Reimaging Xianity in the wake of Modernism's passing
Posts tagged Rome
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Reason to Say “God Help Me.”
Feb 12th
I love this quote from Gonzalez:
In burning the papal bull, Luther had challenged Rome. Now, at Worms, he was challenging the Empire. Therefore, he had ample reason to call: “God help me.”[1]
Notes:
Gonzalez, Justo. The Story of Christianity: Volume II. p. 28. [↩]Scridb filter
The Quest for Primitive Christianity – Impossible.
Dec 5th
Many Christian movements have sought to cut ties with perverted and corruptible human traditions and return to that glorious (and Godly) pristine primitive Christianity described in the New Testament. However, we don’t live in first century Rome and we aren’t powerless and poor. The questions we bring to the text are our own and not [...]
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