When I was a zealous, recently-converted evangelical Christian, I threw myself into the conventional process of trying to discern God’s will for my life. Call it what you will: vocation, calling, career—what should I do with my life that honours God? A tumultuous process (which I will spare you the details of) led me to […]
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I’m not much of one for giving gifts. I receive no great delight in the act of procuring or receiving them—especially not the shopping bit. If you find the “love language” system helpful, gifts are not mine.
I am also in agreement with the premise of Buy Nothing Christmas, which thinks that the spectacle of orgiastic consumerism […]
Here’s the opening lines from a new article by Charles Colson:
I have been surprised by the number of Christians who have given up on politics this year. “I don’t like either candidate, so I’m staying home,” some say.
I get fed up with the vain posturing and empty promises, too. But not voting is not an option—it’s both […]
Why is it that the types of Christians most comfortable with thinking of themselves as different than the world are most inclined towards unquestioning consumerism and war-mongering?
Note: I have no research to back this up, only impressions, perceived patterns and, no doubt, prejudice.
I’m increasingly convinced that so much theology out there majors on minors. That is to say, I think that a predominant theological tendency (from my very limited vantage point) is to elevate doctrines of little ultimate consequence to the centre of attention, while neglecting those which really give Christianity its distinctive, problematic flavour.
Dogmatisms of both left […]
I shall wade into the waters that I (gently) stirred in Wide and Narrow. If you didn’t read it — or don’t want to now — what I basically said is that Christians tend to narrow their orthodoxy and widen their orthopraxy, which I think is quite the opposite to how things should be. I refrained from expanding on […]
