Category Archives: Church

I’m starting to remember what Church was all about

Posted on September 22, 2008 by me

Today Scot McKnight writes at Jesus Creed on why there seems to be a trend that There is a rise, a burgeoning rise, of young college students converting from low church evangelicalism, with its anemic, unhistorical ecclesiology, to the great … Continue reading →

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What do you mean, “Christianity isn’t about making me happy”

Posted on August 30, 2008 by me

“I was quite shocked…that most people thought the reason for Christianity is to make you happy. I shared that with the youth worker at my congregation…as I told him about that I invited him to bring the high school students … Continue reading →

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Communion, reality, Plato’s Cave and parallel universes

Posted on August 6, 2008 by me

While I am not nearly as fond of Plato as some, I think I can understand why many Christians hold to somewhat of a Platonic Idealism; the belief that “the other side” is more real than the physical world seems … Continue reading →

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All this, and Heaven too

Posted on June 26, 2008 by me

I am in the middle of reading Bishop N.T. Wright’s book Surprised by Hope, which deals with the doctrine of Heaven and what Wright calls “life after life after death.”  It’s blowing the minds of some evangelicals who don’t like … Continue reading →

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