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Where are the New Arminians? Possible answer: If it ain't broke.... Grace and Peace, Raffi
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Friday is for Fried Brain Cells: The "Us" Edition
The human brain is a gift from God. Failure to use it, therefore, is a sin. Here's this week's most egregious sinner...Us! Grace and Peace, Raffi
Forrest Gump and Christian Doctrine
We Missional/Post-Evangelical types are not big fans of the overuse of doctrinal statements and systematic summations of the gospel. (...also, we don't like being called "Missional/Post-Evangelical types,"...) I've written elsewhere about why this is so. But I recently saw a clip on YouTube that made the point better than I ever could. Doctrine, I think, is to the gospel of Jesus Christ what this is to Forrest Gump : Watching this, I know the facts of the story... I do not, however, know the story. And that's all I have to say about that. Grace and Peace, Raffi
Jonathan Edwards, Pearl Jam and Serendipity
This used to be my Christian worldview... I was thinking about Jonathan Edwards' picture of his angry god the other day...it just popped into my head. At that very moment, one of my favorite songs, Pearl Jam's "Rearviewmirror," started playing on the radio. Ever had one of those moments? If you don't know the song, here it is (with lyrics below)... I took a drive today, Time to emancipate, I guess it was the beatings made me wise. But I'm not about to give thanks, or apologize. I couldn't breathe, holdin' me down, Hand on my face, pushed to the ground, Enmity gauged, united by fear, Forced to endure what I could not forgive... I seem to look away, Wounds in the mirror waved, It wasn't my surface most defiled. Head at your feet, fool to your crown, Fist on my plate, swallowed it down, Enmity gauged, united by fear, Tried to endure what I could not forgive... Saw things Saw things Saw things Saw things... Clearer Clearer... Once you, were in my... RE...