< You can click on "Previous" above to see the previous post.> How does this apply to missions or ministry? “Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.” -Blaise Pascal. I have heard that this is a poor translation from the original French, and probably did not …
Continue reading Personhood and the Escalation of Conflict. Part 2
I have seen a lot of articles FB posts, podcasts, and such talking about how people (particularly youth) are supposed to be “radical Christians.” I was originally going to write a cautionary note on this. To me the term “radical” suggests rebellious and reactionary (and noisy and odd). And while there is some truth in …
Continue reading Searching for “Radical” Christians and Dynamic Equilibrium
I have often said that if I had not been raised in a Christian family and raised in a Christian church I would never have become a Christian. Now don't get me wrong, I would not have become a Buddhist, Hindu, Jew, Muslim, Mormon, or anything else either. I doubt I would become a hard-shelled …
Continue reading Trying to Reveal the Christ Behind Every Christian
You know the quote... "It it's not broke, don't fix it." Although the equivalent is the contraposive ("If you must fix it, it's broke"), the inverse is important as well. "IF IT'S BROKE, FIX IT!" I believe that there is an aspect of Christianity that is definitely broke, but it is not its essence. The …