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A Limited Vantage Point
Posted by: Lex on: March 8, 2006
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I am realizing that Christians in large part, especially those who like me have inherited their faith, are born into a very particular Christian tradition. My perspective on Christianity is very limited. I was born into an African Methodist Episcopal family (both sides), jumped ship at 16 to become Pentecostal and ran like the wind [...]
1st Presupposition to Surface
Posted by: Lex on: March 5, 2006
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I’m reading Brian McLaren’s A Generous Orthodoxy. I’m finding it to be the perfect place to start tilling the ground where my own presuppositions are concerned. There is a lot in the forwards and introduction, and Chapter 0 that has stirred things up and got me thinking, but this statement has me captivated: For too [...]
Reading for the Journey
Posted by: Lex on: March 3, 2006
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Here’s what I’m chewing on for the next 40 days in place of flesh, dairy and sugar: A Generous Orthodoxy, Brian McLaren The Case for Faith, Lee Strobel Mosaic of Christian Belief, Roger Olson Systematic Theology, Wayne Grudem Love Your God With All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul, [...]
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