Religious Idolatry
Anti-American?
Category: General
Tags: Kurt Willems, Nationalism, Religious Idolatry
Kurt Willems posted a response to the accusation he often gets that he’s anti-American. He also included a video of Greg giving his own response to this question. Take a look! From Kurt’s blog: I…
Uncrossed
Category: General
Tags: David R. Henson, Jesus, Mark Driscoll, Picture of God, Religious Idolatry, Violence
Did any of you catch SNL this weekend? They did a parody of Tarantino’s DJango Unchained called DJesus Uncrossed. Many were deeply offended by the depiction of Jesus in this, but David R. Henson blogged…
“Pulpit Freedom Sunday” and the Call to Politicize the Pulpit
Category: General
Tags: Politics, Religious Idolatry
Religion Dispatches online magazine shared an article in which conservative evangelical leaders are calling on pastors to dare the government to sue them by using their pulpit to speak out against Obama and other “ungodly”…
You Have What We Call a Theological Problem
Category: General
Tags: Politics, Religious Idolatry
Peter Enns posted a blog entitled: Dear Christian: If the Thought of Either Romney or Obama Getting Elected Makes You Fearful, Angry, or Depressed, You Have What we Call a Theological Problem. He makes some pretty…
Is the Separation of Church and State Satan’s Idea?
Category: General
Tags: Politics, Religious Idolatry
I encourage you to read this article. In it, Rick Perry claims that the idea of the separation of the church and state is from Satan, and he and others will next week embark on…
Quotes to Chew On: Religious Violence
Category: General
Tags: Non-Violence, Quotes, Religious Idolatry
“The myth of religious violence promotes a dichotomy between us in the secular West who are rational and peacemaking, and them, the hordes of violent religious fanatics in the Muslim world. Their violence is religious, and therefore irrational and divisive. Our violence, on the…
This Week’s Sermon: Sledge Hammer Faith
Category: General
Tags: Faith, Religious Idolatry
Greg is feverishly working on a new book on faith and doubt and he decided to preach on this topic for a couple of weeks. He’s also been dealing with this topic on the blog…
The Deadly Nature of Religious Idolatry
Category: General
Tags: ReKnew, Religious Idolatry
I’m in the process of fleshing out the core convictions of ReKnew as I laid them out in the “ReKnew Manifesto.” Our first core conviction concerns where we are to get our LIFE from, so in…
Quotes to Chew On: The Church vs. Religion
Category: General
Tags: Christian Life, Church, Quotes, Religious Idolatry
“It’s time for the Church to free itself from the religious holiness of the Pharisees and begin to manifest the holiness of the Kingdom. It’s time for us to realize that our calling is to…