A huge opportunity is available especially to our attractional/traditional churches. Haiti had brought ordinary people out of the woodworks and into action. Others are looking for an outlet to help, express, and make sense of the calamity. What is your church doing about the devastation? Do you have a response? Are you only going to [...]
More »http://stufffchristianslike.blogspot.com/2009/06/563-keeping-at-least-one-non-believer.html
Yes, Stuff Christians Like is a wicked tongue in cheek summary of evangelical elitism in North America. I particularly enjoyed this post because it's so true. We're called by leaders, and leaders themselves act in this way, that we need to find at least one non-Christian and do stuff with--of course with the purpose of [...]
Nothing wrong with pro-life support, everything wrong with extremism and murdering in the name of a right-wing fundamentalist lord. Under no circumstances is violence the answer to the abortion debate and anybody who publicly or privately applauds violence do Christians a favour: don't call yourself one.
For a more concise dialogue on the subject please visit [...]
Painful commentary on how evangelicals leave the church because they realise their faith is built without a firm foundation...
http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/another-one-gets-off-the-evangelical-bus-thoughts-on-a-de-conversion
My sense is when Canadians literally grow a spine they'll start an exodus from boring evangelical church. I could be wrong.
I usually consider myself fairly open-minded. That's how I normally come across to those who walk into our church for the first time. In fact, that's the kind of ethos we've been working very hard to establish within our community of faith. Everyone is welcome, regardless of creed, gender, sexual orientation, education, or economic status. [...]
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