Read these few passages on how the community of believers in the Jesus who rose from the dead are to arrange themselves:
1 Cor. 12:4-6 There are various gifts but the same Spirit; there are various services but the same Master; there are various actions but the same God works in all of them. To each [...]
That phrase has come to be understood as meaning we’ve caught someone in a lie or crime. But there is literal meaning as well:
Come out of her, my people! Run for your lives! Run from the fierce anger of the LORD. —Jer. 51:45
Then I heard another voice from heaven say: ” ‘Come out of [...]
In my previous post I compared the arguments for male supremacy with those formerly used for slavery. But now I’d like to compare two religions. I’ll start by making a list of things common to both of them, but if you can’t already tell which ones they are, please don’t jump ahead to find out [...]
“[Slavery] was established by decree of Almighty God…it is sanctioned in the Bible, in both Testaments, from Genesis to Revelation…it has existed in all ages, has been found among the people of the highest civilization, and in nations of the highest proficiency in the arts.”
– Jefferson Davis, President, Confederate States of America, quoted by [...]
Well, if I can be called an Islamophobe, homophobe, or any other phobe just because I disagree with someone’s opinion, then I can call anyone who hates fundies (meaning fundamentalists, for those who have just arrived from another planet) a fundyphobe.
Funny thing though… you can’t get a consensus out of them as to the definition. [...]
I came across an article today by Jan Markell called “Red-Letter Christians: Neo-Marxism in the Church?“. Interesting timing, since the last few days I’ve read so much about the evil “Christian Right”. Now don’t get me wrong, there is plenty of evil in the “Christian Right”. But this hardly means there is less evil in [...]
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