If you are not familiar with what happened earlier this week when Jason Collins, an NBA player, who stated publicly that he was gay (apparently the first such participant in a major men’s professional sport to do so), click on this link and catch up. When you do, be sure and watch the video embedded … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Coming Up at ccithink . . .
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The Tickle Chronicles Recently, I made an effort to contact Phyllis Tickle. In case you don’t know who she is, she is the founding editor of the Religion Department of Publishers Weekly, the author of several books, very visible on the web (just Google her), and for our interests here, one…
The Sinking Ship of Evangelicalism, Part I: The problem
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The Evening Descends (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Scott Fowler Behind the Times According to Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon (Resident Aliens), Christendom, having begun with Constantine in 313 AD, ended in 1963.1 I can still remember the inner conflict I experienced the first time I heard that Christendom was dead…
George Washington Rolling Over in His Grave!
Ok, not that big of a surprize when a Democratic Senator endorses gay marriage, but you gotta love the brilliant reasoning behind his decision. He said, “Simply put, if The Lord made homosexuals as well as heterosexuals, why should I discriminate against their civil marriage? I shouldn’t, and I won’t,” he wrote. It sounds so … Continue reading
And Another One Bites The Dust!
Another GOP Senator, citing personal emotional reasons, has come out in favor of same-sex marriage (see link to article below). Our leaders–in and out of the Church–are mired in subjectivity, willing to allow their emotions to influence the future of the nation. Not that we are ever unbiased or that we are ever truly … Continue reading
Christian Youth Face Backlash after Marriage Hearings – US – CBN News – Christian News 24-7 – CBN.com
Christian Youth Face Backlash after Marriage Hearings – US – CBN News – Christian News 24-7 – CBN.com. Continue reading
The Bible on The History Channel: Final
So here’s a question: Would you watch The Bible on The History Channel again? I can definitely say I would not. As far as I am concerned it missed its mark–at least the mark I set for it as a potentially viable, useful, inspiring account of the Bible. It was needlessly violent, did not offer … Continue reading
