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The End is Nigh 3

Posted by Dyfed on Friday, December 23, 2011, In : Mondays with McLaren 



Finally in this chapter on eschatology McLaren discusses the issue of final judgement. This is not something that can be shied away from for it is ‘a central theme across the biblical library’. A ‘true accounting, evaluation or assessment of our lives, our works, our nations, our world cannot help but happen’. However, under the old Greco-Roman scheme the word ‘judgement’ has been misapplied and we need to have a truer understanding of it.

Judgement as restoration

First, suggests M...

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The End is Nigh 2

Posted by Dyfed on Monday, December 19, 2011, In : Mondays with McLaren 



In my first post on Brian McLaren’s eschatology I sketched his suggestion that God is inviting us to participate with him in restoring creation, what McLaren refers to as ‘participatory eschatology’. He then goes on to deal with the term ‘the second coming of Christ’ – a key term in this subject – and offers a very different understanding.

He begins his treatment of the phrase by drawing our attention to what Bible scholars have been saying about the New Testament authors’ ant...

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The End is Nigh

Posted by Dyfed on Monday, December 12, 2011, In : Mondays with McLaren 



If human sexuality is an explosive subject for the church then it is no more than a damp firework compared to eschatology. This is the subject that Brian McLaren tackles in the eighth question of his book A New Kind of Christianity. As someone who was brought up within conservative church circles McLaren is ‘terribly familiar’ – as he puts it – with this subject, giving us his firm opinion on the subject from the off. I’m going to blog on this chapter over three poists.

Eschatology a...

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Rapture

Posted by Dyfed on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, In : Emerging church 

As is now obvious to everybody, the rapture didn’t take place on Saturday – and it was never going to. While the return of Jesus to his creation is a fully biblical theology, I don’t believe the same can be said about the ‘rapture of the saints’. From the many Tweets, Facebook updates and blogs I’ve read it seems that there is some confusion between the two but they are most definitely not the same. I want to return to the whole issue of eschatology as explained by fundamentalist ...

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Roger Mitchell's blog

Posted by Dyfed on Thursday, January 28, 2010, In : Linking other blogs 
Roger Mitchell's blog is one I follow and today's post on how the Roman Empire affected the church's eschatology is very powerful stuff. Well worth a read.

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Some thoughts following my visit to Occupy London.

October 27th 2011

Ok so there’s plenty to disagree with but this is such a good song.

October 12th 2011
There are so many draining things we can focus on during the day: how we appear to others, how much others do or don’t respect us, how we can get people to do what we want. But once we become aware of the negative impact of these areas of focus, we can get clear on - even excited about - who we really want to be … We can shift our focus toward qualities like mercy, gentleness, courage, and the many others that bring true joy in our lives and in the lives of others.

Sasha Silverman and Malcom Smith

via MinEmergent

October 5th 2011
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