Unpacking Faith

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A Limited Vantage Point

Posted by: Lex on: March 8, 2006

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 [...]

Jesus = God?

Posted by: Lex on: March 7, 2006

Another realization hit me last night as I was reading. I have a different conceptualization of Jesus and of God.
When I think of Jesus, the Son of Man, I picture him in his humanity and conceptualize the kind of guy I think he was: kind, loving, gentle, compassionate, real, relational, just, experiencing a full range [...]

Reading for the Journey

Posted by: Lex on: March 3, 2006

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, James [...]