In honor of the passing of Pope John Paul II (or how the Catholics are kicking our butts): The amount of worldwide respect paid to the late pontiff I have found to be quite interesting. Though I might not totally agree with the Roman church’s view of the papacy in general, I none the less
Category: Ecclesiology / Church
Multicultural Christianity
O.K. A new thought here. As I was considering the issues we’ve been discussing on race and culture, I realized I can’t think of a reason or precedent for being multicultural outside of the context of Christianity. I firmly believe that unity among people with all kind of differences is a sign of the kingdom.
Multicultural Worship
It’s good to hear someone else in support of what I’ve been recommending for a while now. That is, being flexible with worship styles, having a variety, not being afraid to do something drastically different from one week to the next. I haven’t been a big fan of the attitude that “contemporary” churches have taken,
Multiracial Church Quotes
Here are links to the articles along with excerpts that I thought were good: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/011/2.36.html “The white evangelicals we interviewed do not want a race problem.” http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/011/1.34.html “Most white evangelicals deny the existence of any ongoing racial problem in the U.S., and many blame the media and African Americans who refuse to forget the past
Multiracial Church
Here recently Christianity Today did a number of articles on striving for racial integration in the community of Christ followers. I know I’m posting a lot here to read, but I feel this issue is a very important one. I would identify one thing as one of if not the biggest problem in christianity as
Christianity as a subculture
Tonight I went to a concert at my church. When I arrived, a friend of mine came up and we started talking. She asked if all the different worship bands from the church were playing. I explained that while most all of the musicians who were playing are also on the worship team, that they
Thoughts on Worship
I recently had a good talk with a close friend of mine about worship. This was brought up due to some of the events of the previous day and our reactions to them. Specifically, there had been a worship conference, the evening of which was ended by several nationally known “worship artists” (is that a
About Church…
(This is an excerpt from a reply made to a post on another message board.) Western church today: A community social service center, which provides programming and events to entertain and reinforce it’s members’ normally comfortable lifestyles, and generally helps to raise their children to be “good”, as well as providing the a fore mentioned
The Church…
(This is an excerpt from a post I made on another message board.) The church should start caring more about what’s going on outside the walls of their own building shouldn’t expect people who don’t believe in God to act like it anyway. should be more concerned about others, and allow them to be honest
My Trip to Nashville
I recently went to Nashville to attend a large Christian event which was being held in Adelphia Stadium. It was a huge event, three of the biggest groups in music opened up the evening. They were followed by one of the most famous Christian evangelists of recent times. The stadium was packed with people. I