I kept pinching myself. Was I not in Mexico, the land of narco-criminals, rampant police corruption, and illegal border-jumpers—a nation coming apart at the seams? Indeed, as I left to teach for a week at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of the South East of the National Presbyterian Church of Mexico, […]
64: Feast of the Epiphany: The One True Avatar
Avatar: Hinduism: “the manifestation of a deity in human, superhuman, or animal form.” Last weekend I did what a lot of people have been doing in the last two weeks. I went to watch Avatar. Thanks to a pair of grotesque yellow 3D glasses, “reach out and touch someone” was never more possible in a […]
60: Who’s Prompting the Teleprompter?
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49: New “Progressive Christianity”: An Old Liberal Swindle
I write this InsideOut on July 4th, the celebration of American independence, conscious of a squeamish American elite, now choking on their hot dogs, because they wonder how they can celebrate America’s “embarrassing” past, and “sort out the meaning of our common values… in this challenging new situation.” In this light, “transformation,” “progress” and “change, […]
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Mainline Decline “One of our finest hours was when our Presbyterian Publishing House, Westminster Press, published books on the death of God theology.” Thus spoke the 1996-97 moderator of the PCUSA, as he accepted the 1996 Alumnus of the Year award from Chicago Divinity School. This “finest hour” helped promote a sustained and growing rejection […]
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