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A few days ago Mark Driscoll shared his response to the Ted Haggard situation on his blog. In his introduction he comments:
I have, however, seen some very overt opportunities for sin. On one occasion I actually had a young woman put a note into my shirt pocket while I was serving communion with my wife, asking me to have dinner, a massage, and sex with her.
She must have been a bit mixed up about what sort of communion was being offered at Mark’s church… Read the rest of this entry »
11-09-2006 |
331 Comments »In comment #6 of “When not seeing is believing” Paul wrote (emphasis mine):
Fundamentalism in the sense the article uses it is based on a fear that pulls us into a polarised world of are with us or against us. What we need instead is to know/learn how to lovingly coexist, something I explored recently here when I was stunned by how so many faiths have the golden rule at the heart of their teachings (the golden rule = do to others what you would want done to you).
What as christians are we so scared of? As a christian I feel that we have a message of love, hope, compassion and practical care – that faith compels me to love my neighbour, not hate him.. it commands me to serve the poor, the broken, the hurting and not worry about whether they’ll sign up to my belief statement. It asks me to live in a way that is about giving not getting, about laying down my rights not demanding that my ways get done…
10-06-2006 |
10 Comments »There’s an interesting article about faith and politics in TIME magazine this week:
Here are some extended excerpts about faith from it (you’ll need to read the whole article to see how he links faith and politics): Read the rest of this entry »
10-05-2006 |
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