Keoni Galt wrote yesterday about repetition. About writing a post and then deleting it, because it has been said before. And then, in the middle of his discussion about the consequences of blogging for five odd years — which has been a self education and the development of critical thinking, he drops in this paragraph. This is why Christianity had to be subverted, marginalized, feminized … Read More →
Son talks: Barking madness and the trinity.
Oh dear. It has been one of these mornings. Son one has asked two important questions — what is social democracy and how does it differ from communism? Part of it is easy — socialists and communists confiscate the means of production and over plan it, leading eventually to an economic collapse, while social democrats confiscate the means of taxation and use this to distribute … Read More →
Godly shame is of great value.
I got distracted this morning by an example in death. A couple died while in Kenya doing short term missionary work — they were part of a party of mostly high school students who were repairing mission buildings. Sent from their church in New Zealand, they died in Kenya. In thinking about this, it is worth contrasting it with the Oz’s report from his church … Read More →
Shitting in the well.
It’s fairly obvious to regular readers that I’m Presbyterian. The new logo comes from a Victorian Presbyterian Sunday School magazine, and I have reformed theology. I’m quite comfortable with the Scottish Book of Order. I love my church. But I also love Anglicanism. I worshiped with them for a while — they were the local church — and I was married in an Anglican church, … Read More →
White Sunday
I walked out of church today. Not my kirk: I was in Auckland this morning and attended my old church because one of my sons had a friend narrating the White Sunday pageant. All two hours of it. Now, about taste there is no moral dispute: the fact I had a headache from the boogie-woogie piano playing at120 dB physically distressing — well, I have … Read More →
Pentecostal errors (signs and wonders)
Stephen’s sermon continues in today’s lectionary. However, it will conclude tomorrow: I thought that I would have to comment more on that today. But instead we can look at another part of the lectionary, and consider signs and wonders. This may explain in part Jesus reluctance to do public miracles for so long. He wanted to teach and heal. His job was to proclaim salvation. … Read More →
The divisions of this world will not enter the next.
I am afraid that I have been having a bit of a disagreement with the worthy Darwin and Mrs Darwin and my Catholic friends. It relates to me comparing FUS with the Amish. And they are correct — traditional Catholics are not Amish. In the discussion however, I made a comment that related to where the Amish and Mennonites come from. The Anabaptist split occurred … Read More →
There are no scare quotes about “guilt”.
Let us be clear. There are two reasons for divorce if you are Protestant: adultery and wanton abandonment. That’s it. But there are women who want out and do not want to be guilty. The original HuffPo article notes: And we are talking about women here, so here comes the “guilt.” Women have guilt covered — and these women are no different. They feel guilty … Read More →
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