tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199275616659608977.post1875238174223023139..comments2023-09-18T05:33:48.793-04:00Comments on By Every Word...: "An Evangelical Manifesto"Douglas Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09040240128377241820noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199275616659608977.post-10899973451822592672008-05-08T11:22:00.000-04:002008-05-08T11:22:00.000-04:00i confess that i had some hesitations and misgivin...i confess that i had some hesitations and misgivings before reading the document, but was actually quite impressed and invigorated after taking in the whole of what it addressed.<BR/><BR/>i am glad they chose not to say that creationism and inerrancy were non-negotiables. for the first, there's very little biblical justification anymore behind whatever latest flavor of anti-natural selection is being put forward; for the latter, somehow we can admit that we can't prove the existence of God, but goshdarnit we have a golden egg this unprovable God laid right here. kind of stupid when you think about it ... not that thinking is a pre-requisite of course in any of these endeavors.<BR/><BR/>more than anything, i was motivated and energized by the very positive nature of the piece - that it wasn't yet another "here's everything we're <I>against</I>" rant but an effort to make the gospel again a message of <I>good news</I>. imagine that - the gospel being <I>good news</I>. American Christianity has lost this defining characteristic ever since it embraced the neo-con's Jesus bobble-head doll.<BR/><BR/>perhaps one unintended benefit of the proposal is a clear opportunity to take this EM (Evangelical Manifesto) and align it with the other EM (<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FEmergent-Manifesto-Hope-emersion-communities%2Fdp%2F080106807X%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1210257943%26sr%3D8-2&tag=mwc04-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" REL="nofollow">Emergent Manifesto</A>) and finally have all our EM & EMs in a row without demonizing the other side.<BR/><BR/>one can only hope...<BR/><BR/>mike rucker<BR/>fairburn, georgia, usa<BR/><A HREF="http://mikerucker.wordpress.com" REL="nofollow">mikerucker.wordpress.com</A>spud tooleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921322553025339949noreply@blogger.com