Da Vinci Code fans may thrill to dark conspiracies surrounding the secret history of early Christianity, but how many know about the real scholarly debate surrounding the young church? Even without a sleuthing Harvard "symboligist" involved, scholars have found plenty of intrigue in how early Christianity grew.
That’s the title to Jason Kuznicki’s very interesting new post at Cato Unbound. Here is the passage on how Christianity is not necessarily the source of modernity or the “liberal democracy” that America’s Founders established: Many point to Christianity as the historical force that challenged the ancient world’s inegalitarianism. There is quite a bit of [...]
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November 20, 2009 During his meeting with Yukei Matsunaga, president of the Japan Buddhist Federation, Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General, ICHIRO OZAWA, had a few choice words about Christianity and the West. Christianity: [Is an] exclusive and self-righteous religion. European and U.S. societies with a (historical) background of Christianity are bogged down. Not sure with what. Islam: It...
Religion has had more than its say — perhaps too much to say — in our political discourse, so reports of an alliance of evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders who have embarked on a course of “civil disobedience” aren’t a big surprise. Nor is it a surprise that while they’re willing to be [...]
Last week at the Innovative Evangelism Conference, I got a chance to hear Dinesh D’Souza speak to a standing room only crowd. Many in the crowd were fellow evangelists, but there were a few seekers and skeptics present as well. Dinesh D’Souza…
Here. There’s even a Bible Study based on the article! You can hear the Office Hours interview with Mike on these topics here. Posted in Christless Christianity, gospel-driven life, Westminster Seminary California Tagged: Christianity Today, Christless Christianity, gospel-driven life, Mike Horton
Archbishop of Canterbury must show muscular Christianity Commentary by Ruth Gledhill From The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6922397.ece November 19, 2009 The Archbishop of Canterbury has displayed a munificent turning of the other cheek in response to what many see as a move by the Pope to annex part of his Church. No one doubts his Christian holiness. But a bit more...
I liked the ring of that headline and you’ll see how it fits in a moment. But actually, I thought Victor Davis Hanson’s piece on Palin was four stars. Well, three and a half anyway. VDH sets out to answer two questions: 1) What drives this fear and loathing? 2) How does one, then, assess the Palin [...]
Writing in her "On Faith" column, Sally Quinn is clearly out of her depth:Sarah Palin's 'rogue' Christianity In her new book Sarah Palin writes that one summer at Bible Camp she "put my life in my creator's hands and trust Him as I sought my life's path." For Palin, this grand divine plan was "a natural progression." She writes.
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8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:8-10 (KJV)
I heard on the news recently, that some right-winger's have been protesting homosexuality near one of the local universities.....carrying signs saying it's a sin. Riiiight. Gender preference is a sin? So, like, these morons really think that homosexuality is a choice? It's like a vending machine? Really? Of course, these are the same America morons who think that evolution doesn't exist, and treat...
It is worth noting that we still do not know for certain that the CRU leak is all genuine and unaltered. However, it does seem that 60MB of mainly text files would take a significant amount of time to fake. Further, there are no "we know that AGW is fake but we shall propagate it anyway, aaahahahahaa haha haha!" type emails, so any alterations have been done very subtly. Further, much of...
Celtic symbolism was influenced by the many people they came in contact with such as Egyptians and the Vikings. When they encountered the Greeks they were known as the 'Keltoi' and in more familiar terms as the 'Gauls' in ancient Rome. This is how it came that the celts inhabited many parts of Europe from the 8th century to 1 AD.The occupation of Europe was in two vivienne westwood earrings . Firstly...
Returning to power in 1980, Indira Gandhi announced a new National Health Policy. It emphasized the need for “securing a small family through voluntary efforts to move towards the goal of population stabilization”. The wishes of the people had been taken into account. India was a vibrant democracy. Qualitative help with essays editing: customized Essay Editing service for students Government could...
Are you thinking of investing in real estate ? But you do not have enough cash to do so. Here is a tip you can use as long as the property seller is willing to negotiate with you. To be fair, not every seller will be interested (or even understand) the concept outlined. Your best bet is to find a property that the owner has great interest in selling, whether because of moving, divorce or frustration...