I mentioned, in a comment yesterday, that I had jumped the ship of theism about a year ago, and had somehow gotten caught up in trailing the ship for some time after that. The next few posts will discuss how those remaining ties were severed, and I’ll probably end with something on why I am [...]
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 [...]
Again, before I start, I want to make mention of the usage of assembly in lieu of “church.” Please refer to the previous post for an explanation. Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers. One primary purpose… one reason for meeting… to help the alcoholic who [...]
Before I begin, I must state I am using the word “assemblies” in lieu of the word “churches.” I feel like we often take our own personal “churches” as a representation of church catholic, often to the detriment of our unity. We must remember that we are part of one body, and the many little [...]
Before we begin, I must say somethign about my absence over the past few days. I work for Chik-fil-a and occassionally travel to help open up new stores around the country. I left Wednesday for Alabama and, when I got here, I discovered that I forgot to pack my charger. I’ve realized over the past [...]
Two—For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern. From Wikipedia: A member who accepts a service position or an organizing role is a “trusted servant” with terms rotating and limited, typically lasting [...]
I’ll admit, my last post took a bit of a different direction than I originally intended, I meant to take an overview of the letter and go from there. After reading over it a few times I think I got so incensed that I felt like I wanted to tear it apart. Bit by bit [...]
Hey Matt, have you read this new letter from Focus on the Family? It’s a fictionalized letter from a Christian in the year 2012. Normally when one thinks of 2012 they remember all the talk of the end of the world, with the way this letter is written one might think that the world did [...]
I’m going to start a new series over the next few weeks, probably a week thing entitled “The Ramifications of Being (an) Emergent.” Nifty, eh? What I really want to talk about is the issues that can be brought up with the mainstream church and emergents. So much time is spent bashing theology (from both [...]