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Doubting Thomas, Reasonable Faith, and the Global Atheists Convention!

By and others ⋅ April 9, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Doubting Thomas, Reasonable Faith, and the Global Atheists Convention! Dr. Geoff Francis They still call him “Doubting Thomas” – the disciple of Jesus who became famous for demanding evidence. When the other disciples told Thomas that Jesus had come back to life, Thomas was sceptical. He said, “Unless I see His wounds with my own […]

The Resurrection of Jesus: the views of Wright, Crossan and Habermas

By and others ⋅ April 8, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Note from Rowland: I was browsing the Web for articles about Wright, Crossan and Habermas and their summary-views of the Resurrection of Jesus. Here are some starters. (It’s all a bit dense, but if you’re motivated, there’s gold in here). ~~ Wright-Crossan Resurrection Forum Back in March I had the privilege of attending the first […]

The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why

By and others ⋅ April 6, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Phyllis Tickle, The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why (BakerBooks 2008). If Brian McLaren says a book will ‘shape the conversation among a wide range of Christians for years to come’ and if the Primate of the U.S. Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori  reckons ‘This is an immensely important contribution to the current […]

God’s Gift to a Broken World: Easter thoughts

By and others ⋅ April 5, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com We live in a world of immense suffering, and whether we call ourselves Christian or not, we are often faced with the universal question of why such suffering occurs in a world which was made by a good and loving God. At Easter we remember that when Jesus was dying […]

The Book of Revelation: only just ‘made it’ into the NT canon

By and others ⋅ March 6, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Sightings  3/5/2012  Revelation — Martin E. Marty  The weekend just past found some of the oldest things in Western religion to be the subject of newest concern and debate. One instance: a book of the Christian Bible, the Apocalypse or Revelation of St. John, which is the main review in The New Yorker and the main book excerpt […]

Is the Bible sexist?

By and others ⋅ March 3, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4866842.ece Delilah is dangerous, Jezebel, wicked, and as for Eve… Whether they are temptresses, harlots or simply Old Testament chattels, women (it is often argued) get a raw deal in Scripture, with the odd saintly exception (the virgin Mary). But new research into Biblical women shows that the majority receive positive or matter-of-fact write-ups. Words […]

God Behaving Badly

By and others ⋅ March 3, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

God Behaving Badly, by David T. Lamb (IVP, 2011)  The biggest conundrum for thoughtful ‘people of the book’ (Muslims, Christians, Jews) – and for their critics – is how to make sense of a God who issues hundreds of sometimes strange edicts, many of which carry ‘smitable’ penalties or even a death sentence… A God […]

LOVE OF SELF: small group study

By and others ⋅ February 22, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Notes for a Reflection/Bible Study for our Wednesday Koinonia group 22 March 2012. Although they’re rough notes/headings, you’ll get the idea. I’ve tried to summarize about 600 pages of pre-reading on the subject into one page! Feel free to use this in your small group.  A.     INTRODUCTION — Love of self – command or assumption? – Thesis: [Move from] […]

Michael Hardin, The Jesus-Driven Life: Reconnecting Humanity with Jesus

By and others ⋅ February 3, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The Gist of Michael Hardin’s The Jesus-Driven Life: Reconnecting Humanity with Jesus, JDL Press, 2010. When well-read Christians list the most influential exponents of their faith the names include Paul, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, Barth, Bonhoeffer, Tillich, C.S. Lewis… Michael Hardin says we must now add the name Rene Girard. Girard’s main contribution to Christian hermeneutics? […]

The Jesus Driven Life

By and others ⋅ January 8, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

From: Nathan Nettleton <[email protected]> Subject: Book Review: The Jesus Driven Life I’ve just finished reading an outstanding book called “The Jesus Driven Life: Reconnecting Humanity with Jesus” by Michael Hardin (Lancaster: JDL Press, 2010). It is not easy to find, but can be ordered online from the author athttp://www.preachingpeace.org/jdlpress/ It comes with enthusiastic Foreword and […]

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