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Central to Christian faith: the resurrection of Jesus (montage: JF)

N.T. Wright on the Historical Resurrection of Jesus

By Jason Fowler on 04/23/2011

Another great video from 100Huntley.com featuring N.T. (Tom) Wright, leading New Testament scholar and former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England, discussing the resurrection of Jesus and how the early Christian community differed from other failed messianic movements…

Posted in Church & World History, Videos | Tagged apologetics, Church History, Easter, history, Jesus, resurrection | 2 Responses

Be transformed by the renewing of your mind... (montage: J Fowler)

Merton and Rushkoff: A Call To Exodus

By Jason Fowler on 09/28/2010

“We’re living in a totalitarian society. It’s not fascist in a political sense, but in the way that it’s economically organized. It’s organized for profit and for marketing. In that machinery there’s no real freedom…”

Posted in Excerpts, Features, Money & Economics, Society and Culture | Tagged book exerpt, christian community, Christianity and culture, Community and Ecclesia, corporations, corporatism, culture, Douglas Rushkoff, economics, economy, history, industrial revolution, Intentional Living, Life Inc., localism, mental slavery, prophetic voices, Springs of Contemplation, Theology, Thomas Merton, work | Leave a response

No empire can stop humble servants empowered by GOD's love

Empire vs. Love

By Bill Guerrant on 08/27/2010

In the 4th Century A.D. the Roman emperor Julian was concerned about the spread of Christianity in his empire…He wrote: “Nothing has contributed to the progress of the superstition of these Christians as their charity to strangers. The impious Galileans provide not only for their own poor, but for ours as well.”

Posted in Church & World History, Features, Justice | Tagged caring for the poor, christian faith, Christians, Church History, embodying our faith, history, Jesus followers, Julian the Apostate, Justice, love, margins of empire, mercy, mission, Poverty, Roman empire | 1 Response

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana {1905}

Pickers and Diggers

By Jason Fowler on 04/30/2010

What good is it to think we can set a viable course into the future without bringing with us the lessons and wisdom of previous generations? Shouldn’t we too be picking and digging through the buried past for the wisdom and understanding we need today?…

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