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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE ... and REASON: Changing our culture? (or not)
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE . and REASON. Friday, January 9, 2015. I was cleaning my office and re-organizing my books over the holidays and came across a book I ordered a couple of years ago but neglected to read, “ To Change the World. 8221; by James Davison Hunter. If I remember correctly, I saw a review of the book on Scott McKnight’. All of this to say, when it comes to culture theory, he knows his stuff; he is not talking out of his ass. Hunter outlines two kinds of Christian attempts at shaping culture; one...
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE ... and REASON: stop it!, please, just STOP IT!
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE . and REASON. Saturday, August 30, 2014. Please, just STOP IT! Wise words by Gandhi for our contemporary situation . why should we allow history to continue to repeat itself? I am calling on my fellow citizens to please stop beating the war drums for intervention in Iraq. We tried that already, it didn't work the first time around and it will not work the second time around. We Christians had our religious wars from the sixteenth century from the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. I was im...
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE ... and REASON: April 2015
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE . and REASON. Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Reflections on the City of God, So Far, Part 2. It should be noted that if you haven't read the last post, you should probably not read this post. Saying that, here are so more things Augustine cared about. 3) Evil Doesn't Exist. Or they smoke a lot of weed. The point is, evil doesn't exist because evil doesn't have a substance. Evil is not a thing,. 4) All Civilizations will Fall but God will Handle It. The fourth item is the reason I started to ...
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE ... and REASON: Reflections on the City of God, So Far, Part 1
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE . and REASON. Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Reflections on the City of God, So Far, Part 1. Before I start any (real) writing, I should introduce myself shortly. I am a seminary student in Miami, I am a Reformed Christian, and I am a Cuban male with a girlfriend far nicer than me. It is with this background that any sane person would want to read St. Augustine's "The City of God". Okay, well there's more. In other words, a little wisdom never hurt anybody. I should note that the City of God...
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE ... and REASON: THE DANGERS OF IDEALISM AND ELITISM
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE . and REASON. Monday, May 7, 2007. THE DANGERS OF IDEALISM AND ELITISM. For the context of our original discussion, go to:. Covenant Thinklings: Scheduled for Retirement? I want to respond a little more to Brian’s “high dudgeon” post (it is around 90 or 91 in the thread). It shook me a little bit and caused me to do some internal inventory. These two series, plus all of the statistics compiled by Barna, Neighbors (. Where do we go from here. Gallup, David Barrett (. Brian is quite right...
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE ... and REASON: February 2015
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE . and REASON. Sunday, February 1, 2015. 8220;Gabriel’s Oboe” and music as a channel of the numinous. Let’s take a break from Hunter. I know several guys have the book and have started reading. I’ll come back next week with some thoughts on the tension between the sacred and secular. Does the Spirit ever speak to you through melodies? Or through musical lyrics? 8221; or the moment that my faith was wavering, Journey came on the radio singing “ Don’t Stop Believing. 8221; I had not seen t...
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE ... and REASON: Rodrigo Mendoza and Agape
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE . and REASON. Monday, December 8, 2014. Rodrigo Mendoza and Agape. NOTE: This is a passage from the closing paragraphs of chapter 4 from a book I am writing). So what is the way forward? Is there a better way to approach issues of sexuality? A strenuous act of penance by climbing the forbidding water falls while tied to his armor and weapons. Through much pain and effort, Mendoza succeeds in making it to the top of the falls with his heavy load of weapons and guilt. In the end, Mendoza ...
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE ... and REASON: Social Media: banality, horror, anger and angst, brutal terror and tragedy liberally mixed with generous portions of useless opinion
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE . and REASON. Friday, September 19, 2014. Social Media: banality, horror, anger and angst, brutal terror and tragedy liberally mixed with generous portions of useless opinion. 201409.19 empathy and tragedy. The problem with the constant mental consumption of all of these sources of dark and toxic emotions is that they eventually “color” our soul and can even get downloaded into our physiology in the form of serious illnesses. We all only have a limited amount of true emp...I pretty much...
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE ... and REASON: Drawing inspiration from Tom Selleck and Blue Bloods
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE . and REASON. Monday, February 21, 2011. Drawing inspiration from Tom Selleck and Blue Bloods. I was rather looking forward to the empty nest syndrome a few years ago. I’m still waiting for it to start (I’ll get back to Tom Selleck below, trust me). I grew up and moved away into my adult life taking my traumas with me – and they grew up into mature adult life, and learned how to live with one another and have recently completed over 60 years of married life together. I am no expert on p...
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE ... and REASON: David Fitch "Christian Nation"
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FAITH, HOPE, LOVE . and REASON. Thursday, December 5, 2013. David Fitch "Christian Nation". Here is the chapter on the "Christian Nation" from Dave Fitch's book The End of Evangelicalism. I hope this does not sound too harsh, but this particular issue reminds of Jesus' words in Matthew 23. 8220;I’ve had it with you! You’re hopeless, you religion scholars, you Pharisees! Your lives are roadblocks to God’s kingdom. You refuse to enter, and won’t let anyone else in either. Fitch Christian Nation Ch. The pro...
