Heschel Centennial
December 28, 2007
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Rabbi Abraham Heschel. There is a new biography which tries to present him in the
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Wealth Gospel foundering?
December 28, 2007
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For many years people have suggested that if there is a uniquely American contribution to heresy, it is that of the “Health and Wealth” gospel.
7 steps in discipleship
December 28, 2007
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Submission to the Lordship of Jesus Christ is a whopper! Especially to those of us individualistic Americans living in a consumer society where the customer is always right. “Who are we gonna follow for very long?” It is just so hard for us to submit to anyone at all, willingly, let alone to a mystical Christ.
Disruption at work
December 28, 2007
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Sorting through the stack of cards that arrived at our house last Christmas, I note that all kinds of symbols have edged their way into the celebration. Overwhelmingly, the landscape scenes render New England towns buried in snow, usually with the added touch of a horse-drawn sleigh.
Clergy giving more to Democrats
December 27, 2007
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With a week to go before the Iowa caucuses, clergy and other religious organizations are donating more to Democratic campaigns than they are to Republican ones, according to an article from Religion News Service distributed on the Pew Forum site. Four years ago, the opposite was true. Barack Obama seems to have garnered the most financial support, according to the article.
Thinking outside the box
December 27, 2007
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The Associated Baptist Press is reporting on an architectural revival, of sorts, among Christians trying to get away from sterile, stadium-like box-shaped megachurches. Tim Blonkvist,
What’s up with GAFCON?
December 27, 2007
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Another announcement that broke over the holiday was that of conservative Anglicans organizing their own global event, as reported in a press release, “Orthodox Primates with other leading bishops from across the globe are to invite fellow Bishops, senior clergy and laity from every province of the Anglican Communion to a unique eight-day event, to be known as the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) 2008.”
St. Nicholas on Christmas morning
December 27, 2007
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Father Jake points us to developments at St. Nicholas in Atwater, Calif., a mission in the Diocese of San Joaquin, that transpired on Christmas morning
And the Anglican of the Year award goes to …
December 27, 2007
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…the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu. He was selected by more than 100 synod members in the Church of England, beating out the Archbishop of Canterbury and former Cape Town Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who placed second and third respectively.
John’s icon of Jesus
December 27, 2007
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The icon of Jesus painted by John is his gospel is not a naturalistic rendering. The other gospel writers also created distinctive impressions of Jesus with an artistry wholly unlike modern biography or journalism.
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