Tag: Conservative Christianity

  • The New Reformation

    Let us be finally freed from our hunger for political power.

  • The loss of “power” and finding POWER

    And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling.…

  • Pay Attention and Don’t Drift Away

    In all our hand-wringing over the demise of (insert here alternately “liberal” or “conservative”) Christianity, what should be remembered is that while we’re busy yelling at each other, we might be forgetting to listen.  This is why it’s necessary for us to pay more attention to what we have heard, or else we may drift away from it. 2 If the message that…

  • Dividing Christ?

    Near Emmaus put together a nice synopsis of recent articles regarding “liberal” and “conservative” Christianity in America. I found Ross Douthat’s piece in the New York Times to be a great read. As I have read the comments on Douthat’s page and other responses, what I have wondered about is just how far we will go as “labeled” Christians to hold…