Posts Tagged ‘ christianity ’

Bible In Five Statements Meme

I was tagged by Laura Summarize the Bible in five statements (fifteen words).  The first statement – one word long, the second two, the third three, the fourth four and the last five words long. Or possibly you could do this in descending order. Tag five people. Well, to be honest I feel a bit [ READ MORE ]

Thomas Merton from Raids on the Unspeakable

“And to have the will to be saved, must one limit oneself very carefully to a few select things that are taken seriously? And must everything else be ignored? In other words, to be saved is to exclude from consideration the possibility that one might be damned? To take that possibility of damnation seriously is, [ READ MORE ]

Letting Everything In

There is a certain comfort in letting certain things in and excluding others from our view.  The same goes with people.  There’s people who have God, and people who don’t.  People who know what’s up, and people who are idiots.  People who pay attention when they drive, and people who should never be let out [ READ MORE ]

Why Christians Should Vote to Legalize Same Sex Marriage

Why Christians Should Vote to Legalize Same Sex Marriage For the purpose of this article I am going to adopt a distinctly conservative Christian perspective and write for a distinctly conservative Christian audience.  I want to put forth the idea that even if you believe homosexuality is morally wrong, a sin even, you should still [ READ MORE ]

The Multifaceted Issue of Abortion

In my opinion, the problem of abortion is a multifaceted issue.  And, it is more of a symptom than a problem in itself. A symptom of what?  Fear.  Taking yourself out of your normal perspective, can you imagine how scary it would be to find out you are pregnant and do not have the means [ READ MORE ]

Torture

There’s been a lot of talk about torture lately, with some people arguing that we should never torture based on our moral standards, and others saying that it is a necessary evil and must be kept up if we are to protect ourselves. Ironically, it’s the right, known for containing a majority of Christians, who [ READ MORE ]

Discussion

So, I’m having an interesting discussion with a friend on a message board.  He belongs to the Orthodox Church, believes that no one goes to Hell when they die, and thinks that Jesus’ message was primarily about *this* life and not the next.  So far I agree. Our discussion is centered around the events in [ READ MORE ]

God Never Changes

See the thing about this idea is that it does get at some important things about reality, but if considered alone, gives us an incomplete picture. Whether you think God is unchanging depends on your perspective on what God actually is. If God is transcendent, outside us and outside of time, he is unchanging. For [ READ MORE ]

Letting Everything In

There is a certain comfort in letting certain things in and excluding others from our view.  The same goes with people.  There's people who have God, and people who don't.  People who know what's up, and people who are idiots.  People who pay attention when they drive, and people who should never be let out [ READ MORE ]

Doubt

Doubt Trailer HD – www.LennonAldort.com I am interested in seeing this movie.  And even more so now that it is nominated for 5 golden globes![ READ MORE ]

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