Thoughts on faith, culture, and public life.
Glen H. Stassen. I've been re-reading Glen H. Stassen et al, Authentic Transformation: A New Vision of Christ and Culture (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996), a critical analysis of H. Richard Niebuhr's 1951 book, Christ and Culture, and came across this insight into the significance of the life and teachings of Jesus: In a beautiful climactic …
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"My political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy (philosophically understood, meaning the abolition of control not whiskered men with bombs) — or to ‘unconstitutional’ Monarchy. I would arrest anybody who uses the word State (in any sense other than the inaminate real of England and its inhabitants, a thing that has neither power, rights …
This afternoon, between 3.01 pm and 5.16 pm, Catherine Deveny (@CatherineDeveny), a columnist for The Age newspaper in Melbourne, posted 14 interesting tweets about ANZAC Day. One she deleted before I could save it. Here are the remainder (warning: strong language): Don't support Anzac Day. Refuse to celebrate a glorification of war that ignores the suffering and carnage of …
Pat Robertson: "It's God punishing Europe for having abandoned their Christian history!" Joel Osteen: "If you just have enough faith, it will stop erupting." Tim LaHaye: "It's a fulfillment of Revelation 6:15-16. Watch out for falling airplanes!" Hal Lindsey: "It's the end times and directly caused by Satan. Didn't you see all those 'ell's in …
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