[Shared Post] How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Social Conservatives

Dennis posted: "[caption id="attachment_1027" align="alignleft" width="220"] Timothy Dalrymple[/caption] I happened to look at a sermon I wrote about 7 years ago.  It was during the time I was involved in a new church start.  Reading the sermon, I tend to think it w" Dennis (dennis.sanders@gmail.com) shared a post from The Clockwork Pastor How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Social Conservatives by Dennis I happened to look at a sermon I wrote about 7 years ago.  It was during the time I was involved in a new church start.  Reading the sermon, I tend to think it wasn't my best sermonizing.  The sermon seems a fitting for the current context; it was based on Micah 6:1-8 and focused [...] Read more of this post Dennis | October 22, 2012 at 3:23 pm | Categories: conservatism, conservativism, culture, culture wars, gay rights, homosexuality, LGBT, politics, same sex marriage | URL: http://wp.me/p12whF-gu Comment    See all comments Change your email settings at Manage Notifications. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://questorpastor.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-social-conservatives/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[Shared Post] Social Media and Social Witness

Dennis posted: "A recent post by Michael Kruse put a finger on something that has been bothering me lately.  Kruse is talking here about pastors and social media: I unfollowed six people on twitter in recent months because of their incessant divisive political tweets, " Dennis (dennis.sanders@gmail.com) shared a post from The Clockwork Pastor Social Media and Social Witness by Dennis A recent post by Michael Kruse put a finger on something that has been bothering me lately.  Kruse is talking here about pastors and social media: I unfollowed six people on twitter in recent months because of their incessant divisive political tweets, especially during the primary debates. The majority have been pastors or academics, including [...] Read more of this post Dennis | October 18, 2012 at 4:27 pm | Categories: politics | URL: http://wp.me/p12whF-gp Comment    See all comments Change your email settings at Manage Notifications. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://questorpastor.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/social-media-and-social-witness/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[Shared Post] Sunday Sermon: "In God We Trust"

Dennis posted: ""In God We Trust" Mark 10:17-31 Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost October 14, 2012 First Christian Church Minneapolis, MN I will admit it: I really don't like this passage. Why don't I like it?  For a lot of reasons.  I don't like ho" Dennis (dennis.sanders@gmail.com) shared a post from The Clockwork Pastor Sunday Sermon: “In God We Trust” by Dennis "In God We Trust" Mark 10:17-31 Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost October 14, 2012 First Christian Church Minneapolis, MN I will admit it: I really don't like this passage. Why don't I like it?  For a lot of reasons.  I don't like how people sometimes use this passage to lord over others.  People who are full [...] Read more of this post Dennis | October 16, 2012 at 9:01 am | Tags: church, religion, theology | Categories: Disciples, disciples of christ, First Christian Minneapolis, sermons | URL: http://wp.me/p12whF-gl Comment    See all comments Change your email settings at Manage Notifications. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://questorpastor.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/sunday-sermon-in-god-we-trust/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[Shared Post] The Intolerable Thing

Dennis posted: "It's quite common in Progressive Christian circles to talk about the importance of justice or doing things for others over belief.  There is a reason for this; that being the sad history of people who had solid beliefs in Christianity and yet their lives" Dennis (dennis.sanders@gmail.com) shared a post from The Clockwork Pastor The Intolerable Thing by Dennis It's quite common in Progressive Christian circles to talk about the importance of justice or doing things for others over belief.  There is a reason for this; that being the sad history of people who had solid beliefs in Christianity and yet their lives did not reflect what they were saying.  I am reminded of [...] Read more of this post Dennis | October 11, 2012 at 11:36 pm | Tags: peter gomes, peter j gomes, religion, theology | Categories: church, church life, culture, ecclesiology | URL: http://wp.me/p12whF-gi Comment    See all comments Change your email settings at Manage Notifications. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://questorpastor.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/the-intolerable-thing/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com