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Do we hate ‘them?’
This is a stinger…
“How much do you have to hate someone to believe that everlasting life is possible and not tell someone about that.”
Of course the title here makes it sound as if its us vs them. Why do we do that?
HT HolyCow
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Bono on “non-believers”
Reading a great article on U2’s new album and Bono’s activism and all things in between ::
He says that a lot of people he most admires are non-believers. Bill Gates. Warren Buffett. “People who are prepared to spend their entire life’s fortune trying to make the lives of people they don’t know a lot better. [...]
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Charter for Compassion
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There are those that think we must bring about “justice” and punish those who “do us wrong.”
There are those that think we must “stand up for ourselves” and fight to rid the world of our “enemies.”
Perhaps, if we step back we’ll realize our enemies are men like us.
LOVE WINS! In every country, every language [...]
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Unforced rhythms
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on [...]
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Top emergent books
Tall Skinny Kiwi shared his top 5 emergent books for American readers back in June on his blog (just saw the post ).
Here’s his top 5 (plus a few others) ::
1. Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures, by Ryan Bolger and Eddie Gibbs.
2. The New Conspirators, Creating the Future One Mustard Seed [...]
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Christianity on Al Jazeera
Inside USA, a program on the English version of Al Jazeera recently did a story on Christianity and politics in America. Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw and the Psalters were each featured briefly as they worked on the audio version of “Jesus for President.”
If I’m not mistaken you’ll also catch a glimpse of Jamie Moffett sitting [...]
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new year humor
my mate Thomas shared this video clip of Emo Phillips (whom you may remember as the woodshop teacher in UHF)… enjoy!
update :: just saw that this video has been taken down and I can’t find it anywhere (when I’d really like to use it Saturday for our community group. as a fill in, [...]
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Let’s stop stereotyping Evangelicals
Joseph Loconte and Michael Cromartie have an interesting column in yesterday’s Washington Post: “Let’s stop stereotyping Evangelicals.”
In it they encourage the rest of the country to stop stereotyping Evangelicals because of a few vocal and “loopy” members.
Evangelicals led the grass-roots campaigns for religious liberty, the abolition of slavery and women’s suffrage. Even the Moral Majority [...]
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