Lorna wrote: Wow Brad.......that's quite an intro........What a lot of great experience ! ... spirituality. ... with any emerging folk ? ... Christians in...
Hey Mykel Greetings from another newby to this conversation... I' m sure you didn't mean what it sounded like you said.... bless ya... It's not uncommon these...
Heads up Thought you folks might be interested in reading this article by Jason Carlson on the conservative evangelical web sight worldviewweekend I guess you...
Thanks for that Brad. The main list of criticisms is that emerging church embraces / encourages: - A highly ambiguous handling of truth. - A desire to be so...
Steve, Whenever truth or religion or politics are used to control, domineer, judge or to take away ones freedom to choose, it is all a threat to the Spirit of...
Nice post iggy...........must say I agree pretty much 100% with what Rosie was implying......including the 'danger' statement. Without the backing of the...
Is it really possible that many professing Christians are nothing but sheep set for slaughter? And who are these "shepherds" that mislead their flocks?...
... control, domineer, judge or to take away ones freedom to choose, it is all a threat to the Spirit of Love that is behind all Truth. With ya on this iggy....
a personal story: back in highschool before mary and i were married there was a christian girl who always used to share her evengilcal perspective during...
The previous post got sent before i had a chance to finish it.... One of the primary issues facing us to day is the tension between being right and doing good....
Do you believe that the Bible is the Word of God? If so, do you believe the bible prohibits sex outside of marriage? Steve ... [Non-text portions of this...
... From: Steve Barrow To: Postmodern_Christianity@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [Postmodern_Christianity] Being Right...
That's a sad story Brad and so very relevant ... more concerned about being right, correct, orthodox, than doing good.. loving people where they're at. < ...
Hi! I'm new to posting here, but I've been reading for awhile. My context. I am 36 years old. I have been reading and learning about emerging culture. Much...
Bless ya Steve your response underscores my point. I'll share another story with you. We meet in homes. We had a couple hanging out with us that loved the...
Steve posted ... thanx for intercepting that one for me. This quote from LeoardSweet's "Out of the Question into the Mystery" helps clarify... "There is no way...
Steve wrote: Do you believe that the Bible is the Word of God?... Lorna thanx for running intercept on this one. A quote from leonardsSweet's " Out of the...
Amen John Clever is God!!!!!! John have you Read any Rene Girard. He had been a proffessor of Anthroploy at Stanford for years. A man of deep faith in Christ...
Lovely story.............we had a very similar story with a couple at my last church where the pastor spent a lot of time teaching both by words and even more...
Hey ! Excellent illustration, Brad. I think this is very much at the heart of Karl Barth's theology is it not ? Lorna This quote from LeonardSweet's "Out of...
Welcome to posting here Todd, You said: My context. I am 36 years old. I have been reading and learning about emerging culture. Much of it has been very...
Todd, To me this is not an easy question... and holds a ton of "tensions". 1. A person can be educated on both sides of the war issue and still be "right". 2....
I'll share another story with you. We meet in homes. We had a couple hanging out with us that loved the community. They were living together, they were...
... giving ... I'm ... folk differ significantly from Emergent. I imagine that they would all fall in a more 'conservative' slot ??? Apart from Brian and I ...
Thanks Todd, When you speak of Brian McLaren's 'open theology' is it his non-exclusiveness hinted at in 'Generous Orthodoxy' which you are refering to ? The...
Welcome Todd, Todd: As far as the radical Christian discussion, people keep discussing the horrible oppression of the fundies. Coming from a fundie background,...
... accusations ... regardless ... fundamentalism... or are being attacked by them. My own testimony is one who oppressed, maybe not as much as others but I...
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Lord bless ya Alice... Thanx for your reply. The responce once again underscores the point of the orginal posting in this thread... When i shared the original...