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Missio Dei & Pietism

Whatever ever else we might say about "missio Dei," it is I think an attempt to overcome the deep strains of pietism that have become the norm in American Christianity (including Orthodox Christianity). The Greek Orthodox ethicist Christos Yannaras has written extensively on pietism as an "ecclesiological heresy." In his book The Freedom of Morality, he writes that: Pietism made its appearance as a distinct historical movement within Protestantism, at the end of the seventeenth and beginning o

21 Nov 2008, 8:00 am | click here for more

Cartoon Funny Of The Week

Cartoon silly Of The Week If you enjoyed this post, please consider subscribing to Bible Money Matters. Subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe via email. Thanks for visiting! November 21, 2008 · Filed below cartoon, christianity

21 Nov 2008, 8:57 am | click here for more

The Wall Street Journal editorial pages are a very silly place

The Wall road Journal editorial pages are a very silly place Category: Kooks The United States has some serious problems: an ugly war, a shaky economy, a bad government (on the way out, at last). It's been a rough eight years. So of course it must be someone's fault, and Daniel Henninger has a simple explanation: blame the atheists. Especially blame the atheist's successful war on Christmas. He says, "A nation whose people can't say 'Merry Christmas' is a nation capable of ruining its possess ec

21 Nov 2008, 9:03 am | click here for more

Forced Islamic Indoctrination of British children

FROM THEOPINIONATOR: Yet another example of the forced inculcation of the non muslim British kids into the Islam appears on a video today. (ITV Local West Country) below the guise of "Islamic awareness", school kids were brought to a mosque to have Islam explained to them by a cleric. Clearly the schools and government are behind this concerted effort to muslimize British kids and this is just the most recent example of such brainwashing. --In August, 2007 - British kids wer

21 Nov 2008, 9:39 am | click here for more

We don’t need a divine credit rating agency

Towards the end of a piece on souls and embryo research, Andrew Brown says: It seems to me that one of the reasons that a moral philosopher might postulate God is that it doesn't make much sense to talk about things being valuable and worthwhile if you aren't prepared to suggest to whom or what they are valuable or worthwhile. This is where the God of orthodox Christianity comes in handy, because he is by definition the only being who can value everything entirely for its possess sake. But somethin

21 Nov 2008, 7:44 am | click here for more

Newborn denied birth certificate

Below is a translation of an article by Dr. Basma Mousa, an Egyptian Baha’i activist: Today, Egypt celebrates kids’s Day and on this occasion I have a question to ask: what fate will befall a newborn child who was refused a birth certificate by the Department of Civil Status? The child, born on the 9th of November, now joins the list of Baha’i kids in Egypt who lack identification papers for no other reason than their religious adherence. Shihab Shady Mousa was born on the 9th of Nove

21 Nov 2008, 10:30 am | click here for more

Christianity without Culture

Every now and then I read something that makes me appreciate the internet. It’s rare, but it happens. Fr. Neuhaus’s On the Square post from today marks one of those occurences. It’s a tremendous essay, and I will simply re-post the closing argument. But please do read the whole thing. Babylon cannot be transformed into the New Jerusalem. The latter is God’s achievement in God’s good time. To attempt to achieve it on our possess is a delusion. Acting on the delusion leads to fevered fanaticism;

21 Nov 2008, 8:28 am | click here for more

Prayer and fasting FAIL

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21 Nov 2008, 7:20 am | click here for more

Japan revisits dark chapter in Christianity's past

NAGASAKI, Japan (AFP) — As church bells ring and grey-robed nuns rush to Mass in this Japanese port city, a dark chapter in Christianity's past is being revisited with the beatification of 188 martyrs persecuted for their faith. The Catholic Church hopes the special ceremony for the Christians killed in the 17th century will generate more interest in the history of a religion that has so far failed to take root in a country dominated by Buddhism and Shinto. "We have a history of religious per

21 Nov 2008, 7:15 am | click here for more

Dan Kimball on Liturgy, Church Buildings, and Senior Pastors

Dan Kimball: The churches I know that are winning new believers and drawing people who did not grow up in the church are not using too many liturgical elements. I think we might be seeing people who were raised within the church and who are sleepy of the contemporary approach being drawn to the ancient practices. But, at least on the West coast, I’m not seeing young people from outside the church being drawn to liturgy. Every person I know—and obviously I don’t know everybody—who has moved into

21 Nov 2008, 8:04 am | click here for more

ALMOST THREE HOURS DETAINED

I have finished buying my mom’s request: Dove moisturizing soap (pink and white) and was happily sitting beside Kuya D and R when a robed Arab in white, approached us and asked for my IQAMA (Saudi ID). We were in Batha and Arab People like him are called MUTAWA (Somewhat like Police) who have the prerogative to check people who were suspicious enough to be suspects of not having ID’s or maybe worse having illicit activities. So of course I have my IQAMA with me, but the unexpected happened… He

21 Nov 2008, 6:59 am | click here for more

Arizona "Choose Life" License Plate

For years, Arizonans have been denied the ability to purchase a "pick Life" license dish for their automobiles. Yesterday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously overturned a 2005 verdict, by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt. Here is the story from LifeNews.com. Thoughts or Comments?

