Reimaging Xianity in the wake of Modernism's passing
Posts tagged Israel
The Boast of the Lord of the Host
May 10th
Has any other god dared to take a nation for himself out of another nation by means of trials, miraculous signs, wonders, war, a strong hand, a powerful arm, and terrifying acts? Yet that is what the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, right before your eyes.
Deu 4:34 NLT
Israel, you just got [...]
Overheard (Christ’s Travels)
Apr 6th
Christianity was born after the Resurrection in Israel, went to Greece and became a Philosophy, went to Rome and became an institution (and a government), went to the rest of Europe and made it into a culture, and went to America and became a business model.
- Tony Campolo, on not judging Christianity on its current [...]
The Seven Stanzas of the Johannine Prologue
Mar 13th
The Word With God In the beginning was the Word And the Word was with God And the Word was God [...]
Art
Mar 12th
When the specter of a permanent dwelling surfaces, new questions arise. Questions like
What do I want this space to look like?
What do I want this space to say?
Accordingly, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about art. More specifically, what art I would like to hang in my office. There are two pieces I [...]
We serve the Kingdom, not the Republic
Dec 10th
In one of my classes, we were asked to write a letter to a congregation that was largely white and middle class concerning the influx of a large group of Hispanic immigrants in the community due to the opening of a meat packing plant. Here is my response; it is largely devoid of references to [...]
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