Linkathon!
Pastor tells church he’ll ask them to leave if they wear a mask…
Christians need a healthier approach to deconstruction…
“Pray Safe Act” to help with church security…
Missing wall of biblical Jerusalem discovered…
White evangelicals most resistant to vaccination among religious groups…
The CRT debate distracts from Gods justice…
Charlie Kirk mobilizing evangelical anti vaxxers…for a fee…
Debating the health of the mainlines…
Supreme Court favors religion…
St. Francis and the climate apocalypse…
Permission to be broken…mental health and the cross…
Has your Christianity been “Americanized”?
The biblical case for giving cash to the homeless…
Only half of U.S. households give to charity…
Aren’t you tired of fighting for barren land?
Sometimes religion is the problem…
What does it mean that the Lord is my shepherd?
The dangers of providing pastoral care…
More later…
I see what you did there 😉
GMan…always appreciate the help… 🙂
I’ve always had a “soft spot” for Erasmus… then again, I’ve always really liked Melanchthon.
I give to some charities – DAV and a Native American school in So. Dakota and here, but i don’t see Michael’s website as a ” charity. ”
The problem is that these charities sell their mailing lists and i am inundated in coasters, calendars, mailing address labels, greeting cards, etc. One even sends money…..
Might make one hesitate. …….
God keep
Erasmus was a gifted rhetorician with an expertise in Koine Greek. I understand that Luther used Erasmus’ Greek NT as the basis for his German translation.
Erasumus was not a gifted theologian, however, and by stepping out of his element and into Luther’s to employ on behalf of Rome his rhetorical skills and meager theological chops, Luther made a complete fool of him in The Bondage of the Will.
Jean
I obviously disagree, but I imagine your have read much of Erasmus’ scholarly work, especially his translations of and commentaries on numerous Church Fathers…
I have not Duane. However, in The Bondage of the Will, Luther shows that much of what Erasmus gleaned from the fathers was flawed. To be clear, not that the fathers were flawed, but what Erasmus gleaned from them was flawed.
I read a few of the articles, shook my head, and then realized I had a headache. The American church is so self-absorbed. We need to unmask ourselves, protect ourselves, fight over how we worship, and even debate whether or not we are still alive. I have a feeling that Jesus would have a lot to tell us, if we would just listen.
Dr. Arnold,
With respect, that seemed a little snarky…
Good comment Linn.
Kinda related…I recently tossed an arts ministry book into the Goodwill bin because, after reading a few chapters, it had church-as-a-business model infused all through what I could stomach to read.
What I like about this blog and the folks here is it seems like most of us are looking for and finding genuine faith. A lot of us are tired of self-absorbed churches that are only seeking internal growth, for one. I could mention a lot more, but many here already have over the years.
I can’t/won’t even take the time to listen to Jesus because I am too busy looking for idiots online to disagree with or stupid fights to get involved with.
Dan – LOL
that said, listening to Jesus usually means that we are lustening to spmeone in the Faith that we’ve come to respect
IMHO, of course
God keep
Everstudy
Perhaps, but there are times…😁
Jean
‘In Praise of Folly” is a classic…
😀
Matthew 5:42 from The Sermon on the Mount is a tough one.
My mother used to help people, inviting people to live with us when I was a kid, and later after I left. She also put herself in danger, the last one resulting in a restraining order (worth the paper it’s printed upon) after being assaulted.
I see a family make the rounds in the Bay Area every year, soliciting funeral expenses for “grandpa.” I see people give money to them. Scam (it obviously is) or not, let the dead bury the dead. It’s required by law for the state or funeral directors to cover cremation at the very least. I know this because my friend from high school is a funeral director.
I volunteered with a local homeless outreach for a couple of years and it’s true that a certain segment desires their freedom.
That being said, we were homeless and quasi-homeless when I was 12-17. On our way back to Cali from an aborted attempt to start a new life in Houston, we slept several nights in the car, and one on a SA shelter. My mom begged did food on Bakersfield and for gas money. The food fed us, and that $20 for gas got us home (to a cab over camper with no electricity but it was shelter.
So I benefited from the grace of strangers.
With my lambs now, I’m also cognizant of 1 Timothy 5:8. That is, not moving potentially dangerous people in to give them shelter.
Em,
That’s true. I need to listen to HIM more and others less. And not worry about the world or worldly wisdom. Not always easy on my part.
Not easy for any of us, Dan
Hard to tune out the loud, in your face know it alls……
God keeo