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This is a great conversation and worth sharing (ht Jonathan) Peter Rollins Explains Emergent Church Movement Explaining Emergent Churches - Inner Compass from Calvin College on Vimeo. Here are some of my favorite thoughts (paraphrased) - If you are seeking the meaning of love, do what lovers do, if you are seeking God, go do what followers [...] Related posts:
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My intention in this little series is 2-fold - to express my opinions on the matter because I haven’t really brought it up before and it’s important to me…and this is my blog and I can damnit and to provoke some thought on the matter. I would esp. like to challenge those people in [...] Related posts:
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Ridiculous claims like these are why so many run for the hills at the very whiff of conservative evangelicalism or similar versions of “christianity”. Many people find comfort in such reassurances in an age of economic free fall, global climate change, and other chaotic happenings - others, like me, know the claims are hooey and [...] Related posts:
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Rollins thinks in a way that you cannot learn to think, his brain and his interactions with the world are unique. I think I love this more than anything else of his that I’ve yet encountered. Thanks Peter - fully expect LOTS of us to steal your words. PeterRollins.net » Blog Archive » My Confession: I [...] Related posts:
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Edited to add: Mike L. has a good post here that approaches the topic from a civil/political viewpoint and articulates some points quite well, IMO. As a followup to Adam’s post, First, I like what Michael Toy said: another companion cry might be “stop blaming the bible for our own fear and intolerance” Second - I don’t think [...] Related posts:
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The Bible & Homosexuality: Enough with the Bible Already — pomomusings …If it is truly the Bible that is causing some to hold these discriminatory beliefs, then perhaps we need to set the Bible aside for awhile. Perhaps we need to not construct a belief system about LGBT folk built on the foundation of a couple [...] Related posts:
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I haven’t been in an Evangelical church for a couple years now but a couple months ago I went to a Bible Study hosted by a dear friend (at her request). It was truly a surreal experience. I was an outsider. I understood the words and knew the Scriptures and cognitively “got” what was going [...] Related posts:
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