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|  | You scored as High Church Nomad. You were raised as some kind of evangelical, but you've started to appreciate other forms of Christian piety. Specifically, you're starting to think that Roman Catholics aren't as crazy as you once thought they were. You probably won't end up going home to Rome, but Canterbury has piqued your interest.
High Church Nomad | | 85% | Evangelical Presbyterian | | 65% | Moderate Evangelical | | 60% | Presby - Old School | | 60% | Reformed Baptist | | 50% | Baptist | | 40% | Conservative Evangelical | | 40% | Fightin' Fundy | | 30% |
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| 'Never again' again
So why are we sending more troops into the military black hole that is Iraq when this is happening? And why are Christian groups so vocal about Iraq and not about this?
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| I've found I'm much too lazy/busy to write anything on here, much less on my poor, neglected blog. But I found this excerpt and thought it was cool so I'ma share it.
Despite the visible disunity of the Christian Church -- with altar set up against altar and ministry against ministry, with the 'parties' and schools of thought within the separate communions, and with the tensions between individual members of a single congregation -- there is an objective unity which is a given fact: there is 'one body and one Spirit, even as ye were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one Baptism' (verses 4f.). All this language recalls the sacrament of Christian initiation. For when we were baptized, we were brought, not into the Church of England, or the Methodist Church, or the Roman Catholic Church or the Presbyterian or Congregational Church, but into the Body of Christ, the eschatological community as it will be at the End. As members of this eschatological community which will be, we are one already. There is only one Christ, and therefore there can only be one Body of Christ. But the Church, though her existence is rooted in the eschatological future, has nevertheless to live in this present age. Hence she is exposed to all the disintegrating effects of human sin. Hence also the historical disunity which belies her eschatological oneness. Thus the unity of the Church, while it is an eschatological fact (verses 4-6), is also an inescapable task (verses 1-3).
(cf. "We Are One Already")
Another good one is "Eight Theses for Evangelical Catholic Unity."
Y'all have a nice weekend. I can't wait to sleep in. | | |
| So this will be a bit less Xanga-y and a bit more Wordpress-y because I'm too lazy to post on Wordpress.
The powers that be here at Cedarville decided we needed another piece of art on campus (that brings it up to... three?), so we now have this bronze, modern-esque sculpture down by the DMC along CedarLake. It portrays Adam, laying on the ground in the fetal position, with a hole in his chest and two pieces of apple-looking fruit with bites taken out of them.
In my mind, it's a Good Thing. It reminds me of what we are and our incompleteness after the fall. It reminds me that Adam's story is really the story of my life. God creates, God blesses, I fall, God re-creates. God graciously does that every day and I mess it up every day. So it really is a nice sculpture in my opinion.
Now, the big downside to this lovely sculpture is that is, as I said, brownish-bronze-colored. And the modern-esqueness of it means it's kind of round and flowing. Now I need you to just think about that for a second. Don't let your eyes wander down to the next line. Try to imagine what it looks like from a distance.
If you're thinking "Gosh, that probably looks like ancient dinosaur poo" then you're right on. If not, you need a better imagination.
Moving right along, there are a few verses in the Bible that just haunt me, most of them in James or Hebrews.
James 1:27
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
What does this mean for us 21st century Americans? | | |
| I went to Walmart after church Wednesday to all kinds of fun things like socks and boxers and t-shirts (yes, I do know how to party), and found myself standing there comparing features on the different brands of boxers. Apparently things like "elastic stretch" and "knit" are selling points. I must have missed that memo. The most disturbing thing was a certain feature, which I won't mention here because I'd rather let your minds run amuck, whose name was very odd and generaly, and yet I instantly understood what it was. And yet as I sit here in my featureful boxers (don't try to imagine it), I can't say as they feel much different than my previous boxers. What a waste these extra features are.
On a slightly different note, I'd highly recommend reading Freedom from Quiet Time Guilt (don't worry, it's not a book just a short article, and no, reading won't kill you). The author did an excellent job of reminding me of the real place of the "Quiet Time" in the context of the Christian life.
I also posted in my blog "My short credo or something like it".
...and I know this won't mean much to many, if any, of you, but the Episcopal Church in the USA elected a liberal women as the new presiding bishop. She does fun things like cheer on gay bishops and pray to "Mother Jesus." Needless to say, I don't think I'll be attending an ECUSA church come fall...
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