Archive for December, 2009
President Eisenhower on the Christian Nation
Our Government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what it is. – New York Times, Dec 23 1952
In: Religion and Politics · Tagged with: civil religion
It is NOT the End of the Decade
A decade is 10 years. The Calender does not use the year zero: So says Wiki: Year zero is not used in the widely used Gregorian calendar, nor in its predecessor, the Julian calendar.
We’re All #1 Meme
The Switzerland of us all, the outstanding author and Professor James McGrath, has issued a friendly meme challenge: What search brings you up in first place? The rules of the meme are (1) no quotation marks, (2) the search term cannot include your name or the name of your blog. So, here is mine: Copernicum Church […]
Mommy Blogger Takes on (In)Tolerance of (the Christian) Religion
Yes, I asked if ‘mommy blogger’ was discriminatory – no, it is not. Whew. Safe on that one. Of course, I am too much of a man to follow and read a mommy blogger, but my wife is not and thus she follows the mommy bloggers, as she is one, and tells me various things. […]
In: Debate/Discussion · Tagged with: mckmama, religious tolerance
An Apophatic Rendering of the Logos in John’s Prologue
I have not familarized myself as well as I should with Apophatic Theology, but I did find this post interesting. This is only a part of the post, but take your time to read it:
In: John · Tagged with: apophatic theology, prologue
A Personal Testimony about Mike Bickle and IHOP #onething09
…..In a prophetic class that was taught by Kirk Bennett one of our assignments was to take a scripture and repeat it over and over for two hours straight, praying it, repeating it until we got a revelation, this is nothing but a mantra, repetitious prayer, something we are not supposed to be part of. […]
In: IHOP · Tagged with: cult, Ecstatic Prophecy, Mike Bickle, prophecy schools
Can we use Apophatic Theology to prevent Religious Extremism?
I don’t think I would take it that far, although there is in the nature of people to destroy. Schaeffer proposes the use of Apophatic Theology, which too me, while useful, may see to restrict orthodox and of course, the exclusivity of Christ.
In: Doctrine · Tagged with: apophatic theology, religion
