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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 [...]
Jesus = God?
Posted by: Lex on: March 7, 2006
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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 [...]
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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