The forgetting of genuine community (that which actually costs us something of our time, energy, and treasure in which to participate and be) is anathema to any reading of the Bible.
The strange case of the Ohio church that picketed a local strip club and the exotic dancers picketing the church.
“What we are also doing by the burning of the Quran, we’re saying stop, stop to Islam, stop to Islamic law, stop to brutality. We have nothing against Muslims, they are welcome in our country.” When Sanchez asked him how he would feel if Muslims burned the Bible, Jones admitted he wouldn’t like it but emphasized that it was his “right” to burn the Islamic text because “we live in America.”
A study by the Barna Group estimates that 6 million to 12 million Americans attend house churches with some regularity and the Pew Forum found last year that 9 percent of American Protestants only attended home services.
One group of Christians cite plain reading of the Bible. The other side looks to Scripture’s grand narrative toward freedom and inclusive love. The argument boils over into the wider culture. The search for middle ground proves futile. Denominations split. Is this the 21st century…or the 19th?
Sound familiar? It could be 2010—or the mid-19th century.
Wallis says a new generation of Christians are tired of their faith being defined by two issues: fights over abortion and homosexuality.
Serene Jones, President of Union Theological Seminary in New York City, writes in
Don’t orgs like the Y deserve to dust off their corporate images, names, and logos? What’s the greater risk – holding onto a title, or going quietly into that good night?
I decided I had to stand up and show solidarity with those who are oppressed simply because they are perceived as somehow “different” and are therefore categorized as “the other,” when in fact, we are all part of a shared humanity