Posted on July 3, 2008 by mattdabbs
I am starting to see a parallel between the last 100+ years of evangelism and Acts 1:8. In Acts 1:8 Jesus tells his disciples that they will be witnesses in Jerusalem - Judea - Samaria - and the ends of the earth. The last 100 or so years of church growth has been a lot [...]
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Posted on July 2, 2008 by mattdabbs
Here is a nice little summary statement that I came up with in trying to wrap my tiny brain around post-modernism:
Modern – want to know it is right before they can feel a part of it.
Post-modern – want to feel a part before they can know it is right.
Any thoughts?
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Posted on January 28, 2008 by mattdabbs
This is the last of the Ripening Issues in the CofC series. This is one that I am most worried about because the other issues all load into this one. There is pretty close biblical parallel that can help us handle this issue. For many years people thought Paul wrote Romans as a general layout [...]
Filed under: Acts of the Apostles, Apostle Paul, Bible, Christianity, Church, Church of Christ, Culture, Doctrine, New Testament, Paradigm Issues, Post modernism, Religion, Thoughts | Tagged: Edict of Claudius, Romans, Suetonius, Unity | 7 Comments »
Posted on January 27, 2008 by mattdabbs
This is the fourth is a series of five issues facing the church of Christ. For those of you out there who read this blog who are not from the church of Christ thank you for being patient with me. I also wanted to say that this post will have more to say to you [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2007 by mattdabbs
Mike mentioned this online movie to me some time back. I watch part of it but couldn’t get all the way through it. It is very post-modern and I really appreciated the thoughts Dr. Witherington had at his blog. Click here to read his thoughts.
Filed under: Post modernism, Religion | Tagged: Zeitgeist the Movie, Zeitgesit | No Comments »
Posted on October 5, 2007 by mattdabbs
Milton Stanley linked to this post a few days ago and referenced it as “The Gospel According to Oprah.” I appreciate his link and want to point out this video from Godtube. Very postmodern. This is a little dated but I doubt she would say much different today. I could be wrong.
Filed under: Christianity, Culture, God, Post modernism, Religion, Videos | Tagged: Godtube, Oprah | 3 Comments »
Posted on June 30, 2007 by mattdabbs
Herman Neutic was born amidst the Greek philosophers and Jewish rabbis in the centuries prior to the birth of Christ. While publicly very quiet and reserved, much was written about him in the two millennia since his birth. He has been surrounded by much controversy in the last two hundred years that ultimately resulted in [...]
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Posted on June 13, 2007 by mattdabbs
There has been a real emphasis lately on spirituality being a journey/process rather than the modernist approach that looks at it as discrete steps. The modern approach broke down scripture very logically. The result in Restoration Movement churches was the five-step plan of salvation:
Hear
Believe
Repent
Confess
Baptism
While these things are scriptural, many have rejected such a discrete and [...]
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