We, as Christians, are long overdue for a deconstruction of the contemporary neo-platonic dualism which underlies the very fabric of our cultural theology. We are in need of a rekindling of the religious spirit that is pure and undefiled.
God and heaven have become something far and distant (somewhere…out there), and the religious life has become [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Pure and Undefiled Religion: Love and Holiness
Posted in Christianity, God, Religion, Spirituality, Theology, emergent, emerging, exegesis, love, philosophy on March 26, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Jesus and the Five Thousand (a First World translation)
Posted in Christianity, God, Peter Rollins, Religion, Spirituality, emergent, emerging, prayer on March 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A Peter Rollins Parable:
13Jesus withdrew privately by boat to a solitary place, but the crowds
continued to follow Him. Evening was now approaching and the crowds, many of
whom had travelled a great distance, were growing hungry.
14Seeing this Jesus sent his disciples out to gather food, but all they could find
were five loaves of bread and two [...]
Only Friends
Posted in Christianity, God, Religion, Spirituality, Theology, love, marriage, relationships on March 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There was this girl in high school (as most good stories begin). I met her freshman year through my United States History class with Ms. Malkin. When I first met her I remember saying to myself how she was such a beautiful girl as she was brilliant, strong, spoke her mind eloquently, very attractive and [...]
Genesis 1.1-3 When God began to create…
Posted in Christianity, God, Hebrew, Judaism, Religion, Spirituality, Theology, exegesis on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When God began to create the heavens and the earth – the earth being formless and void, darkness being upon the surface of the deep and the Spirit of God brooding upon the surface of the waters – God said, “Let there be light,” and light was.
Perhaps the beauty of the creation story isn’t so [...]
Who is my God?
Posted in Christianity, God, Peter Rollins, Religion, Spirituality, Theology, emergent, emerging, philosophy on March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A friend of mine, Mariah, posed this question:
I was just reading Bruchko, and Olson writes,
“Who is my God? I asked myself again. There’s the Lutheran God, whom we talk about in church. There’s the God of all the Christian churches, whom we study about in school. There’s the God I’ve been reading about in the [...]
Prayer to my God
Posted in Christianity, Religion, Spirituality, philosophy, prayer on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Father, Thy glory in holiness and Thy intimacy in love are, by your formation, my heart’s desire, my soul’s breath, and my mind’s reason. Jesus, my dearly loved, risen and glorified, how I hunger and thirst for the bread and wine, to be, as you are with the Father, together and united as One Spirit [...]
What is Truth?
Posted in Christianity, Religion, Spirituality, philosophy on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Truth is the unexpected, the unlikely, yet ever clear, vertigo inducing rupture of goodness, integrity and revelation at our very core which binds us together, moving us always towards more of itself in and beyond this universe amidst the world of our lives being a darkness which hovers over the surface of a sea of [...]
sample of redemption history
Posted in Christianity, Religion, Spirituality, Westmont, arts, college play, play on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a sample gathered from some shots during the rehearsal of the Westmont Play…Zak Landrum production…Redemption History III
