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lism love money music new testament old testament parenting paul pentateuch politics pop culture prayer prophets psalms race religion revelation romans science sermons sex slavery struggles suffering summit the flood theodicy theology the poor trump universalism vengeance violence war wisdom women worship violence for jesus part 1 when soldiers couldn t be christians part 2 constantine and augustine part 3 charlemagne s forced baptisms part 4 the crusades the christian case for obama part 1 against romney part 2 for obama part 3 the drone problem was mary really a virgin part 1 ground rules part 2 what paul says part 3 what mark says part 4 matthew and luke similarities and contradictions part 5 what else matthew and luke say part 6 what john says part 7 extrabiblical accounts part 8 old testament prophecy part 9 theological defenders xpart 10 searching for a better defense xpart 11 gromacki s defense xpart 12 the arbitrariness of virginity xpart 13 the history of the doctrine xpart 14 n t wright s defense xpart 15 the liberal metaphorization xpart 16 summary xpart 17 the verdict can paul be trusted on sexuality part 1 the sin of effeminacy part 2 the concept of self mastery part 3 the primacy of masculinity part 4 jewish apologetics part 5 paul s purposes what the bible gets wrong about god part 1 the problem part 2 the evidence part 3 the contradictions part 4 the evolution prophets and politics part 1 the prophets part 2 the response part 3 my response who i read starts with a bang richard beck rachel held evans variant readings homebrewed christianity jacobin nt blog damon parker christian ethics bites ancient jew review charis naturalis historia the jesus blog jesus creed larry hurtado pete enns archives july 2020 june 2020 april 2020 december 2019 september 2019 august 2019 july 2019 june 2019 april 2019 march 2019 february 2019 december 2018 november 2018 october 2018 september 2018 august 2018 july 2018 june 2018 may 2018 april 2018 february 2018 january 2018 december 2017 august 2017 october 2013 september 2013 august 2013 july 2013 june 2013 may 2013 april 2013 march 2013 february 2013 january 2013 december 2012 november 2012 october 2012 september 2012 august 2012 july 2012 june 2012 may 2012 april 2012 march 2012 february 2012 january 2012 december 2011 november 2011 october 2011 september 2011 august 2011 july 2011 month november 2012 ten months later the same psalm another funeral today another with a casket too short another that comes after years of prayers seemingly unanswered the sense of this psalm written by glenn pemberton for liam almost a year ago applies equally now to rex his parents lance and jill and the rest of their family continue reading ten months later the same psalm posted on november 30 2012 november 30 2012 categories hard questions tags faith love parenting prayer psalms religion struggles suffering theodicy worship leave a comment on ten months later the same psalm violence for jesus or how the church went rogue part 4 if you had been there your feet would have been stained to the ankles in the blood of the slain what shall i say neither women nor children were spared fulcher of chartres a history of the expedition to jerusalem 1095 1127 perhaps the most alarming single fact that i ve learned about the first crusade is that after the christians breached the walls of jerusalem and slaughtered all who had sought refuge in the dome of the rock mosque fulcher actually called it the temple of solomon the soldiers went immediately to the church of the holy sepulchre built by constantine on the site believed to be where jesus tomb had been and gave thanks to god for the victory has there ever been any series of events that were so strongly supported at the time of their occurrence only to be so thoroughly repudiated by later history the crusaders believed so strongly in the divine support of their mission that they launched at least eight of them over the 180 years between 1096 and 1271 as we ve seen the church began its life as an oppressed movement that forbade its members from even joining the army in part because soldiers likely would be asked to arrest torture or kill christians power had changed much about the christian comfort with soldiery and violence especially violence in the name of god as recently as 1066 the famed battle of hastings that changed western civilization forever the papal backed soldiers of normandy paid penance for the deaths they caused on the battlefield yet just 30 years later pope urban ii made a substantial shift in the relationship between killing and sin continue reading violence for jesus or how the church went rogue part 4 posted on november 28 2012 november 28 2012 categories current events history learning tags church genocide grad school history politics religion war 1 comment on violence for jesus or how the church went rogue part 4 violence for jesus or how the church went rogue part 3 crowning of charlemagne by pope leo iii c 800 last time in this series we looked at the nationalization of the church in the era of constantine and his successors which led to a cozier relationship between christians and all aspects of the state including the military after prohibiting soldiers from being baptized in the second century military service was explicitly allowed by the council of nicaea in 325 in fact the council prohibited christians from rejecting military service during peacetime we ended with augustine who in arguing against the ultra rigorist donatists developed the notion of ex operate operatum that sacraments like baptism are worked by the work the baptism itself does the work of saving not the person doing the baptizing that worked well as a defense against throwing an unknown number of people out of the church because of the failings of an unknown number of priests but of course doctrines that make sense in one context sometimes develop into something quite differently such was the case after the fall of rome in the fifth century the last roman emperor that is the emperor based in rome was deposed in 476 although the roman empire itself continued in constantinople for many centuries nevertheless the decentralized collection of germanic states that made up the former territories of the roman empire led to a different understanding of the faith of rome which those states did eventually adopt among those states were some small political entities run by the pope himself stretching across central italy the bishop of rome as a political ruler led to entanglements with the various germanic rulers depending on the relative strengths of the personalities and offices involved the first and most significant of these interactions was with clovis king of the franks continue reading violence for jesus or how the church went rogue part 3 posted on november 26 2012 categories history learning tags church grad school history religion war 2 comments on violence for jesus or how the church went rogue part 3 research and papers and finals oh my with a paper due in less than two weeks a final the week after that and thanksgiving right around the corner blogging is going to be light for a little bit i have to get up pretty early to get blogging done before work and late nights at the library make that a lot more difficult so have a great thanksgiving and we ll resume our conversations next week posted on november 20 2012 categories holidays tags blog business 1 comment on research and papers