“I am in no sense an evangelical, for I do not share the view that faith in Jesus is the only route to salvation, nor am I determined to convert others to my point of view,” writes author Jon Meacham in the opening of his book The Hope of Glory – Reflections on the Last Words of Jesus on the …
What happens when a 20 year minister in the Christian faith has to teach a Religions 101 (Religions of the World) class at a small liberal arts college? That’s the story of Barbara Brown Taylor in her book Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others. “(This) is my story,” she writes, “but it is also the story of …
I received a complementary copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. Evangelical Christianity was not working for Reba Riley. Early in her book Post Traumatic Church Syndrome (PTCS) she shares a conversation she had with her Fundamentalist Christian mother. “Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man …
I came across this video recently where theologian Marcus Borg and Episcopal minister Charles Holt discuss the question “Did Jesus Rise From the Dead?” I thought it was a fascinating discussion contrasting the liberal views of Borg versus the traditional Christian opinions of Holt in considering the Resurrection of Jesus: Marcus Borg is a Christian mystic. He writes on …
As an avid Denver Broncos fan all my life it has been fun for me to watch quarterback Tim Tebow this season. I was at the Chicago Bears game last week were Tebow and the Broncos pulled off yet another improbable comeback, their 6th win in a row. So why am I writing about Tebow here instead of on my …
Biblical scholar Bart Ehrman has a new book out, Forged: Writing in the Name of God — Why the Bible’s Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are. And religious conservatives are not happy. I came across this article, “Meet Bart Ehrman: A One-Man God Fraud Squad”, which gives both sides of what Ehrman is all about. “Bart Ehrman has …
Recently I came across Gina Welch’s insightful look into the evangelical church in her first book “In The Land Of Believers” If a movie were to be made of earlier years it might be titled “I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist”! Yes in my younger days I was a conservative Bible believer. Over the years my spiritual outlook transformed to a …