In Christ, we find a God who deliberately gave up power to control everything in order to save the world through sacrificial love.

Source: Why God Is Not in Control – Red Letter Christians

February 11, 2019March 18, 2019 by James Ross Kelly

Remaining at the Cross: On Being a Contemplative Christian in a Church That Has Forgotten Its Mystical Heritage | Carl McColman

This is turning out to be “James Ishmael Ford” week at my blog. Earlier this week I posted a review of his new book, Introduction to Zen […]

Source: Remaining at the Cross: On Being a Contemplative Christian in a Church That Has Forgotten Its Mystical Heritage | Carl McColman

February 11, 2019March 16, 2019 by James Ross Kelly

7 Reasons Jordan Peterson is More Popular than Most Churches | Frederick Schmidt

Jordan Peterson, Canadian psychologist is far more wildly popular than most Canadians and most psychologists. Where he is not popular he has been the flashpoint for considerable debate and controversy. Who would have thought that a professor of psychology with a deep interest in the work of Karl Jung and Friedrich

Source: 7 Reasons Jordan Peterson is More Popular than Most Churches | Frederick Schmidt

February 11, 2019 by James Ross Kelly

20 years, 700 victims: Southern Baptist sexual abuse spreads as leaders resist reforms – Houston Chronicle

As leaders decline to act, the numbers grow. In the past 20 years, about 380 Southern Baptist church leaders and volunteers have faced allegations of sexual misconduct, the newspapers found. They were pastors. Deacons. Ministers. Youth pastors. Sunday school and Christian school teachers. Church program volunteers. They left behind more than 700 victims.