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 5/3/16 6:24 PM |
| Barney Fife | | Mayberry, NC | |  |  |
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I don't think the book is selling all that well. I did a check for it on a major website that sells books and other things and found it at ninety ninth place in the very narrow category of 'church and state.' Books by the Mormon talk radio host, Glenn Beck, and evangelical Christian PHillip Yancey are in the top ten, along with books about yoga, the dalai lama's teachings, and daniel barrigan (which makes you think this category is assigned by a random generating module in their computers).In other words, most people who want to read something 'religious' would rather read something about yoga, the dalai lama, or the recently deceased Roman Catholic Jesuit priest than read about "who jesus would vote for" and what is also interesting is that the book has a longer title because the title was already used by the late d. james kennedy of coral ridge presbyterian church of fort lauderdale, florida, in a similar book.
it would be interesting to find a copy of that and compare the two. beyond those details, i think religion has little to do with this presidential election, and that may be due in part to pastors not willing to preach from the bible on the issues of the day that we see addressed here in the news section. |
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| 3/8/16 6:28 PM |
| Barney Fife | | Mayberry, NC | | | |
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You may find it helpful to do a web news search for his name; an article from the Christianity Today website furthers the discussion, where he apologizes and tells more. It also contains more of the original message context, which also reminds me of many cases. Yes, it does seem selfish for the parents to attend a church where their teen children are not being 'fed' but then, is the church the only place for that, or shouldn't that be the parents responsibility in the true biblical sense. It is sad to see how churches of any size segregate people by age, sex, gender, so, for example, the elderly are deprived of having relationships with anyone who is not elderly. Some doubt the whole idea of church-the place on the corner that meets on Sunday mornings at 11:00am and Wednesday nights at 8:00pm. They have become the 'nones' that people like George Barna like to promote the existence of.
I believe few people in those buildings really could tell the distinctives of what they believe, besides the obvious traits like method of baptism. A sociologist could simply interview people leaving those buildings on Sunday mornings and find that out.
I knew people who left one church to attend another because the 'traditional' service was changed; the denominational distinctives did not matter |
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| 2/20/16 5:03 PM |
| Barney Fife | | Mayberry, NC | | | |
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I totally agree with that very insightful analysis by the last poster---even though I don't speak a word of French besides a few words like liaison, rondevous, RSVP, etc.
It is supremely ironic that the news article comes from the standard-bearer of Liberal Thought in the US, the NY Times. Why? Because the country has been led by liberals, the educational system is controlled by liberals, the entertainment industry is controlled by liberals, and so on. The only reason for them to complain is that they have not been able to turn this into a North Korea, where 100 percent of the population supports their views.
No, this article should be coming from the WAshington Times, a conservative source. Or any one of the dozen or so regular posters here could pen the article; if you read any of their comments on a news story about homosexuality, abortion, etc, you will get the feeling the US is at an end.
Thus, I want to encourage them (yes, and even the liberals too) to emigrate to another country that they will feel better living in. Find the countries that prohibit abortion, sodomites getting married, etc. Move there and then write back to us using these stories (I've seen lots of personal conversations going on here). Promote the good of those countries. Be a Nehemiah! |
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| 1/23/16 3:35 PM |
| Barney Fife | | Mayberry, NC | | |  | | |
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Thanks, JOhn UK, for the notes about the lectures you read. ARe they available online so we can read them when we can't sleep at night?
Also, did they discuss what happened to the music that went with the psalms? I think David wrote most of them, and he played an instrument (at least, we read of it when he played it for King Saul, not always to his benefit, though). I don't think the same musical notation of bass clef and treble clef were used in those days, so I think we are missing a big chunk of the picture when we add our own music to them.
I have heard the book of Psalms mentioned in discussions over how boring modern hymns are with their constant repetition of stock evangelical phrases. In many Psalms, phrases are repeated over and over again.
It reminds me of the battle in many churches over 'traditional' vs. 'contemporary' music. Usually, the former refers to opening a hymnbook and singing along with an organ or piano. And the former refers to a style of music that may have been 'contemporary' many years ago, now that 'contemporary' today would be rap or any other thing you hear on the radio today. |
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