As promised. My take on the first of two books that have been on my mind recently. It doesn’t surprise me that Pagan Christianity by Frank Viola and George Barna is ridiculed online and elsewhere by some from the Christian community. After all, when you attempt to kill certain sacred cows, you’ll only reap condemnation […]
Two Books
Two books that are on my radar currently–aside from the novels I need to read–are In Praise of Doubt: How to Have Convictions Without Becoming a Fanatic by Peter Berger and Anton Zijderveld…and Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices by Frank Viola and George Barna. I’ll let you know how it goes. […]
More On the God I Don’t Understand
Yesterday I had some thoughts on Christopher J. H. Wright’s The God I Don’t Understand, and today I’ll continue some of those thoughts, if you don’t mind. Speaking of the “offence of evil,” I agree with Wright that God’s curse way-back-when does not refer “to an intrinsic (or ontological, if you like such words) curse […]
I Just Don’t Understand God Sometimes
Okay, so I’ve promised you I would take you along (drag you along?) on my journey of learning and discovery, and as I’ve just started Christopher J. H. Wright’s The God I Don’t Understand (I know, I know, I was supposed to be reading this all along, but with so many summer events intervening, I […]
The God I Don’t Understand
I’m starting to read The God I Don’t Understand by Christopher Wright. I like the title. I like what it claims. The subtitle reads, “Reflections on Tough Questions of Faith.” I’m afraid, though, that it won’t answer my other questions, that of the origins of Christian faith and thought. That’s where I’m stuck now. It’s fine […]