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Conservativism vs Humanitarianism In Church Theology [3] : Compromise vs Courage
Between 2016 and 2020, the US presidency of Donald Trump divided the Church like no president ever before. Trump proved to be more willing to step over an unconscionable line than any of his wiser Republican predecessors, all of whom (as well as all Democrats) professed at least a nominal level of adherence to the…
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Conservativism vs Humanitarianism In Church Theology [2] : Narrow & Broad Churches
The narrow church / broad church paradigm fits pretty well with the conservative/humanitarian theological split. Conservatives tend to prefer working within their own limited sphere of similar theologies within the Church as a whole, whilst humanitarians are generally more disposed to outreach and working with people from across a range of different denominational and theological…
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Conservativism vs Humanitarianism In Church Theology [1]
For decades, perhaps centuries, it was taken for granted that the wealthy and powerful of society were aligned with conservative political interests. This expectation has been largely captured in old-school political parties like the Tories in the UK, Republicans in the US, and in New Zealand, the National Party and latterly New Conservatives. However, recent…
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Conspiracy Theories and Christian Nationalism Contrarian To Church Growth [5]
This is the longest series of posts ever written on this blog, but that’s not been intentional. It just seems this theme keeps on going with new events and insight, and so a new part is added. The annual Southern Baptist Convention is being held this weekend in Nashville, TN, and will have to address…
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Conspiracy Theories and Christian Nationalism Contrarian To Church Growth [4]
The most important aspect of this discussion is to realise that US dispensationalist theology that points to present and future theocracy, as seen now in the country’s strong support for the present day State of Israel and its expectations of millenial rule as claimed by dispensationalists from the Book of Revelation, is inherently flawed, and…
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Russell Moore Resignation Draws Attention to Southern Baptist Coverup of Racism and Abuse
It seems since this blog has formed a lot has been written about events in the United States. The intention of this blog is to focus on topical issues across the entire Christian church. America ends up getting more focus than anywhere else because there is more theological controversy there than anywhere else, regrettably. News…
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Conspiracy Theories and Christian Nationalism Contrarian To Church Growth [3]
Continuing on this theme, the key political alignment for Christians in the US is with the Republican Party, and this is despite the failure of Christians to see much commitment from Republican presidents. Voters in the last term got possibly more from Trump than from a good many of his conservative predecessors, but it is…
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Conspiracy Theories and Christian Nationalism Contrarian To Church Growth [2]
In the first part of this series we took a look at the issue of conspiracy theories and how by feeding into a Christian Nationalist narrative, actual growth of the Kingdom of God is hindered rather than helped. As is often the case on this blog, further reflection on this subject has led to a…
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Formation of the Scriptural Canon
Following on from the posting about the book of Ecclesiasticus a few weeks ago, the bigger question that can be asked is how the Scriptural canon accepted by various churches came into being. This turns out to be surprisingly complex. The Old Testament is generally divisible into two parts, the protocanon and the deuterocanon, with…