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John Howard Yoder has played an important part in influencing my thinking in various ways. Here he has interesting things to say about Democracy.
Yoder is best remembered for his reflections on Christian ethics. Rejecting the assumption that human history is driven by coercive power, Yoder argued that it was rather God — working in, with, [...]

Me, myself and I
I ended off my previous post in this series with a mild criticism on how the western church often views itself as a group of individuals satisfying ones own individual needs by the product offered and packaged as Church. It is a clear tendency in the western Church that members dissatisfied with [...]

What is the cost of progress?
Modern travel, modern educational systems, modern medicine, and modern food production are a few examples of the ways in which humanity’s lot has improved through the progress achieved during this era.
However as the twentieth century waned a collective questioning of the assumptions of modernity emerged in many quarters, not [...]

Post-modernity
I have been discussing the topic of post-modernity with colleagues from many religious backgrounds.
You might be aware of the cultural phenomenon of post-modernity if not its philosophical underpinnings.
Trying to describe or approximate post-modernity as a philosophy or culture is no easy task. Just type it into wikipedia and you will see what I mean.
But as [...]

This  parable won a competion put on by Peter Rollins and Paraclete press . The parable was written by Kester Brewin and is entitled Footprints.
There was once a man who had lived a long and difficult life. When he finally lay down, a faint smile bent the lines in his face as his eyes were shut. He had run the [...]

The methods change but the message doesn’t, or the message changes but the message doesnt or the methods change and that changes the message?
Have a look at what Shane Hipps has to say about it,

I have been reading and following the Catholic priest; George V. Coyne lately. His thoughts and ideas on God are very similar to those of Irenaeus. I propose in another blog post, that this is a Christianity which was lost to the dominant type A and B theologies. Read more about this here.
Coyne says the [...]

Without equivocation or hesitation I fully and completely admit that I deny the resurrection of Christ. This is something that anyone who knows me could tell you, and I am not afraid to say it publicly, no matter what some people may think…
I deny the resurrection of Christ every time I do not serve at [...]

The book of Job is the oldest book of Scripture and it asks one of the oldest questions, ‘Is there hope?’ ‘Is there hope for a tree cut down? …Yes. At the mere scent of water it will bud and grow green shoots.’
From the album : hope for a tree cut down.
Beautiful, [...]

If you are familiar with the Emerging Church crowd, this is a must see.