From Vatican City, this AP story says, “The Vatican insisted Friday [May 30, 2008] that it is properly following Christian tradition by excluding females from the priesthood as it issued a new warning that women taking part in ordinations will be excommunicated. The move dashed the hopes both of women seeking to be priests and [...]
Archive for May, 2008
In the News – Vatican: Excommunication for female priests
Posted in in the news, tagged Bible, catholic, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, protestant, religion, theology on May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Book Recommendation – The God Delusion Debate
Posted in book recommendations, tagged Bible, catholic, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, protestant, religion, theology on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well not really a book recommendation per se, but a recommendation for an excellent DVD of a debate between Richard Dawkins (the arrogant atheist and author of the book God Delusion) and John Lennox (an Oxford mathematician and Christian apologist). The debate was sponsored by the Fixed-Point Foundation and was held last fall in Birmingham, [...]
Poll du Jour
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bible, catholic, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, protestant, religion, theology on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Christianity Today website has several interesting polls during the week. Follow this link to see the latest poll and the results of the previous poll http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/features/poll.html .
Coffee Talk Redux #13 – Wild at Heart
Posted in coffee talk redux, tagged Bible, catholic, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, meditation, protestant, religion, theology on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Every Sunday evening at 7 PM a group of us from St. James meet at the Vintage Coffee Bistro in Lambertville, MI. We call it Coffee Talk and it is a discussion on what God is doing in our lives. We discuss a variety of topics as they come up and there is no agenda, one [...]
In the News – Reaching out to Post-Christians
Posted in in the news, tagged Bible, catholic, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, protestant, religion, theology on May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So how does the church reach out to today’s non-seekers? These are folks who may have practiced Christianity at one time in their lives. But now they have many reasons, most of which everyone has heard before, for rejecting it. This article in the online Christianity Today addresses this issue of reaching out to folks that think they [...]
Book Recommendation – Pocket Guide to the Bible
Posted in book recommendations, tagged Bible, books, catholic, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, protestant, religion, theology on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, stealing the subtitle on the cover of this book and a quote from the backcover, this is “A Little Book About the Big Book and A Handy, Hip Reference to the World’s All-Time Best Seller,” that is authored by Jason Boyett. A great reference for grasping the Bible in a serious and entertaining way. Boyett’s [...]
In the News – Jesus spent most of his life as a carpenter, not as a preacher.
Posted in in the news, tagged Bible, catholic, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, protestant, religion, theology on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is an interesting article on the nuts and bolts and challenges of workplace evangelism in the online verson of Christianity Today. An excerpt from this article says that, ” Bringing God to work is often referred to as workplace or worklife ministry. Os Hillman, director of the International Coalition of Workplace Ministries, defines it [...]
Poll du Jour
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bible, catholic, christ, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, protestant, religion, theology on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Christianity Today website has several interesting polls during the week. Follow this link to see the latest poll and the results of the previous poll http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/features/poll.html .
Theophilus Cafe #17
Posted in theophilus cafe, tagged Bible, catholic, christ, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, protestant, religion, theology on May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Theophilus Cafe is a place where we can have a running dialogue based on a question or issue that I post. Think of the Cafe as a virtual coffee house where you can gather with your friends and discuss the posted topic or just reflect on it. Please post your thoughts or response on this topic in the [...]
In the News – License Plate Controversy: 2Xtian4aPl8?
Posted in in the news, tagged Bible, catholic, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, protestant, religion, theology on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now here is something to ponder, an interesting but short article below that I cut and pasted from the US News & World Report website over a brewing issue concerning vanity license plates with Christian themes. A constitutional showdown in South Carolina over the wall between church and state Posted May 16, 2008 Christian-themed license [...]
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