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Black or White Scenarios [Communitas Collective]

By Helen at Communitas Collective... Black or white scenarios I’ve been doing some programming recently which has reminded me how black or white computer code is. When it’s correctly written it always works. If it’s just one character off it will (maddeningly) entirely fail to run. And yes, I’ve been reminded of the latter this week! When I became a Christian I joined a Christian tradition with black or white at its core: There are two eternal destinies: heaven (perfect happiness) or hell (unending...

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November, 29 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Bonhoeffer: Religionless Christianity

I read a post today about Deitrich Bonhoeffer and his thoughts on "religionless christianity". I had never heard of such a topic, so I looked it up. Towards the end of his life, while in a German prison, Bonhoeffer wrote a series of letters to a friend on his ponderings of what it meant to be a Christian in a day when absolutes could not be expressed absolutely (post-modernism anyone??). When a man has no choice but to life a secular life. But how would such a man consider himself a Christian? Does God require...

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November, 27 2009 • 1 Comment • 0 Faves
Brian McLaren on Postmodernism and Absolutes

Do postmodernists believe in no absolutes? Absolutely not! Brian McLaren writes on a question recently posed to him by a student and give some background to the common beliefs about a postmodern society, namely the rejection of any truth. Of course I believe that some things are morally good and others are morally evil. Of course! Here's my concern: If a person or group pushes the "we've got moral absolutes absolutely figured out" button too fast or too often, they run an increased risk of behaving in immoral...

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November, 19 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Why I am emergent

I might consider this a coming out of sorts. Certainly, many people close to me know of my involvement with Emerging Desert. This post is for the rest of you, but it's mostly for my own ability to write things out and have an explanation for my thoughts. A few years ago I was a part of what many would consider a megachurch. I was on staff there, I worked there, and I was deeply involved. But there came a point when I couldn't be involved as much as I might have liked, due to college and work. When this happened...

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November, 16 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves

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Black or White Scenarios [Communitas Collective]

Bonhoeffer: Religionless Christianity

Brian McLaren on Postmodernism and Absolutes

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