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A Christ-Centered (or Radically Decentralized) Community Network, part III
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A Christ-Centered (or Radically Decentralized) Community Network, part II
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A Christ-Centered (or Radically Decentralized) Community Network, part I
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Roger Olson at Baylor U, formerly of my alma mater Bethel U, in his historical theology textbook "The Story of Xty" argues that the 2nd and 3rd ctry paved the way for the changes that took place in the 4th ctry of Xty. He also argues that the chan...
Well yeah, and meeting in homes makes sense with that for a lot of reasons, as does simply being intentional about not procuring and having to maintain church-specific properties. That's an intriguing possibility you mention, I wonder if any histo...
I'm not sure that the specifics of the sort of meeting place matter so much as the import of radical decentralization. It cd be that the bigger houses / meeting-places set off a rivalry and increasing hierarchy and what-not, with not-so-great resu...
Hey man, I really like this series of posts. It's actually got a lot in common with some thoughts I've been having. One thing that's worth thinking about, though, is that often our conception of "house churches" in the early church isn't historica...
I'm posting my thoughts on strategic election reform in a 3 part editorial series at TPM Cafe.
dlw
This is the next-to-last post of four posts: the first post centers on local house (and para) churches, the second post describe.the economic benefits of local para church cooperation, the third set will offer some thoughts on local rules of faith...
sounds like ur looking for an existing church and what-not...
wish I could help in that regard.
too long, too abstract or complicated?
just curious about the lack of feedback.
dlw
At my HC, we're thinking of setting up, as part of our "de facto" local rules of faith, an elder board that would rotate the calling for three (or four) of us to discern the right direction for us. It's not settled, but we could have someone serve...
Scott,
I'd say I'd use the word "sexual orientation" rather than homosexuality for your question.
Like I said before, we tend to lump together apples and oranges in our popular use of the term homosexuality, which can make the issue get unduly he...
The US people are thought better of than our gov't....
and the principle of no taxation without representation is the raison d'etre of the crux of the valid complaints against our own
imperialism/imperialistic tendencies.
There was a good book o...
I replied a while back and never got any responses.
http://www.thecommonroot.org/forum/topics/homosexuality-1?page=1&commentId=2345046:Comment:7116&x=1#2345046Comment7116
My views are basically this: The word Homosexuality, as used today, refers...
This is a follow up to my initial post.. In the initial post, I described the ideal of a Christ-Centered Community Network of Local House and Para Churches with Local Rules of Faith. The ideal represents an attempt to embody radical decentralizati...
well, there's nothing wrong with aspects of how the church is meant to be spilling over into the state....
such has been its saving grace in the past, tho it always seems to be in need of additional infusions...
dlw
I excerpt this passage from pages 12-15 to show the similarities and diffs with many current neo-anabaptist point of views.
Abolitionism arose out of the Second Great Awakening, the evangelical revival that swept through New England and then upts...
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Excerpt on Abolitionists from "The Metaphysical Club" by Louis Menand.
I excerpt this passage from pages 12-15 to show the similarities and diffs with many current neo-anabaptist point of views.
Abolitionism arose out of the Second Great Awakening, the evangelical revival that swept through New England and then uptstate New York between 1800 and 1840, and that also spawned temperance, women's rights, and other social reform movements, along with a number of utopian and religious sects, most famously the Mormons. The foundations of the abolitionist movement were th… Continue
Abolitionism arose out of the Second Great Awakening, the evangelical revival that swept through New England and then uptstate New York between 1800 and 1840, and that also spawned temperance, women's rights, and other social reform movements, along with a number of utopian and religious sects, most famously the Mormons. The foundations of the abolitionist movement were th… Continue
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- At 10:10am on June 1, 2009,
Seth McCoy said… - Great. Where are you at in the Twin Cities?
- At 7:10am on June 1, 2009,
Seth McCoy said…
- dlw,
how do we know each other?
Seth
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