November 2009
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Welcome to Advent
This past Sunday marks the first week of Advent.
For those non-liturgical folks our there, Advent is the beginning of the Christian calendar, and it leads us to Christmas, which aside from shopping, gifts, movies and no work, is the time when we try to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
Now Advent is much more than a celebration of December 25th. And It’s much more than a birthday...
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“Learning how to wait as a people of nonviolence in a world of war, you’ll know...”
– Stanley Hauerwas
“Too much debate about scriptural authority has had the form of people hitting...”
– N.T. Wright
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“It is Christ Himself, not the Bible, which is the true word of God. The Bible,...”
– C.S. Lewis
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The Times They Are A-Changing
I recently read a blog post from Brian McClaren , where he responds to the wide amounts of criticism that he has recently received. Mclaren, who is one of the leading thinkers in the emerging church and in postmodern culture, has done a fair share of speaking to people who don’t necessarily like his way of thinking. But time and time again, Mclaren has pushed his point that it’s not...