Archive for April 10, 2008

Why?

Posted in Postmodernism, Social Justice, The Teachings of Jesus, Various Theology with tags , , on April 10, 2008 by apuritanmindset

There is a serious problem with modern American Christianity, and it doesn’t seem as though those in leadership are interested in doing anything about it. The problem? We no longer have the answers to the questions that people are asking. People are asking “why” questions and we are giving “how” answers. And this obviously doesn’t solve anything. This obviously doesn’t answer any of their questions.

And yet we continue to do it. We continue to ignore the questions people are really asking and turn the conversation to things that we know how to talk about. How. Read more »

Hurts So Good

Posted in Politics, Postmodernism, Social Justice, Various Theology with tags on April 10, 2008 by apuritanmindset

I was reading an article on RelevantMagazine.com, and I got to thinking about love and marriage.

Statistically, the divorce rate overall is something like 52%. But it is higher among Christians than anyone else. That being the case, it makes me wonder if something that we have been teaching for a really long time is even remotely true. Read more »