Today, I will spend a few hours with a group of young friends, discussing MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail. This is an amazing document. Plase watch or read, if you have never done it. See below the PDF text. Martin Luther King, Letter from Birmingham JailFiled under: Baptist, Human rights, Politics, Religion & society, Varia […]
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Source: Women and the Creed: “For Us Humans and for Our Salvation” – Public Orthodoxy An Orthodox case for the use of inclusive language in the translation of the CReed. Remarkable.Filed under: Liturgical, Orthodox Tagged: Creed, inclusive language
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Pope Francis at the Apartheid Wall in Palestine Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. (Isa. 1:17) Background As we meet this month in Bethlehem in occupied Palestine, we are still suffering from 100 years of injustice and oppression that were inflicted on the Palestinian people beginning with the unjust and unlawful Balfour […]
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Source: Turning the World Upside Down, Down Under | Christianity Today Australian Biblical scholar Michael Bird writes on the defetist so-called ‘Benedict Option’ vs the (active resistance) ‘Thessalonian Strategy’, as a way of engaging the militant anti-Christian atmosphere in Australia. If I had to chose between the two, I would certainly opt for Bird’s suggestion. […]
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Originally posted on dyo: Unul dintre cele mai bune filme creștine făcute vreodată de către oameni care nu se pretind a fi neapărat creștini – ba, dimpotrivă, aș zice, stau departe de lumea credinței tradiționale – este, fără îndoială, Chariots of Fire (1981). Protagoniștii sunt doi alergători în curse de viteză, cu șanse și pretenții…
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Originally posted on The Institute of Middle East Studies: By Rupen Das* A 2009 study by Tomas Rees on the relationship between poverty and religiousness found that personal insecurity (due to stressful situations, such as poverty) was an important determinant of religiosity.[1] The poor tend to be more religious. I find the faith of the poor…
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Source: Rob Bell once questioned hell: Here’s why he is now taking aim at the Bible | Religion News Service Here is a great interview by Jonathan Merritt with Rob Bell on his latest book, on the Bible.Filed under: Biblical Tagged: Jonathan Merritt, Rob Bell
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I have just finished reading Rob Bell’s latest book, titled What Is the Bible?: How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything. I really loved it and I think every evangelical should read it. The book does not say anything new, nor does the […]
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Originally posted on Cu drezina: De-a lungul timpului, am fost întrebat, cu diverse prilejuri, de către comentatorii textelor de pe acest blog ce rost are să facem gesturi simbolice. Nu suna chiar așa întrebarea. Mai degrabă oamenii dădeau glas frustrării că sunt situații în care nu se poate face mai nimic, ci rămân doar gesturile…
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Originally posted on dyo: Vrei ca filmul să vorbească de bine credința ta, să-ți mângâie convingerile, să zică bine din Biblie, hm? Serios? Dar oare de ce ar investi cineva milioane de dolari pentru a-ți oferi pe ecran ceea ce oricum primești pe gratis duminică de duminică? Nu e mai bine să te duci tu…
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Originally posted on Dave Barnhart's Blog: I have seen your religion, and I hate it. I have heard your doctrine, and I loathe it. Take away your empty praise songs, your vacuous worshiptainment. Your mouth is full of religious words, but your proverbs are salted manure. ? “The sick deserve to be sick. The…
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A love tribute to Jerusalem, by the Chief Rabbi of UK, Dr Jonathan Sachs. As we approach Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) on the 23rd / 24th May, and the 50th anniversary of the reunification of our beloved city, here are a few thoughts about what Jerusalem means to me. (This video includes captions in Hebrew. […]
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Here is the transcript of this insightful talk. 0:12 My seven-year-old grandson sleeps just down the hall from me, and he wakes up a lot of mornings and he says, “You know, this could be the best day ever.” And other times, in the middle of the night, he calls out in a tremulous voice, […]
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Source: 5 Things I Wish Conservative Christians Understood About Muslims This is a great text, worth reading. And, no, Corey does not have to also talk about the differences btween Islam and Christianity. That is common sense for anbody who has a brain. But, in a (conservative/fundamentalist and Islamophobic Western) context in which only the […]
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Originally posted on The Institute of Middle East Studies: By Mike Kuhn Are there any “ivory tower theologians” out there? I’ve never seen an ivory tower…and I suppose that’s the point. Ivory tower theologians are presumably dealing with things nobody cares about, things that make no practical difference in day to day life. I remember…
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