Archive for September, 2011
The Religious Faith of Atheist Extremists
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011So let me be clear about a few things up front: 1. I do not believe that people who do not believe in my notion of God–or any other notion, for that matter–are going to hell. 2. This conviction translates into really, honestly, having no drive to convert anyone to Christianity away from some other [...]
“It took me a long time to learn…” Mulling Niemöller on 9-16
Friday, September 16th, 2011“It took me a long time to learn that God is not the enemy of my enemies. He is not even the enemy of His enemies.” The late Martin Niemöller said these words after eight years of concentration camp imprisonment, and friend Kirsten Mebust reminded me of them on a facebook post of hers on [...]
Can Grace Really Be Pulled out of the Fire? Scary Matthew 13.
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011Anna- curious of your understanding of Matthew 13:36-43. Is this really telling of a one time judgement and not an eternal one? I was thinking of our conversation at Outlaw Ranch this past week. It sounds pretty eternal to me. Dang. There’s always gotta be one in the crowd who listens and then in their [...]
