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August 25, 2006
Who caught my eye this week? McKnight, Myers and Gonzalez
Scot McKnight has a great post on The Rise of Neo-Fundamentalism. Scot predicts: 
What I can't understand is why people want to go there: its history is predictable. Though I'm no prophet, this is what I think might occur:
It will become insular and separatistic,
it will become divisive and accusatory from within,
it will lack grace,
it will create Christians who are not free in the Spirit but who will be rigid and intolerant,
it will become socially withdrawn,
it will lose a prophetic voice because it will lose contact with culture,
it will attract angry, defensive, and mean-spirited individuals...I could go on.
Chris Gonzalez is excited about the return of another school year in college ministry, and I love his passion for the university and its students. He has a great post where he asks the question, Should I not love that great university? Check out some of his writings on this issue, and as school draws near for some of my students while it has started for others, I will be reading more of what Chris has to say about the college student.
Ben Myers, an Australian theological blogger has a great series going on "Theology for Beginners." I love reading Ben's blog for many reasons, but one reason that I appreciate it the most is that it pulls me out of my ethnocentrism as not only an American, but as someone who has been conditioned theologically from an American, cultural standpoint, and at points, fails to consider the breadth of a global, theological perspective. Ben helps me correct this when I read his blog. Ben is a great writer and thinker and you would be wise to read his blog. Check out the 7 parts of his series so far:
Theology for beginners (1): Faith
Theology for beginners (2): Theology
Theology for beginners (3): Gospel
Theology for beginners (4): Israel
Theology for beginners (5): Jesus
Theology for beginners (6): Crucifixion
Theology for beginners (7): Resurrection
Posted by rhett at August 25, 2006 11:33 AM
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