Sure, it makes me an apostate, and a bad person. But I can’t find myself disagreeing with much that he says at all, and I think here we have a vital message for the church to hear. That’s all
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Entitlement - the roots of our consumerism
Over at my personal blog (TheGeoffRe(y)port), I’ve taken on a bit of a theme around the misplaced feeling of entitlement that is so engrained as an enabler for our consumeristic mindset in the west (”The Ongoing Redefinition of Wealth“, “India to US - Shut up Fatty” and “Lobbyist, Possibly The Funniest Profession In The World” [...]
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God Songs
Fantastic article from Waleed Aly in “The Age” this week. Thought this quote deserved a mention, perhaps as an allegory for the institutional church:
“But religion struggled to be cool, much less inspiring in the popular space. Religious music persisted, but in subcultures. The American Christian country music industry is enormous, but not mainstream. Evangelical churches [...]
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suburban christian
I was having a conversation with a friend recently about her mum’s thoughts on being a Christian in middle class suburbia and how both natural and difficult it is. (Some of these are my extended thoughts).
The Church and Christian events such as conferences are exceptional at preaching the ‘go get out there’. There is nothing [...]
your ponderance for today…
…comes from “The Ongoing Adventures Of ASBO Jesus“, who is posting some very controversial, but very thought-provoking stuff. You don’t need to agree with Jonathon to be benefited by seeing his cartoons. Anyway, feel free to leave your opinion on this one here, or over at the original post.
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