Countdown Day 44
Our acute anxieties about human sexuality may be related, in general, to our discomfort with our humanity. They may also flow from our dissatisfaction with conventional Christian accounts of the human being in light of new discoveries in neurobiology, psychopharmacology, anthropology, and related fields. (21)
From A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith (available February 9, 2010)
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Countdown Day 45
Some people see the gospel as information on how individuals can avoid hell and go to heaven after death. Some see it as a message of liberation and transformation for select individuals in this life. Some see it as a message of liberation and transformation for all people and all creation. (20)
From A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith (available February 9, 2010)
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Countdown Day 46
Jesus appears to be a victim of identity theft. The versions of Jesus presented by contemporary Christianity could hardly be more different from one another – or from the four portraits of Jesus we find in the gospels. (20)
From A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith (available February 9, 2010)
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Countdown Day 47
Nearly all religions – and certainly all monotheistic religions – seem at times hell-bent on inspiring people to kill each other, making atheism sometimes seem a more ethical alternative to conventional violence-prone belief. (19)
From A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith (available February 9, 2010)
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Merry Christmas, all!
May you be blessed with all kinds of good cheer, comfort, and joy as we celebrate the birth of Jesus, whose birth is good news for all people. I'll resume blogging and the quotes countdown in a couple of days ... but for Christmas Eve and Christmas, I hope you'll enjoy the blessings of family, friends, and faith community.
I also hope you'll enjoy this simple song that came together over the last few hours as I reflected on the reason for the season.
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