While growing up, we have been taught that giving gifts was the central theme of Christmas. Not quite Jesus, not quite justice, but the simple act of giving. We’re taught, in order to hold the spirit of Christmas true, we must be happy and give willingly. We seem to have missed the point… or rather; [...]
If you live in the states, you’ve likely seen a commercial from the recent campaign launched by Marshals in which the catch phrase is “It pays to be shamelessly shopportunistic.” The general layout of the commercials (I have now seen two of them, but doubtless there are or will be more) is basically: A Manufacturer [...]
This will (probably) be my last post on Pagan Christianity, (the previous two being here and here) and I wanted to address some comments (and an email) that I have received over the past few days. The book (Pagan Christianity) has apparently been a bit of a controversial deal on the blogosphere, it seems that [...]
I think I need to go back and explain in (more) depth my disagreement with Viola and Barna (V/B) and some of the tone laid out in Pagan Christianity. As I said before, the tone seemed to be one of “Unless things are like they were in the Early Church, they should not be in [...]
From time to time I google myself to see where I land in the realm of “Matt Scott’s.” For the longest time I was nearish to the top on page two of a “Matt Scott” Google search, which I felt was pretty good considering I share a name with some sort of up and coming [...]
I finished Pagan Christianity shortly before leaving for my family vacation last week, I had time to post something beforehand, but I’m lazy, so here it is… only a week and a half late. I found that I actually enjoyed Pagan Christianity more than I thought I would originally. I think there is a largely [...]