Another quote out of The Ragamuffin Gospel, although this time its not actually Brennan Manning’s words: “Our whole understanding of [Jesus] is based in a quid pro quo of bartered love. He will love us if we are good, moral, and diligent. But we have turned the tables; we try to live so that he [...]
Posts Tagged ‘truth’
Nature of truth!
Posted: May 14, 2007 by Pilgrim Soldier in old uksalvationist postsTags: church, Faith, truth
The expression of Christianity that I found myself growing up in within the Church, suggests that Jesus is the answer to every question, and that in Him all truth is to be found. This is something I fully believe in, yet the problem I subsequently found is that because of this belief many Christians think [...]
Interpreting Easter
Posted: April 9, 2007 by Pilgrim Soldier in old uksalvationist postsTags: church, Easter, Faith, truth
With an additional day off today, I’ve been catching up with my reading around various blogs. Found the following quote over at Waving or Drowning? and felt compelled to repost. The interpretation of Easter itself has been scrunched into the trap laid by modernity, and the Church has gone along with it. Either Easter becomes [...]
One year on … (2)
Posted: February 10, 2007 by Pilgrim Soldier in old uksalvationist postsTags: church, Faith, truth
As I celebrate a year of blogging I hope you won’t mind indulging me a little if I pull some stuff out of my archives from my earliest posts. The following was posted on 19th February last year and was called “Offensive Christianity”. One of my favourite secular authors is Terry Pratchett and, despite him [...]
