December, 2008

Links for December 31st

Exegisis | Real Live Preacher

Good thoughts on exegesis, and how we use it.

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theology

bible

Quote of the Day – John Frazee

December 30th, 2008

From John Frazee, in The Journal of Irreproducible Results:

Links for December 28th

Where Does the Emergent Road Lead? | Epinoia Cafe

"I am much more interested in talking about the experience of God, about theology as Rob Bell paints it, about what it means to love my neighbor and how are the "least of these" than I am about who used to think what, and which church they've left, and why."

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church

spirituality

theology

emerging

emergent

Links for December 22nd

Weblog » Emergent Village » Advent Reflection: Salvation Came From The Cut

Advent reflection from Anthony Smith. "Mary gives expression to a hope shared by many Jews of her day: a deliverer will come to defeat and plunder the powerful while simultaneously lifting up the poor, the humble, and the tortured victims of Empire. In my experience such a reading is not commonplace in our North American churches."

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church

bible

new-testament

advent

Safety

December 21st, 2008

My wife generally likes Christmas music, and Christmas movies, and all that stuff. This year she hasn't been into those things as much, but typically this is the case.

Links for December 21st

A Size 10 Hypocricy : Jesus Manifesto

If you (like me) were happy to see Bush get shoes thrown at him, and the resistance it represents, give this a read. It helps give a good perspective on how we should react as people of the Cross.

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iraq

politics

peace-activism

peace

Links for December 18th

Numbers That Mark the Beast | God's Politics: A Blog by Jim Wallis & Friends

"The force that accepts no boundaries to its acquisition of wealth, whose disregard for the poor is matched only by its betrayal of the wealthy, is not a political state at all. The power that rules planet earth in our age is the unrestrained force of raw capitalism."

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bible

culture

politics

economics

Links for December 15th

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (December 15, 2008) – The Right And Abu Ghraib I

"My own view is that the American conservative movement's embrace or defense of torture was the moment its intellectual collapse became irrecoverable… And watching the intellectual dishonesty of the right on this issue in the last few years has been a watershed for me. It has been, in my judgment, one long, awful surrender of truth to power."

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andrew-sullivan

politics

torture

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (December 15, 2008) – The Architect Of Abu Ghraib

"The person who authorized all the abuse and torture at Abu Ghraib, the man who gave the green light to the abuses in that prison, is the president of the United States, George W. Bush… there is no longer any reasonable factual debate about this (hence the near total silence of the Republican right), and the Senate report finally holds the president responsible in bipartisan fashion."

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andrew-sullivan

news

politics

torture

On marriage and the State

December 14th, 2008

In the last month or so, much has been made about marriage and its relationship to the State.

Links for December 11th

Early Christian Voices on War and Peace : Jesus Manifesto

I allude fairly often to the fact that early Christians were pacifists, and I frequently mention books that show this. However, here is a list of some of the quotes from early Christians that illustrate this fact.

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church-history

peace

Obama's Public Works & The New Secretary of Agriculture: Your Voice Matters! « zoecarnate

Looks at some possibilities and hopes for Obama's public works program. I'm on Mike's side: this could revolutionize Atlanta, among other places.

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culture

economics