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Casting out sinners

January 28, 2008 1 Comment

A small but growing portion of evangelical churches practice shunning and expulsion as a routine part of a common life which increasingly emphasizes discipline and conformity. There is no general agreement on how it should be carried out, says Gregory Wills, a theologian at Southern Baptist Theological seminary. He says that some pastors remove members on their own, while other churches require agreement among deacons or a majority vote from the congregation.

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Holocaust remembrance

January 28, 2008 No Comments

Holocaust survivors and religious leaders including the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams and Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks took part in a ceremony consisting

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Wright on GAFCON

January 28, 2008 1 Comment

Last week, Bishop N.T. Wright wrote a piece for the Church Times called “Evangelicals are not about to jump ship” and it is available on

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Saving houses of worship

January 28, 2008 1 Comment

Preservationists, who have in the past been reluctant to offer landmark status and preservation dollars to religious institutions, are sounding alarms that houses of worship

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Paul’s conversion, and ours

January 28, 2008 1 Comment

The difficult question before the Anglican Communion today is thus: Can a historically mono-cultural, Church of imperial aspirations embrace a new Pentecost as a multicultural family of churches embodying wide differences yet called in unity to incarnate and extend God’s reconciling love in every corner of the world?

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Thomistic synthesis

January 28, 2008 No Comments

Though involved in numerous ecclesiastical and civil affairs, Thomas Aquinas was primarily a theological thinker and writer. The only comparable figure in previous church history is Augustine, and Aquinas quotes his distinguished predecessor more frequently than any other of the Fathers.

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An economist takes on modern marriage

January 27, 2008 No Comments

So what drives modern marriage? We believe that the answer lies in a shift from the family as a forum for shared production to shared consumption. In case the language of economic lacks romance, let’s be clearer: modern marriage is about love and companionship. Most things in life are simply better shared with another. … The key today is consumption complementarities — activities that are not only enjoyable, but are more enjoyable when shared with a spouse. We call this new model of sharing our lives “hedonic marriage.”

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