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Paul for the Perplexed 1
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Scot McKnight
It seems Christianity is taking sides. Some of it is overt and conscious while most of it seems unconscious and many are not even aware this is happening. On one side are Christians who think and believe like Jesus, and they take the Gospels as their primary (and sometimes only) source. On the other side…
Wowzers, That’s a Clear Message!
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Scot McKnight
The Blog’s New Address (next week)
By
Scot McKnight
I will be posting this a few times, but just to begin the notification process now. We will be blogging right here at Beliefnet through August 31 but on September 1 we will be at our new site. Please visit the new site below and drop a comment so we can clear your name ……
Blog Business and Licenses
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Scot McKnight
Yikes, Philly is starting to pressure bloggers with ads to get a license for their “business.” NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Philadelphia bloggers were abuzz this week about a citywide move to crack down on citizens running a business without a license — which includes any local bloggers running ads on their sites. The weekly Philadelphia City…
Our Common Prayerbook 29 – 3
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Scot McKnight
Psalm 29 has a natural (and profoundly theological) progression: it begins by summoning the “sons of Elohim” (heavenly beings) to worship God, and this seems to be a way of getting all humans to see that the idols must turn in their work to YHWH. Then the psalmist declares the gloriousness of the “Voice” of…
D’Souza’s Now Evangelical, or is he?
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Scot McKnight
Dinesh D’Souza, a Roman Catholic (or is he?), is now President of an evangelical Bible college in NYC: King’s College. Here are his comments from Sarah Pulliam Bailey’s article at CT: “I’m quite happy to acknowledge my Catholic background; at the same time, I’m very comfortable with Reformation theology,” D’Souza told Christianity Today. “I’m comfortable with…
Almost Christian 2
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Scot McKnight
Kenda Dean’s new book is called Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling the American Church , and I will be blogging my way through it. Her fundamental insight is back-logic: we can infer from the condition of our youth’s faith to the faith of their parents and contexts. What do we learn…
Pilgrimaging 2
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Scot McKnight
Is a place like Iona, the famous island off the coast of Scotland where Columba set up a monastic community, holy? Do you think some places — as places — are “thin” places? What is a holy place? How is a place holy? In his wonderfully written book, In Search of Sacred Places: Looking for…
This Blog Moves September 1
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Scot McKnight
I will be posting this a few times, but just to begin the notification process now. We will be blogging right here at Beliefnet through August 31 but on September 1 we will be at our new site. Please point your link toward the new address at Patheos, which you can visit now: http://www.patheos.com/community/jesuscreed/ And…
A Moment for Reflection
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Scot McKnight
A friend passed a link to this article to me. I read it and it made me stop in my tracks and ponder what life was like, the injustice of it all, the ingenuity needed to cope with the injustice, and the need to continue to work for justice in our world … especially in…
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