Yes who can?

I took this excerpt from Tangzine.
Ron Sider, author of the eye-opening book Rich Christians In An Age of Hunger reviews a new book entitled Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don’t Give Away More Money.
The book attempts to answer the question of why American Christians, despite being constantly preached to about tithing 10 percent of their income, [...]

State Theology

While finishing up my second book for my History of Southern Africa class, Jesus has been mentioned quite a bit. Since the beginning of the class, there has been the all-too-familiar notions of those in power using their concepts of God to justify not only their superior social status, exploitation of others, but their ideology of “this is the way it is”. Notably the Afrikaners using a military victory over the Zulu in the Battle of Blood River (the Ncome River) on Dec 16, 1838 as proof that God prefers the European newcomers over the African inhabitants.

It took some theological unraveling for people to get the idea out of their heads that the State (no matter which one) was ordained by God-to be obeyed and if you rebel against them you are rebelling against God.

A Christian Dirce, by Henryk Siemiradzki.
A Christian Dirce, by Henryk Siemiradzki.

I have had hundreds of conversation in my day about how to work with this excerpt from Romans 13 (when Nero was likely emperor) and how to make sense of it-mostly in the modern USA context. Responding to the same rhetoric that we hear in the States about how we are to go along with the governments and how military victories perpetuate our freedom, The Kairos Document was drafted in 1985 by over 150 clergy of all races and denominations.

just when I thought my life was rough…

My mind is not used to having exams.  Two in one day about tuckered me out, not to mention my right arm is about to fall off.  I feel tired, in a good way now that they are over.  I paid attention and participated in class, read the material, reviewed material, did at least okay [...]

not the underdog?

Sorry to you sports haters, this begins with my love for the Phils and the Bills.
Phila won the division and goes into the post-season with the 2nd best record in the NL.  They are really good this year.  The Bills are 4-0 for the first time in 16yrs, and are might actually be the best [...]