The Archives
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pick up lines, theology
Top 20 theological pick up lines
10.08.07 | Permalink | 4 CommentsFor the theologically afflicted. Use at your own risk.
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relevance, theology, UU
But is it snake bite relevant?
08.04.07 | Permalink | 7 Comments“Is UU history relevant?” seems to be the question of the hour. I want to add a word of caution. Relevance isn’t a project. It isn’t something you prove or disprove. To say that coming from the other direction, if you have to prove something is relevant, it isn’t relevant. Modern Christianity raged with the […]
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brown-bag-controversy, fragmentation, inclusionism, theology, typology, universalism, UU
Inclusionism versus universalism: More brown bag…
06.26.07 | Permalink | 5 CommentsCarl Scovel laid out a nice typology at his farewell sermon at GA. I missed the sermon, but Ron Robinson does a good job laying it out. Scoven says we’ve got two competing theologies in play in UUism. Universalism focuses on god’s love for all and bends toward radical welcome. Inclusionism focuses on our ability […]
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bible, canon, heresy, orthodoxy, philosophy, scripture, theology
Salvos against Christian orthodoxy
06.02.06 | Permalink | 2 CommentsIn a discussion at Eclectic Itchings, I'm reminded of my own journey away from Christian orthodoxy some years ago. No one of the thoughts listed below convinced me on its own, but taken together I found them compelling. What I would like to see the Emerging Church do is to deeply engage questions like […]
