I talked to Greg Sheridan of @australian (for the first time publicly) about becoming a lapsed atheist and embracing the Christian faith. I'm afraid it's behind a paywall (unlike Heaven), so here are the quotes in a thread: 1/17
@religionnews Is there more information about the nature of the "heresy" that J.P. found in Alan's teaching? I would love to have specifics so I can evaluate based on specifics not accusations alone.
I don’t know Margaret but she just stopped me in the street and said “I’ve seen what’s going on and it’s not right. You should feel safe in this country and I want you to know I’m not racist.” You might think how can I possibly make a difference? She did in her own little way.
Here is the vodcast for "Disciples Making Disciples wk.8." This week we talked about how to escape our slavery to the "illusion of control." Enjoy. https://t.co/9qtNMfDAci
"the retreat of Christianity in our country — or more properly our collective retreat from it — has enormously diminished us, both as individuals and as a society.
Without it we subside naturally into narcissism, amorality and that most modern of phrases never far from our lips when we have done something venal, stupid or selfish: “Don’t judge me!”
Fascinating from Rod Liddle in the @thetimes today.
He reminds me of Douglas Coupland in Life After God and Neitzche's parable of the Mad Man.
I think there are many people who miss God and the good news is that he is eager to be found again.
https://t.co/oLhMEerQ3y
A curious incident happened at the European Games in #Poland. A #Belgian runner could not participate in the race because of an injury, so the national team was at risk of disqualification.
The situation was saved by the Belgian shot put champion Jolien #Boumkwo. She had never raced before, but managed to run the distance without any penalty points. The whole stadium applauded her.
My biggest regret in 53 years of ministry is that I didn’t do my own personal exegesis sooner on the 4 passages used to restrict women. Shame on me.
I wasted those 4 yrs of Greek in college & seminary. When I finally did my proper “due diligence”, laying aside 50 years of
“Gratitude allows us to live this life, and not the one we always figured that we’d trade this one in for. ... Gratitude allows us to partake in the joys of the everyday, to see the sacred in the very, very ordinary.”
- Terry Hershey