The failure of liberal convergence

It is not often I delve into religious studies. I tend to avoid academic theologians, because the ones who are not apostate are despairing. But this paper, which I think I first read a while ago, was linked in the Washington Post. The best comment so far is at Vox Popoli, where a Vile Faceless Minion Noted:
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An open lectionary post to Tony Campolo [II Thess 1]

Over at Carlos Slim's Blog, one of the tame Churchians is saying that white Christians are irrelevant and we must all be beige because progress and them evil evangelicals voted trump. We,Tony Campolo was a spiritual advisor to Clinton, and his mate Jim Wallis was one to Obama.
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No virtue signalling, again [Mt 23]

I have a pile of symbols on my wall: things I don't wear to work. Greenstone (pounamu) given to me by Tainui when I left for Otago. A cross from First Presbyterian, celtic. And then there is the bracelet or band from this year's Murph challenge… Read More

Predestination and apostasy.

We have models of theology, or maps. But as the map is not the territory, neither is our model of God complete. As the map is carefully checked and revised to ensure that it is true and accurate (you do not want to go into the NZ forests without a… Read More