Hi Everyone, Here are a few books that are coming out real soon that look promising (these are not given in any particular kind of order): 1. Stanley Grenz...
... Looks like Grenz is just a contributor to this one and this is an extremely eclectic bunch of folks! You've got Grenz and Richard Mouw writing alongside ...
Thanks for the info Chris. Do you know if Christianity Today has come out with their book of the year awards yet? When they do perhaps you could pass the info...
HI Bilbo, I am off but wanted to say I no longer get CT. They already came out I think in their last issue (I heard someone talking about it). Can someone...
Hi everybody! I have been wanting to get some conversation going here. We have quite a large membership now with about half very well known to each other and ...
Hi Lorna, I personally really like much of what Borg says. He is coming out with a new book called "The Heart of Christianity" to be released in Oct. 2003. I...
Yeah, that would probably be at the heart of whatever beef I have with Marcus Borg as well; but I'm way to the right of probably everybody here, so I'm not the...
Thanks Lorna for jump starting the group again and I hope to get the the time to respond to your bio request before I head off to the wilderness again tomorrow...
... Hi Bilbo, Thanks for this statement and the quote from Borg. Though I can see how unsettling or disagreeable it may be for traditional Christians to...
Hi Bilbo, Although people can debate what was is literal and metaphorical, I do think Borg keeps in tact *the meaning* of the resurrection. Borg also respects...
Hey Dave, That is one of the things I love about Borg. He is a wonderful communicator and debater that rough edges usually flow form others and not him . . ....
Lorna writes: Meanwhile we have another half of our membership or so who have never posted at all! So can I appeal to you to please send a short intro about...
OK, here goes... I, too, thoroughly enjoy Tolkien, Lewis and others.... They "stretch" me! My name is Bob Metivier, 50, married now for 27 years, father of...
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Let me see if I'm reading your citation correctly, O Shire one. Borg would agree with evangelicals/ fundamentals on the *purpose* of Jesus' death, but not the...
Sounds like a fair trade to me, Dave. :') ... ===== Mike "Action Sub" Stidham "They say these geeks come a dime a dozen. I'm looking for the guy supplying the...
Hi Bilbo, Chris, Mike and Dave............thanks for the stimulating and challenging posts. Yours here below, Dave, I particularly resonate with. It does...
... Amen to that! Again, it is an easy step from coming to reject that our salvation is all about absolutely 'right' belief.......followed by lots of roght...
Hi Mike, if I understand what Borg is trying to say than I think you got it. I wish I had more time to interact with you on this matter but nature is calling...
Thanks for sharing Bob and good to see a fellow fan of the Inklings on board.....Bilbo ... They "stretch" me! ... five (9-26), full time Catholic musician,...
Lorna, So right! Here are the readings in the Catholic Church for this weekend, Pentecost. So, Paul definitely agrees with you: 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 Brothers...
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Hello, I'm Claire, and I live in Greenville, SC, and Lorna convinced me to join this group because of the questions I'm asking. I am also on the faithmaps...
Hey, did somebody mention Marcus Borg? ;) ... I wouldn't recommend that for a *first* book because I think Marcus tried too hard to be agreeable with Wright ...
Bob said to Lorna: So right! Here are the readings in the Catholic Church for this weekend, Pentecost. So, Paul definitely agrees with you: 1 Cor 12:3b-7,...
Hi Claire! Welcome to Postmodern Christianity. Always glad to have mappers over here too. Unlike you and our happy Hobbit, Bilbo, I am no longer teaching high...
Hi Claire! A big welcome to PC.............you certanly do seem to share some of my own big questions..........especially as they touch on the nature of God's ...
