The Scandal of the Gospel: “
This is a message I wrote for my church that I hope extends encouragement to you as well.
In his modern-day classic, “The Ragamuffin Gospel”, Brennan Manning writes an poignant introduction to his book that I can’t help but think would make a meaningful manifesto for the kind of people we [...]
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The Scandal of the Gospel
Posted in Christ, Christianity, Christology, Church, Freedom, Good Theology, Reconciliation, Theology, tagged Christian, Church, Compassion, Holiness, Justice, Shalom, Theology on Friday, September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New T. F. Torrance resources
Posted in Theology, tagged Theology on Monday, August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New T. F. Torrance resources: “The T. F. Torrance Fellowship has released the first issue of its new journal, Participatio: The Journal of the Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship. It’s available for free download, and this first issue features contributions by Ray Anderson, Paul Molnar, Alister McGrath, George Hunsinger, and others.
Meanwhile, Ashgate have released Myk [...]
Is this the kind of fast I have chosen?
Posted in Christianity, Compassion, Evangelical, Good Theology, Integrity, Jerusalem, Judaism, Muslim, Ramadam, Reconciliation, Theology on Sunday, August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Re-posted article from The Jesus Manifesto
Originally Submitted by Jordan Peacock
http://www.jesusmanifesto.com/2009/08/is-this-the-kind-of-fast-i-have-chosen/
Email: hewhocutsdown@gmail.com Site: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=518179309 About: Jordan Peacock lives in Minnesota, south of the Twin Cities. He is finding it far easy to be outspoken than to integrate his life with his stated beliefs, and is slowly working to rectify that [...]
Rembrandt and Nouwen meet at the Prodigal Son parable
Posted in Art, Christianity, Compassion, Henri Nouwen, Rembrandt, Theology on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Over the last couple of weeks I have been reading Henri J.M Nouwen. In particular, I have enjoyed and been challenged by his ‘In the name of Jesus’, but especially so by his ‘The Return of the Prodigal Son’. I have probably taken the latter parable for granted, being comfortable with what it was conceived [...]
God in unexpected places….
Posted in Altruism, Chaplaincy, Christianity, Compassion, Contemplation, Crime, Culture, Holiness, Institutionalism, Integrity, Justice, Law, Love, Mission, Personal, Prayer, Reconciliation, Restoration, Surreal, Theology on Sunday, August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have had to think very carefully about this article before I put it into words.. You don’t expect some things in the world that we live in dominated by selfishness, the ‘I want now’ society and the ‘get what you can, while you can’ overthrow from the Maggie years. So here goes…
A couple of [...]
Re-thinking The Lord’s Supper
Posted in Christianity, Christology, Communion, Emergent, Emerging, Good Theology, Holiness, Reconciliation, Restoration, Theology on Friday, July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.jesusmanifesto.com/2009/05/rethinking-the-lords-supper/
In a tragic twist of irony, the venue in the Christian faith that was intended to unify believers of diverse stripes and beliefs has actually divided and split the church in untold ways.
I’m referring to Communion. The Lord’s Supper. The Eucharist. The Table.
It goes by many names, and has been practiced many ways. It [...]
Sinners, all of us…
Posted in Christianity, Prison, Theology, Unity on Friday, July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://annedroid-annedroid.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-came-across-this-quote-from-eugene.html
I came across this quote from Eugene Peterson on a forum today and I think it’s so good I’ll nick it and post it here: "The churches of the revelation show us that Churches are not Victorian parlours where everything is picked up and ready for guests. They are messy family [...]
Would you?
Posted in Christianity, Ethics, Prison, Sexuality, Theology on Monday, July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have a prisoner who has been going through the long process of gender change from male to female. Karen is serving quite a long sentence, and has been ‘residing’ on a wing of other vulnerable prisoners.
A few months ago, Karen approached me and asked me a very serious question. The question was… ‘If I [...]
What would you really do?
Posted in Christianity, Creation, Culture, Ethics, Fear, Integrity, Justice, Law, Marriage, Nazarene, Prison, Restoration, Sexuality, Theology, Violence on Monday, July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have a prisoner who has been going through the long process of gender change from male to female. Karen is serving quite a long sentence, and has been ‘residing’ on a wing of other vulnerable prisoners.
A few months ago, Karen approached me and asked me a very serious question. The question was… ‘If I [...]
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 [...]
