1 The man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. 2 He then brought me [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Ezekiel’s River
Posted in Christianity, Judaism, Spirituality on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
God’s Partners in the work of Creation
Posted in Christianity, Religion, Spirituality, emergent, emerging on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In (a) beginning, bara Elohim God created the heavens and the earth, and the earth was formless and void. The Hebrew used here is tohu-vavohu, meaning a chaos and emptiness. The phrase is used throughout the Hebrew bible meaning a wasteland, spiritual barrenness or confusion. There’s a very strong sense of [...]
Ushering in the Kingdom now and not yet (a deconstruction of inaugurated eschatology)
Posted in Christianity, Religion, Spirituality, philosophy on January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
4:45am on January 10, 2008
Earlier tonight/this morning I was alone in a small prayer chapel on campus, and as I walked in I was hit with this overwhelming presence in the room. I had come to ask God some questions.
A friend of mine, a few weeks ago, was tormented by a demon (or so it [...]
A Sermon for President Bush by Brian Mclaren
Posted in Brian Mclaren, Christianity, Law, Politics, Religion, Spirituality, emergent, emerging, philosophy on January 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A Sermon for President Bush
By Brian McLaren
This is something written a few months before the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Dear Mr. President,
I will never forget the day the ballots finally revealed you as our nation’s 43rd president. I was listening to the radio. You were asked in an interview what you wanted to say to the [...]
Bullhorn, Bullwhip, and Jesus
Posted in Christianity, Religion, Rob Bell, emergent, emerging on January 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So I saw this youtube video called bullwhip guy which was a satire on Rob Bell’s Nooma video, “Bullhorn Guy.” I’ll be honest, I can see where they are coming from, all I’ve been taught about those passages regarding Jesus turning over the tables and releasing the animals was that what Jesus is doing at [...]
