Salvomergent
An open conversation about Salvationism and the emergent church. Can The Salvation Army be a hyphenated church.
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Photo reblogged from The Beauty of Islam
Have We not given him two eyes,
And a tongue and two lips,
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
To an orphan, having relationship,
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion. - Quran (90:8-17) -
Quote reblogged from Walking on Water Wasn't Built in a DayThe basis for the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount is not what works but rather the way God is. Cheek-turning is not advocated as what works (it usually does not), but advocated because this is the way God is — God is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. This is not a stratagem for getting what we want but the only manner of life available, now that, in Jesus, we have seen what God wants. We seek reconciliation with the neighbor, not because we feel so much better afterward, but because reconciliation is what God is doing in the world through Christ.
Stanley Hauerwas
(via firstbreath90)
This is definitely a clarifying thought for me, as I have struggled to completely merge principled non-violence with a pragmatic, universal ethic. The Hauerwasian Mafia strikes again!
(via bunnycolvin)(Source: yourmoneyisours)
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Quote reblogged from The Little Philosopher.Half of disbelief in God in the world is caused by people who made religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance.Imam al Ghazali (via thelittlephilosopher)
(Source: cledespoir)
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I didn’t say anything. But I did wonder if perhaps certain elements inside the London Knights might not prefer
it if Arthur were to stay sleeping, even if found. That they might even take steps to ensure he never awoke.
Because if he did, would he approve of what the London Knights had become? Of all the things they’d done, and
made of themselves, in the fifteen hundred years since Logres? They may have meant well; but we all know what
road is paved with good intentions.A Hard Day’s Knight (Nightside) by Simon R. Green
