Linkathon!
Roger Olson on doubt…Michael Brown back in “ministry” after immorality charges…
Hold the phone…Brown has more trouble now…
The churches authority in binding and loosing…
Why the discourse on sex and gender is so toxic…
Nicene myths… fun link for theology nerds like me…
I so do love the Bible Project…
The biblical mandate for reading biographies…
current.pub ceases publishing…
Protestants need virtue ethics…
Pope Leo faces a big challenge in migration…
Top three false narratives about immigration…
Jim Bakker will be on the street unless we send him a million dollars…I’m tapped out this month…
Leo offered warnings on screen culture…
Some churches are driven by fear, others by love…
Were you raised in a church that fears the world, or loves its neighbors…
More on the Josh Buice social media scandal…Jennifer Greenburg’s comments at the end cut through the bullstuff…
Excellent piece on how Leo will challenge American political partisanship…
How does idolatry kill our happiness?
Great piece in WaPo about the devastation and death that would occur if a current party
passes brutal cuts to SNAP and Medicaid.
Targeting food and health care for the least advantaged is unconscionable — especially in light of how many Republicans involved in this demolition project profess to be devout Christians. “Blessed are the rich” is not among the beatitudes.
Before Republicans cut Medicaid, they might pay attention to the words “preventable death.” Surely, our legislators don’t want to kill people. Right?
“Do we want to live in a society where good people, earnest people, people who live three blocks over, die horrible deaths from horrible diseases that are preventable?” Griggs asked. “I don’t know how you can believe in Judeo-Christian values and ignore the plight of your neighbor in that circumstance. Empty rhetoric is so easy when you’re not in close relationship with people who are suffering.”
Before Republicans cut Medicaid, they might pay attention to the words “preventable death.” Surely, our legislators don’t want to kill people. Right?
“Do we want to live in a society where good
bob1,
the Bible is hard on people who have wealth and don’t share with the poor…but I think it’s pretty clear that few of these folks actually read the Bible…
Michael Brown is totally what is wrong with the church in America today.
-I sinned, no big deal, sorry (brief break, then back in ministry)
-Grand relaunch at Mercy Culture Church with confetti and a line of admirers.
-Now mired in minutia in a 130+ page report
-Still insists he will continue in ministry.
And people will continue to honor him as a great teacher/servant of God who helped them to grow spiritually-and they will throw money at his feet.
Sigh…
They’re going after Russell Moores head again…
https://founders.org/articles/the-rise-and-fall-of-russell-moore-its-time-to-say-no-moore/
What a bunch of losers.
How dare Russell Moore speak truth about the beloved SBC!! He must be cancelled.
That kicking the phone habit article is convicting. I find myself needing to put this damn thing down, but the Gorilla Glue is too strong. Lord have mercy.
I tried reading from Michael’s link. But my knee is really sore from all the jerking. What a bunch of reactionary idjits.
phones and screen habits…
Back in the early 2000s when I traveled more, people were on their phones TALKING with people. Nowadays, seems like most people have their faces down, buried in their phones…just staring at something. I see this at work alot…people walk down the hallways, looking down at their phones, avoiding having to make eye contact or say hello to a coworker. Can’t tell you how many times a simple “hello” from me is never returned.
Thanks for sharing Roger Olson’s post. His blog, and this one, have been my consistent daily routine for the past couple of years. I consider him a national treasure. I was deconstructing and swinging toward progressive when I found his blog. At first I thought he was too “fundy”. Boy was I wrong. I’ve been part of his online “book club” for awhile, reading stuff way over my head and somehow getting it.
… the only reason I’ve understood these books is because of the discussions we’ve had in the comments section…
Terry,
I lean progressive…but Olson is at times a helpful corrective.
He’s always been popular here, I just don’t do many Linkathons anymore…they taken a long time to compile.
Glad you stop here as well…you add a lot to us.
CK, Dan,
After years of being connected to my phone, I find myself forgetting it these days and often leaving the house without it.
I think it’s my brain wanting to disconnect from all the noise…
Before I retired I daily carried two cell phones, and had 1or more two-way radios in my work vehicle and a handy talkie on my belt.
But I still remember the good old days where to reach the station you had to look for a phone booth and make a collect call to operator #3 and be verified to reach the duty dispatcher.