21 Nov 2008, 9:41 am | click here for more

Christianity in ancient Japan

1551 Francis Xavier and other Jesuits returned from Japan. The introduction of Christianity to Japan is frequently, one might say usually, credited to St Francis Xavier, a disciple of St Ignatius of Loyola, and the date given is 1549. For example, Kondansha's Encyclopedia of Japan makes that claim, and Schaff-Herzog Encyclopaedia of Religion seems to accept the received wisdom. However, modern research indicates that the Christian gospel was already ancient in Japan when Xavier first set foot

21 Nov 2008, 6:47 am | click here for more

NOAH's ARK REPLICA

Most of US know the story behind THE NOAH'S ARK and I want to share this amazing one. Working Replica of Noah's Ark Opened In SCHAGEN, Netherlands The massive central door in the side of Noah's Ark was opened the first crowd of curious townsfolk to behold the wonder. Of course, it's only a replica of the biblical Ark , built by Dutch Creationist Johan Huibers as a testament to his faith in the literal truth of the Bible.The ark is 150 cubits long, 30 cubits high and 20 cubits wide. That's two-

21 Nov 2008, 8:46 am | click here for more

Albert Mohler: Echoes of Old Heresies Still Among Us -- A Visit to Divinity Hall

Friday, November 21, 2008 Excerpt: Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1838 "Divinity School Address" was a call to radical theological revisionism, and thousands of ministers have answered his call. It is no accident that evangelical Christianity was so soon set on its heels in Emerson's New England. Standing in the chapel in Divinity Hall last evening, I was struck by how contemporary Emerson's argument sounds. The call he issued 170 years ago is the very message we now hear from others -- Christianity m

21 Nov 2008, 7:59 am | click here for more

Good Reads {21 November, 2008}

What a week! I’ve been quite busy getting ready for a couple of interviews so when I finally had time to check my Google Reader earlier today, I almost fell off my seat at the sheer number of unread blogs. So I activated my SAR (Search And Retain) sensors and here are what I think are pretty good reads this week: # Now I know that some of the best beer in the world were first brewed by monks, but that’s no reason to turn any pub into a pseudo church! Is it a pub or is it a church? Oh, wait, w

21 Nov 2008, 8:05 am | click here for more

Church of Oprah?

Millions of men and women tune in daily to hear this televangelist preach from her armchair pulpit. But Oprah Winfrey’s ratings are starting to slip. Have her disciples gone into Oprah overload? One Chicago pastor thinks so, saying she will go the way of other untrue prophets. Rev. Erwin Lutzer, pastor of Moody Bible Church, probes the spirituality of Winfrey in his new book: “Oprah, Miracles, and the New Earth.” Though Winfrey calls herself a Christian, Lutzer says the spiritual views of the

21 Nov 2008, 9:48 am | click here for more

The Unity of the Spirit

Isn’t it amazing how much division there is in the Christian Church today? With so many different denominations, you can find any different flavor of Christianity to suit your individual tastes. But here’s the thing that’s starting to bother me about the legitimacy about the Church. According to the theologies that most groups have, they every have some type of doctrine about the Holy Spirit. One of the things that the Bible lists about the Holy Spirit is that it brings unity in thought and agre

21 Nov 2008, 7:00 am | click here for more

America’s Christian Heritage

America’s Christian Heritage November 21st, 2008 It is impossible to govern rightly without God and the Bible. ~ George Washington We have staked the whole future of American civilization not upon the power of government. Far from it. We have staked the future on the capacity of each and every of us to govern ourselves, control ourselves, and to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God. ~ James Madison I do not know whether every Americans have a sincere faith in their relig

21 Nov 2008, 10:39 am | click here for more

The Deadly Convenience of Christianity Without Culture

By Richard John Neuhaus Friday, November 21, 2008 Excerpt: Obama’s public remarks on the freedom of religion and constitutional law demonstrate little awareness of the significance of the first freedom of the First Amendment in America’s law and lived experience. Moreover, after more than three decades of the most passionate public debate of these matters, Obama declared during the election that the moral and legal status of the unborn child are questions “over my pay grade.” The truly ominou

21 Nov 2008, 8:11 am | click here for more

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