St. Antony’s Cave

Saul Bellow in his novel Herzog quotes what he says is an old song, “There are flies on me; there’s flies on you, but there ain’t no flies on Jesus.”  O yes, there were (more…)

 ”Jeremiah was a bullfrog.  He was a good friend of mine,” so sang “Three Dog Night.”  Well Rev. Jeremiah Wright isn’t a bullfrog, but he was a good friend of Senator Baraak Obamba.  Keep reading; this isn’t a political screed but a diatribe on the relationship of pastor and people. (more…)

In the March 8/15 issue of World magazine, Marvin Olasky references 2 Samuel 6:16 to bring up short those of us defending liturgical worship.  He quotes the passage: ” ‘As the ark of  the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.’” And then says, “Some church leaders who prefer solemnity despise those who leap and dance.  But David insisted to Michal, ‘I will make merry before the Lord,’ and some evangelicals rightly say the same.”  Do they? (more…)

The following will enable those who haven’t placed me in the category of fundamentalist or uneducated to do so now. (more…)

 All quotes are from the book I referenced in an earlier post: Sign of the Kingdom by Lesslie Newbign.

  ” ‘The Evangelisation of the World in this Generation’ did

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