This past week there was another tiny drama in the “Christian” world. Author and pastor Eugene Peterson , in an interview, seemed to state his acceptance of same sex marriage and then promptly retracted it. What I found more interesting than Peterson’s actions, were the reactions of fellow Christians. In fact, I don’t want to […]
Tag: church disagreement
Still wondering: What was the church supposed to be?
Do you have a question, or two, that you continue to think about? “What was the church supposed to be?” is one of mine ever since I heard the question asked at church. I wrote about this topic a while ago (2011) but I still wonder about that question. In that previous post I suggested […]
Treat Them Like Gentiles and Tax Collectors
If you have spent time reading the Bible, you might be familiar with the story in Matthew 18:15-17. Jesus is talking to his disciples and this is what he says, If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member […]
A Dangerous Idea
I’ve been reading Alister McGrath’s Christianity’s Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution- A history from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first. It’s an interesting book and even though I haven’t quite finished it yet, it has gotten me thinking about the “dangerous idea”. The dangerous idea according to McGrath is that “all Christians have the right […]
