Marginal Christianity

Into the Expectation (Matt Gunter) http://intotheexpectation.blogspot.com/2012/06/my-prejudices-vs-your-prejudices.html Wednesday, June 20, 2012 The difference between my prejudices and your prejudices is that my prejudices (convictions and values so obvious they don’t need explaining) don’t really count as prejudices. They are just the way reasonable, intelligent, faithful [insert whatever self-congratulatory designation suits you] people know things to be. Thus, those who don’t see it that way must be operating out of sin, ignorance, or blind prejudice. And it is, therefore, not mean when we refer to you as ignorant, stupid, afraid, or nefarious. We are merely stating the truth. This is how most contemporary political rhetoric sounds to me. It is how a fair amount of Facebook status updates sound to me - whether the prejudices reflected are conservative or liberal/progressive. Even more sadly, it is also how too much of the 'conversation' on church blogs and listser...

Into the Expectation (http://intotheexpectation.blogspot.com/2012/04/of-first-importance.html) Matt Gunter Thursday, April 12, 2012 I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) Isaiah 25:6-9, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, John 20:1-18 On Good Friday I offered a meditation on one of the Seven Last Words of Jesus word from the cross, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' in which I shared the horrific story of Christian Choate who was kept in a dog cage and eventually beaten to death by his father. I decided to repeat the story on Easter morning to explore what hope the resurrection might shine on such a story (in retrospect the story might have been a bit harsh for Easter Sunday). Such stories are the test of anything we say about God and faith. I agree with Ka...