Media, Postmodern, Religion on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Here is one of those rare original postings by yours truly…
On Wednesday, some of our denominations leaders gathered along with church board members. Some came from the London area, Wales and the NW of England, and the task was to discuss ideas about the organisation of the Nazarene Church in the British Isles, and to [...]
God is an easy target
Posted in Atheism, Bad Theology, Church, Consumer, Control, Culture, Fundamentalism, Good Theology, Institutionalism, Integrity, Literalism, Mickey Mouse Religion, Postmodern, Religion, Secularism, Urban Decay, Violence, War on Monday, November 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
By Dave Hill,at http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/17/religion
Attacking faith groups for spreading fear and bigotry is easy, until you look at some of the positive things they do
Dave Hill
guardian.co.uk, Monday November 17 2008 09.00 GMT
Article history
I don’t do God and I don’t like things that some of those who do God do. Bombing Iraq, for instance. Demanding [...]
