It s amazing to me the number of Christians who cling to the concept of the “Slippery Slope”. This mentality is similar to NRA not willing to even allow assault weapons or bullets known as “Cop Killers” to be banned for sale to the general public. They are afraid that once one weapon is banned it [...]
Archive for the ‘Witnessing/Apologetics’ Category
The Slippery Slope
Posted in Christianity, Red Letters, Witnessing/Apologetics, Worldview on January 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Christ and whose Culture?
Posted in Christianity, Witnessing/Apologetics, Worldview, tagged culture on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I recently read an article in the June issue of Sojourners magazine ( http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0906&article=christ-and-i-whose-i-culture ) about Christ and Culture. It was related to past evangelism focused on stripping native culture in order to bring Christ to an aboriginal people. In my mind this has always seemed wrong and I can’t understand how it could not [...]
Doing church vs. Doing Discipleship
Posted in A Question for Discussion, Christianity, Witnessing/Apologetics, Worldview, tagged Discipleship, Doing Church, Open Question on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a continuation of my personal reflections on the world and where I might fit into it. Is doing “church” separate from doing discipleship? Let’s investigate that question. I have always assumed that the two were actually the same but recently I have come across a couple of definitions of church that seem to [...]
Book Review – Letters from a Skeptic
Posted in Book review, Christianity, Witnessing/Apologetics, tagged apologetics, Christianity, Gregory Boyd, witnessing on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just finished the book Letters from a Skeptic by Greg Boyd and I must say I was profoundly moved by the contents. The book is essentially a series of letters between Dr. Boyd, who was once an atheist, but now a noted theologian and his unbelieving father Ed. The [...]
