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...shocked when sedate reading rooms around the world began displaying a book that had been deemed unsound by church officialdom more than four decades ago. The Destiny of the Mother Church, by Bliss Knapp, claims that the faith's 19th century originator, Mary Baker Eddy, was virtually a second Christ. This flies in the face of Eddy's own claims to be no more than the inspired founder and leader of the movement. Official publication of the volume has led to a rare outburst of protest from within the ranks, with critics charging that apostasy has resulted from both...
Anti-Columbus sentiments are by no means restricted to the descendants of those who were on hand when the Genoan first showed up. Last year the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S. adopted a resolution suggesting how 1492 should be commemorated: "For the descendants of the survivors of the subsequent invasion, genocide, slavery, 'ecocide' and exploitation of the wealth of the land, a celebration is not an appropriate observance of this anniversary...
...think there is a great difference between proselytizing and evangelizing. Evangelizing is a portrayal of the person of Jesus Christ while sensitively listening to the views of other people, taking into account where other people are at, affirming where they are. Proselytizing is the arrogant assumption that the other person has nothing to offer to a debate. There is no dialogue in proselytizing. It is a kind of cowboys-and-Indians approach to another person that robs him of his dignity. Responsible evangelism always listens to the culture of a person...
...look at Romans, chapters 9 to 11, you will see that we could not be Christians today were it not for the Jews, and we owe so much to them, to the Old Testament, the life of the Torah, the Prophets. They gave us the Messiah, Jesus Christ. The difference between us, when we're agreed about so much, is Christology. I'd want to say, well, I have been captivated by this person, Jesus Christ, the onus is upon me to share him with all people, Jews and other people. But in the eyes of Christians, Jews are always...
...think the image that I'd like to see is the picture in the Gospel of John, chapter 13, of Christ washing the feet of his disciples. I think the church has got to take the form of a servant in stooping and sharing, in caring action. The person whose feet we are washing? Well, it could be the homosexual, it could be the starving poor. It could be the very rich man who has no need of God. So the church has got to be the servant of all, and if it is, then it will be the kind...