and finals oh my violence for jesus or when the church goes rogue part 2 so how did the church move from prohibiting soldiers from being baptized in the early 200s to launching the crusades 800 years later as with most major shifts in policy or doctrine it happened slowly but i think we can isolate a couple of key moments the first of which featuring constantine the great in 312 as constantine was fighting to take control of the whole empire which had essentially been divided into four parts by diocletian in an effort to end the succession battles that had been taking place he purportedly saw a vision in the sky of the chi rho monogram a combination of the first two letters in the greek word for christ that was popular with christians at the time followed the next day by an appearance from jesus himself in a dream inspired to emblazen the chi rho on the shields of his army constantine in 313 issued the edict of milan extending freedom of religion to christians and all others in 324 upon taking the reins of both the eastern and western halves of the empire constantine extended the edict to everyone continue reading violence for jesus or when the church goes rogue part 2 posted on november 16 2012 categories history learning tags church history religion war 1 comment on violence for jesus or when the church goes rogue part 2 retiring love the sinner hate the sin this is part of justin lee s sanity syncroblog in celebration of his new book torn rescuing the gospel from the gays vs christians debate when justin lee came through town earlier this year one big part of his presentation was the need for people to better understand the definitions of the terms they use if people on different sides of an issue use the same terms but imbue them with different meaning it s difficult to really have a conversation we see this in politics when someone says fiscal cliff or tax reform or increased revenue those terms mean something different depending on their party affiliation and that definition might be different from the one assumed by reporters voters and other more impartial observers we really see this in sexuality the topic is so personal and so poorly discussed that we have lots of room to internalize our experiences and apply definitions that may or may not be the same as anybody else s then when we bring those experiences and terms into public discussion we assume we re all working with the same definition but we re not and we end up talking past each other one frequently used phrase that needs better definition is love the sinner hate the sin continue reading retiring love the sinner hate the sin posted on november 13 2012 categories current events learning tags books homosexuality jesus love religion 10 comments on retiring love the sinner hate the sin violence for jesus or how the church went rogue part 1 once upon a time christianity was very exclusive how exclusive well enough that a third century document the apostolic tradition attributed to hippolytus though no one actually knows for sure who wrote it listed out who could not be baptized the text consists of various guidelines for how christians are to conduct themselves in church how to do baptisms ordain bishops perform liturgies etc and as you can tell from the title it claims that these rules date all the way back to the practice of the apostles though of course they don t chapter 16 is a fascinating paragraph that opens referring to the church leadership they will inquire concerning the works and occupations of those are who are brought forward for instruction what follows is a series of sentences in the structure if someone is a he shall cease or be rejected some of the professions that fill in the ellipsis are as follows pimp sculptor or painter actor charioteer participant or attendee of the games gladiator or otherwise affiliated with gladiator or wild beast shows priest or attendant of idols enchanter astrologer diviner interpreter of dreams charlatan or maker of amulets continue reading violence for jesus or how the church went rogue part 1 posted on november 12 2012 november 12 2012 categories hard questions history learning tags church faith grad school history religion struggles war 2 comments on violence for jesus or how the church went rogue part 1 justice for all last night was fun for those of us who voted donated or volunteered to re elect president obama it was thrilling it was rewarding but it was so much more because the way we vote determines our values as a society and in 2012 our society chose compassion we chose health insurance for those who cannot afford it we chose a softer approach to those seeking a better life within our borders we chose at least i hope we did to begin healing our suffering planet we chose the candidate who promised to protect the people who didn t have a seat at the table of power whose voices struggle to rise above the lobbyists special interests and money that have flooded our political system almost as important as what we chose is what we rejected continue reading justice for all posted on november 7 2012 categories current events tags homosexuality politics the poor 3 comments on justice for all election day thoughts take the election seriously but also take it lightly we are citizens of the unshakable kingdom of god jesus is on his throne and he s not worried about tuesday jonathan storment posted on november 6 2012 categories current events tags politics leave a comment on election day thoughts reasons for rain we ve been working through 1 thessalonians in our church s bible class for the past few weeks and it s been quite the ride as the earliest written christian document ever found it features a number of themes begging for study the guy leading it is a new testament professor where i work and he s really led the class through some unusual discussions ones you don t usually find in church one of those centered around 1 thessalonians 2 14 16 a passage that perhaps makes us squirm a little bit nowadays for several reasons brothers and sisters you became imitators of the churches of god in judea which are in christ jesus this was because you also suffered the same things from your own people as they did from the jews they killed both the lord jesus and the prophets and drove us out they don t please god and they are hostile to the entire human race when they try to stop us from speaking to the gentiles so they can be saved they constantly fill up the measure of their sin god s wrath has caught up with them in the end i ve used the ceb as i typically do but replaced their preferred interpretation in v 16b with the footnoted translation in italics which more closely captures the literal sense of the greek so there s the anti semitism the blaming of the jews for the death of jesus never mind that he was actually killed by romans and never mind that it was actually a tiny number of jews involved in turning him over to them for example even if you can justly incriminate all jerusalem jews for jesus death and you cannot there were still large jewish populations in alexandria and rome never mind the rest of palestine who would have never even heard of joshua the messiah until told about him by christians decades later then there s the italicized phrase which is a little weird continue reading reasons for rain posted on november 1 2012 july 2 2013 categories bible study current events learning tags 1 thessalonians 2 maccabees bible jesus 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