Archives for “social concern”
Under the typical Protestant understanding of “faith” as “not doubting something that one believes without proof”, I as a young Protestant could never fathom why God would be so tickled by us believing in what we had almost no evidence for. This question came home to me most clearly whenever I heard informal apologetics arguing [...] Related posts:
View Comments Posted by Steve on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 2:30 pm.
Filed under New Perspective on Paul, Theology, Faith, Faithfulness, New Perspective on Paul, NPP, Paul, Pauline theology, pistis, Reformed, social concern, Theology.
On a cue from Philip Harland, I found this remarkable passage showing an example of the perception that some pagans entertained of mid-second century Christians. It’s not pretty: [Cynics and Christians] divide and upset the household, and bring into collision those inside with each other, and tell them the worst ways to manage their household. They [...] Related posts:
View Comments Posted by Steve on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 11:42 pm.
Filed under Eschatology, Biblical studies, ecclesiology, Eschatology, evangelicalism, First century church, fundamentalism, Hermeneutics, Preterism, social concern.
I’m sure you’ll agree. For those without access to YouTube, the relevant quote is, “[The people of Haiti] got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, ‘We’ll serve you if you get us free from the French.’ ” Another black eye for Christianity. 1 No related posts.
View Comments Posted by Steve on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 4:18 pm.
Filed under General, Humor, Charismata, nonsense, Pat Robertson, social concern, Theology.
This story is certainly making the rounds around the blogosphere, but I can’t pass it up, particularly because I have some things to say about it I haven’t read elsewhere. I thought I’d link to one of the better reactions I read (be sure to read the whole thing): An Associated Press story this weekend fetes [...] Related posts:
View Comments Posted by Steve on Monday, January 4, 2010 at 12:02 am.
Filed under Kingdom Living, evangelicalism, evangelism, fundamentalism, Kingdom of God, social concern, Theology.
Sometimes money makes the world go round — at least a few more revolutions for a few people. Someone known only as “Anonymous Friend” has given $100 million dollars to the Erie Community Foundation. This organization “is a collection of charitable endowments operating under the administrative umbrella of a single public charity.” The anonymous donor apparently [...] No related posts.
View Comments Posted by Steve on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 12:23 am.
Filed under General, Kingdom Living, Theology, Eschatology, social concern.
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