Forum: Post Traditional Theology

One of the most important things for us to define, and one of the toughest for us to implement, is Love. Our society has watered down Love...

Knowing you, you didn't come up with this idea out of the blue. So what do you use to determine what is right and what is wrong within the Scriptures...

Recently, I ran into the following response to one of my posts on the "what the bible says about homosexuality" thread: "The thread was/is about...

In my time doing Biblical Studies, about 7 years now, I've noticed a general lack of ability for the Church to offer genuinely Christian readings of...

I was listening to a podcast with Tom Oord (an old Homebrewed episode from a year or two ago) and Tom was talking about a book he had written with...

I copied this post from the post-traditional church thread because I cannot stop thinking about it, but I think it's a different question than that...

Since Francis Chan has a couple of books for free this weekend, I downloaded Erasing Hell. Haven't read it yet but it made me think. Please tell me...

What are all of the definitions? I have been searching for a thread that deals with this, so feel free to move if I missed it. This definition...

This is almost the opposite of what many people ask about Jesus' divinity/humanity: Was Jesus God while living on earth? A guy I follow on...

I received as a gift the book Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality Presented in Four Paths, Twenty-Six Themes, and Two Questions by...

Interesting piece by Peter Rollins on dealing with differences AND agreements. I think this makes a lot of sense. Why do we need a God who...

I am currently enjoying the unmitigated pleasure of sitting in a class titled “The Bible: fact or fiction” presented by an ordained Lutheran pastor...

Intellectually, I have come to accept/believe that Discipleship is more than just packing more butts in the country club while we wait for the great...

I actually had a few conversations lately with people in Christian leadership who surprised me with some "off the record" statements regarding their...

Some have probably heard Dr. Oord's thoughts on this question before, but The Work of the People has put out this video of him explaining his...

This question is a little less than academic. In my local church, we're looking for ways to start a new church, but not as a copy of the old but...

In our adult Bible study we have been looking at 1 Peter, and I've been mulling over 1 Peter 1:13-26 which is Peter's call to Holiness. In that...

I'm posting this in the GT forum, despite my reservations, because this is very much "Traditional Theology". But, i've been thinking about something...

No ax to grind, just trying to get a handle on something. We have a fair number of self described post modern Christians in our town doing various...

http://tallskinnykiwi.typepad.com/tallskinnykiwi/2012/01/9-reasons-not-to-plant-a-church-in-2012.html Reading this, it seems to make a lot of...

He was at the University of Central Arkansas at 7 PM (you can google it if you don't believe me. :P) He started off with a sort of retread of things,...

On the prayer thread there is prayer for a school who was sued by a 16 year old girl to have a prayer removed from the wall of the school. In the...

I read this article in a Dutch newspaper and thought it was interesting enough to share it here, so I've tried to translate it. Apologies to Prof....

Just read the latest Christianity Today article cover story. Here it is: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/june/historicaladam.html I...

I think I'm posting this in the correct theology forum, but if not ya'll just let me know. What do you all think of self-interest? Is it...

Luke 2:10, "But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people." So, was the angel...

from The Bible Tells Me So: Reading the Bible as Scripture When all the words of Scripture are elevated to the rank of being the very words of...