Isaiah – Orthodox Church of America icon Opening thought : The purpose of chemotherapy is to kill, but to kill in order to preserve life. If you have ever undergone chemotherapy, you might feel for a while like you are going to die or that you are under some kind of judgment, but the purpose of that chemo is to keep you alive. If left to grow, the cancerous areas will kill you
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Isaiah 24-25: Judgment saves!
Paul Harvey Thanks to Jon Walton, “Evangelicals Embracing Ecclesial Elitism? “, for calling my attention to this story, from the Boston Globe, about the crowning of the well-known black minister in Boston John M. Borders III as a Bishop.
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Baptist Bishops
Paul Harvey Ted Haggard is back with a new church (as we blogged about here before). To no one’s surprise, it has outgrown its original “barn” and has moved to downtown Colorado Springs for the time being.
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Ted Haggard: He’s Baaack!
Bishop Minns has accused The Episcopal Church of bribing African bishops ( see my previous post ) but of course that is only a minor stain compared to the great pollution he charges The Episcopal Church and other parts of the Anglican Communion that “ignore the plain teaching of the Bible and the unique role of Jesus the Christ as the only Savior…disregard the delicate balance of relationship between men and women.. and promote disobedience to the revealed Word of God” Here is what he had to say in his Pastoral Call to CANA this past week.
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The Tide of Ecclesial Pollution: Bishop Minns reads the Anglican Oil Spill.
Paul Harvey Matt Hedstrom of the University of Virginia send along this information about a conference on William James. For fuller information on this conference, click here . In the Footsteps of William James A Symposium on the Legacy – and the On-Going Uses – of James’s Work Organized by the William James Society and co-sponsored by the Chocorua Community Association and the Houghton Library at Harvard University August 13-15, 2010: Chocorua, NH August 16, 2010: Cambridge, MA Schedule Friday, August 13: Chocorua, NH • 4:00 – 6:00 pm: Registration at Chocorua Public Library • 5:30 – 7:00 pm: Welcoming reception at Runnells Hall • 7:00 – 8:30 pm: Speaker Saturday, August 14: Chocorua, NH • 7:30 – 9:00 am: Breakfast and registration at Chocorua Public Library • 10:00 – 11:30 am: Speakers • 11:30 am – 1:00pm: Lunch (not provided) and seminar conversations • 1:00 – 2:50 pm: Speakers • 3:00 – 5:00 pm: Shuttle Bus from Runnells Hall to a guided tour of James-Peters Home • 5:00 – 8:00 pm: Dinner (not provided) • 8:00 – 10:00 pm: Concert at Chocorua Community Church, 40 Deer Hill Road (a few doors from Runnells Hall): “A Night To Remember… William James” featuring New Hampshire storytellers, folk musicians, and period music played by the Chocorua Cornet Band Sunday, August 15: Chocorua, NH • 8:00 – 9:00 am: Breakfast at Whittier House • 9:00 – 10:00 am: Speaker • 10:30 am – 12:20 pm: Speakers • 12:30 – 2:00 pm: Lunch (not provided) and seminar conversations • 2:00 pm – evening: Free time Afternoon activities available: Self-guided tours of Tamworth and Chocorua, hiking on Mt
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In The Footsteps of William James: Conference Announcement
Some churches have realized what TBN declared a long, long time ago – let’s just make Christianity one big clique and only talk to other Jesus thinking folk.
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Florida church wants to burn Qu’rans and bring marshmallows for Jesus
One of the world’s largest and most controversial Pentecostal churches has been given permission to build a $200m (£130m) replica of Solomon’s Temple in Brazil’s economic capital, São Paulo. The 10,000 capacity “mega-church”, which is the brainchild of Brazil’s Universal Church of the Kingdom of God , will also house a replica of the Ark of the Covenant and be built according to “biblical orientations”.
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Solomon’s Temple in Brazil would put Christ the Redeemer in the shade
Today’s New York Jewish Week reports that the American Jewish Congress , an advocacy group known for its expertise on church-state issues, has suspended operations due to financial problems. AJCongress lost $21 million of its $24 million endowment in the 2008 Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme. (See prior posting .) The AJCongress demise is also blamed on changes made in the 1990′s by Jack Rosen, a successful businessman who served as president of the group.
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AJCongress, Leading Church-State Advocate, Suspends Operations After Financial Losses
Worship has sometimes been stripped of ritual rules and devices like incense, vestments and the liturgical calendar in order to focus on instruction for practicing faith in the workaday world. Of these two tendencies, many churches nowadays seek a balance within to their traditions and today’s needs.
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All religions have in common the value of worship
A Utah judge has set a date for an extradition hearing for imprisoned polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs , who is facing multiple felony charges in Texas. The cult leader refused to sign extradition papers delivered to him last month at the Utah State Prison by Texas authorities.
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Extradition hearing set for polygamist sect leader