Elsewhere

Tony Myles over at don’t call me veronica has a great post today.

He set aside the last 8 days in order to deepen his connection with God. And he had some surprising results.

It’s rare for me to single out an individual blog post, especially from blogs I list on my sidebar, simply because almost all of them are great. But this one? Outstanding.

Go read it.

Reviewing Sabbath

Hee. Hee. I Knew It.

Which theologian am I most like?

You scored as Karl Barth, The daddy of 20th Century theology. You perceive liberal theology to be a disaster and so you insist that the revelation of Christ, not human experience, should be the starting point for all theology.

Karl Barth
73%
Paul Tillich
67%
John Calvin
67%
Martin Luther
67%
Charles Finney
33%
Augustine
33%
Friedrich Schleiermacher
33%
Jürgen Moltmann
33%
Anselm
33%
Jonathan Edwards
13%

Which theologian are you?
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My Enemies are People Like Me

In the words of Derek Webb, “Peace by way of war is like purity by way of fornication. It’s like telling someone murder is wrong and then showing them by way of execution”.

Today I am in a state of both righteous anger and devastating sadness.

In the News: 40-Day Fast

Liberal religious leaders will begin a 40-day fast this week (Sept. 6) to advocate for legislation that would cancel the debts of the world’s 67 poorest countries.

Church Groups Push for Debt Relief

Good for them. Notice the religious leaders taking part in this project aren’t labeled as conservative. Somehow social activist = liberal Christian nowadays. I’m working on a post about this subject that I will post at a later date, so I won’t elaborate just yet.