the auto-deconstructive image: of vestigial places
... Instead, it should be understood as directed at showing the internal tensions within Christianity as a system of ideas (or as Nancy puts it: an assemblage of ideas), which is already engaged in undermining itself as a system. To deconstruct Christianity would mean: ‘neither to destroy in order to re ...
... Instead, it should be understood as directed at showing the internal tensions within Christianity as a system of ideas (or as Nancy puts it: an assemblage of ideas), which is already engaged in undermining itself as a system. To deconstruct Christianity would mean: ‘neither to destroy in order to re ...
A third Testament by Malcolm Muggeridge
... he explains the uniting principle behind all of the thinkers he chose. Of course, the individuals whom he chose speak volumes about what Muggeridge is trying to say. He was astute enough to find the thread that binds these disparate men together. They all had one aspect in common. Muggeridge describ ...
... he explains the uniting principle behind all of the thinkers he chose. Of course, the individuals whom he chose speak volumes about what Muggeridge is trying to say. He was astute enough to find the thread that binds these disparate men together. They all had one aspect in common. Muggeridge describ ...
Presentation
... Today, we discuss a particularly Christian ethical movement based on the idea that there is only one absolute principle on which we should base judgments on whether an act is right or wrong. This one principle: Agape or self-giving love of our neighbor. ...
... Today, we discuss a particularly Christian ethical movement based on the idea that there is only one absolute principle on which we should base judgments on whether an act is right or wrong. This one principle: Agape or self-giving love of our neighbor. ...
format - CSDirectory.com
... “The sixth chapter opens with Darius the Mede’s reorganization of the kingdom.” (Eerdmans Commentary) He “divides his kingdom into 120 satrapies, the whole being superintended by three higher officials, of whom Daniel was one (vv.1,2)." (Dummelow Commentary) “Daniel had lived over sixty years [is of ...
... “The sixth chapter opens with Darius the Mede’s reorganization of the kingdom.” (Eerdmans Commentary) He “divides his kingdom into 120 satrapies, the whole being superintended by three higher officials, of whom Daniel was one (vv.1,2)." (Dummelow Commentary) “Daniel had lived over sixty years [is of ...
Australian Christian Lobby (Word format)
... Within this godly framework of human government it is therefore logical and reasonable to assume that those who aspire to leadership must know how to rule themselves, before they qualify to rule others. In other words, good civil government begins with proper self-government – which can be defined a ...
... Within this godly framework of human government it is therefore logical and reasonable to assume that those who aspire to leadership must know how to rule themselves, before they qualify to rule others. In other words, good civil government begins with proper self-government – which can be defined a ...
Solas Paper 2 - Solas Centre for Public Christianity
... they can spend their time on more effectively. The dying patient becomes someone to avoid because he or she speaks to them of their failure to offer a cure. Some may fight death in their patients, continuing to use therapeutic interventions of ever diminishing value (for example chemotherapy for som ...
... they can spend their time on more effectively. The dying patient becomes someone to avoid because he or she speaks to them of their failure to offer a cure. Some may fight death in their patients, continuing to use therapeutic interventions of ever diminishing value (for example chemotherapy for som ...
Christianity and Time - Digital Commons @ Butler University
... clay, as a king over Israel or over the entire world, as the majestic creator of everything beginning with a big-bang-like Light, as the creator who told Job there is no place to stand to understand God's creation. There are of course other metaphoric systems for God's relation with the world in the ...
... clay, as a king over Israel or over the entire world, as the majestic creator of everything beginning with a big-bang-like Light, as the creator who told Job there is no place to stand to understand God's creation. There are of course other metaphoric systems for God's relation with the world in the ...
The Theology of the Cross
... LENT 2013 SERMON SERIES: The Theology of the Cross order to know this, you have to remove Jesus’ humanity from him. Frankly speaking, if Jesus is portrayed as only a God-man with God powers, then the story of the crucifixion makes even less sense to us. Paul was the first to write about the cross, ...
... LENT 2013 SERMON SERIES: The Theology of the Cross order to know this, you have to remove Jesus’ humanity from him. Frankly speaking, if Jesus is portrayed as only a God-man with God powers, then the story of the crucifixion makes even less sense to us. Paul was the first to write about the cross, ...
Theology of Technology
... • Inferior product lines can be terminated. • There is no intrinsic value in a product e,g. how valuable is an iPad 2 today? This is a total contradiction of the gospel….. ...
... • Inferior product lines can be terminated. • There is no intrinsic value in a product e,g. how valuable is an iPad 2 today? This is a total contradiction of the gospel….. ...
Indisputable Evidence - First Baptist Church of Albemarle
... ridiculous than the Christian who hoped to be able to act in the manner of Christ when put to the test without the appropriate exercise in godly living.” Choosing to become a disciple of Christ is immediate, but becoming Christ-like in discipleship takes a lifetime. Eugene Peterson refers to this a ...
... ridiculous than the Christian who hoped to be able to act in the manner of Christ when put to the test without the appropriate exercise in godly living.” Choosing to become a disciple of Christ is immediate, but becoming Christ-like in discipleship takes a lifetime. Eugene Peterson refers to this a ...
“UU and A Christian Humanist” Sermon by Rev. Jim Eller All Souls
... I know that I am worthy. I know that I am welcome. Here all are worthy. All are welcome. ...
... I know that I am worthy. I know that I am welcome. Here all are worthy. All are welcome. ...
PowerPoint - Sugar Land Bible Church
... • “For we must consider that we shall be as a City set upon a Hill; the eyes of all people are upon us; so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us, we shall be a story and a by-word through the world.” John Wint ...
... • “For we must consider that we shall be as a City set upon a Hill; the eyes of all people are upon us; so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us, we shall be a story and a by-word through the world.” John Wint ...
EVERYONE A THEOLOGIAN September 15
... It is one of the glories of being created in God's image that we're expected to think deeply about life, with thinking about God as essential to who we are. Created a little lower than the angels, we're to love God with heart, soul, MIND, and strength. And we Presbyterians take that mind portion ver ...
... It is one of the glories of being created in God's image that we're expected to think deeply about life, with thinking about God as essential to who we are. Created a little lower than the angels, we're to love God with heart, soul, MIND, and strength. And we Presbyterians take that mind portion ver ...
1. Early Christian Philosophy
... a. The data of revelation are accepted by faith and are not the result of a logical process of reasoning. On the other hand, the Faith has a rational basis, in that, logically speaking, the acceptance of mysteries on authority presupposes the ascertainability by natural reasoning of certain prelimin ...
... a. The data of revelation are accepted by faith and are not the result of a logical process of reasoning. On the other hand, the Faith has a rational basis, in that, logically speaking, the acceptance of mysteries on authority presupposes the ascertainability by natural reasoning of certain prelimin ...
Christianity and the Person
... • The conscience has an absolute authority -- superior to that of any human being or institution. • Authority is personal in character. • The principles of morality, represented by the wellformed conscience, are eternal, immutable and ...
... • The conscience has an absolute authority -- superior to that of any human being or institution. • Authority is personal in character. • The principles of morality, represented by the wellformed conscience, are eternal, immutable and ...
Christian mysticism
Christian mysticism refers to the development of mystical practices and theory within Christianity. It has often been connected to mystical theology, especially in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christianity both the Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodox traditions.The attributes and means by which Christian mysticism is studied and practiced are varied and range from ecstatic visions of the soul's mystical union with God to simple prayerful contemplation of Holy Scripture (i.e., Lectio Divina).