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A different angle - immortality as being an essential part


: Determinism?: Thanks - a cogent and interesting response… but if one asserts that God alone is in itself, as the creator and first cause; then all forms (even sentient ones) are derivative and... (06/10/2003 - 15:25)
: A response from the author: Thank-you Andrew for your passionate and articulate response. In response to: “1. There are several unsupported assumptions: eg. ‘all things are necessary’, ‘the... (05/10/2003 - 15:52)
: Pantheism and biblical theology: To be honest, my first reaction to this sort of statement is that it is meaningless pseudo-philosophizing - but then I begin to worry that perhaps I am simply too stupid, or too narrow-minded, to... (05/10/2003 - 12:53)

Bishop abolishes heaven and the soul


: Pantheism discussion moved: Some comments were posted here positing a pantheist account of immortality. I took the liberty of moving them, and some follow-up comments, to a new thread in the discussion forum. (06/10/2003 - 10:52)
: A different angle - immortality as being an essential part: I am going to put forward a somewhat different point of view, but one which I hope nevertheless will elicit a multiplicity of perspectives. In the existent universe, all things are necessary.... (04/10/2003 - 19:17)
: Tom Wright on the soul: I think Tom is correct. Popular theology seems to have carried the day about a Platonic soul and heaven with pearly gates and golden streets, reading Paul with Plantonic eyes and other NT authors... (03/10/2003 - 22:29)
: dah! :): Dave, I couldn’t agree more! The doctrine of the bodily resurrection has ALWAYS been fundamental to Christian theology. Even the Greek Father’s who were indeed influenced by middle-... (03/10/2003 - 22:07)
: Tom Wright on the soul: I would have thought most people who have read the Bible will not be surprised by what is said here. And in fact its a joy to see that the article seems to have been written sympathetically. After... (01/10/2003 - 15:22)

A world without heroes: a brief and humble attempt at theodicy


: Forgiven souls are of such value to God: Sometimes I feel like that girl from Bible college. I’ve gone from dogmatic certainty to holding the question at abeyance, from abeyance to doubt, from doubt to trying to trust again (loose... (27/09/2003 - 09:49)
: Thanks for an excellent comme: Thanks for an excellent comment- well said. In many ways, it goes back for me to a gal I knew in Bible college, who had a lot of questions in her devolving spiral of faith. I could answer all of them... (27/09/2003 - 06:47)
: A world without heroes: a brief and humble attempt at theodicy: I don’t believe the devil I don’t believe his book but the truth is not the same without the lies he made up U2, “God: Part II” It’s true that from a functional... (25/09/2003 - 22:30)

The church and the kingdom of God


: The preterist dilemma: Brett, I think that’s right - a succinct analysis of the preterist dilemma. It is essential that any reassessment of eschatology should not diminish the motivation for worship, mission or... (24/09/2003 - 16:30)
: 667: The Neighbor of the Beast: I long ago abandoned Futurist escatology of my childhood, but of course continued to be completely oriented by it’s attendent worldview, mission and purpose for the Church today. The... (24/09/2003 - 15:13)

Overhaul of Open Source Theology


: A categorical mistake?: Justin, it’s interesting that you should say that. I was thinking the other day that maybe I should remove all the categorization and just let stuff accumulate in a shapeless seething mass of... (22/09/2003 - 10:14)
: Thanks for being our tech-priest: Andrew - After trying a lot of different things to get Christian websites running right, I can really appreciate what you’ve done here. Thanks for making this site so easy to use and so well-... (22/09/2003 - 06:02)

Outline of an emerging theology


: Consequences of limiting the historical framework: Andrew, Thanks for the comments. I wholeheartedly agree that we have to first try to understand - as much as is possible for us given the data available - how the early church (and Jesus!) would have... (21/09/2003 - 08:58)
: Consequences of limiting to historical framework: Russ, I’m looking forward to hearing your response. I have a couple of thoughts on the point about limiting the early church to the eschatological framework. 1) Even if we do come to the... (19/09/2003 - 10:20)
: Post-echatological church and emergent theology: Andrew, Just to let you know, I’m reading through the articles you mentioned, and taking some time to note a few thoughts as they come to me. I very much agree with the need to interpet the... (18/09/2003 - 20:19)

Holiness: judgment or posture?


: "Not self improvement...": eric wrote: “I need to help her understand that self improvement is not holiness. [Amen!] But fat chance that’s gonna happen through the contemporary christian conversation/conversion... (18/09/2003 - 19:22)
: great quote: This quote from Karl Barth has been helpful to me: “Solidarity with the world means that those who are genuinely pious approach the children of the world as such, that those who are... (17/09/2003 - 20:22)
: Moral perfection?: Neo, thanks for your thoughtful response. I must admit I find this confusing – perhaps we understand different things by ‘moral perfection’. Certainly the ‘perfection’... (17/09/2003 - 15:46)
: Perhaps I'm missing some fine: Perhaps I’m missing some fine distinction here, Andrew (and if I am, please correct me; my interest is in Truth, not defending my stance), but it seems to me that moral perfection is exactly... (17/09/2003 - 12:43)

Are we just blowing smoke?


: Yes, a culture...: i) I wouldn’t say that ‘creating an alternative culture is a necessary condition of being filled with the Spirit’ but I do think that the collective experience of being church,... (17/09/2003 - 18:02)
: Culture?: There is far more to being Christian or being church than either the rare, intensely spiritual individual (your Namibian farmer) or the rare, intensely spiritual moment (encountering your Namibian... (17/09/2003 - 16:50)
: Difficult to disagree but...: In a way, edelen, it’s difficult to disagree with this sort of analysis, though it may be less relevant for the UK and other parts of the world. However, there is a danger, I think, of... (17/09/2003 - 14:01)
: edelen, I appreciate your obv: edelen, I appreciate your obvious passion for the Kingdom, and in some ways I share your perspective. I have a few questions I’d like to ask about your post, but since they are arguably outside... (17/09/2003 - 12:27)

Where have all the congregations gone?


: Why American communities fail...: Everyone wants community. (Our rugged American individualism is, in some ways, largely show. Europeans laugh at our conformity, especially when it comes to culture.) That said, we in America have... (17/09/2003 - 05:51)

Postcards from uncertain journeys


: Dynamical mode of faith: This article seems to be an attempt at a dynamical mode of faith, compared with a literal dead letter interpretation. What concerns me though is the way in which the community is interpreted as... (16/09/2003 - 17:13)

The Meaning of Transcendence in the Postmodern World


: Transcendence: The author sets out to talk about how the concept of transcendence is used in the world today. He lays out four different ways it is used and makes a good point that Christians use the word very... (15/09/2003 - 18:15)

Ramblings from One Slightly Homesick Sojourner


: Ramblings: Dan’s article on nostalgia has some very interesting impications for how we connect with those in our culture and help connect them with God. The author makes the point that people both... (15/09/2003 - 18:13)
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