Kate: “Do you know where chickens come from?”
Brett: “No. Where do they come from?”
Kate: “They are made at a chicken factory.”
Brett: “Really?”
Kate: “Yeah. And you know what happens to the chickens they mess up on?”
Brett: “No.”
Kate: “They throw them in the fire and kill them.”
Brett: “So, they burn the [...]
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Posted in Religious, books, theology, women, tagged women, men, church roles, egalitarian, complementarian, feminism, free books on 2007 November 30 | No Comments »
I had a conversation at lunch with a dear friend, and he was researching the role of women in the church. We had a great discussion and he agreed to share with me his unbiased conclusions once he is finished.
However, with that being said, this issue about men and women’s roles in the church [...]
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My wife is the best! Last night we talked a bit about my last post, Wingnuts Ahoy, and we talked about women in the church. Mainly, I listened to her expound on what she believes a woman’s role in the church is.
This morning, unbenounced to me, she read Bob’s blog, and decided to [...]
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Posted in Emergent, Funny, Rants, Religious, theology, women, tagged women, egalitarian, complementarian, feminism, church, sin, repentance, Emergent, rant on 2007 November 29 | 11 Comments »
I got into a little discussion over on someone else’s blog here. The author of that blog posted some pretty offensive advertisements from the 50’s, but the issue I have with the author is that he states that a complementarian view of women in the bible leads to demeaning women, as is portrayed in [...]
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While reading Idols for Destruction by Herbert Schlossberg, I came across some quotes that resounded with my last post on “Sacrificing Children on a Republican Altar.” Quoting Neibuhr, he describes the prevailing national religiousity as a “perversion of the Christian gospel,” aggravating the nation’s problems.
In other quotes he says:
A pluralistic society heralds the virtues [...]
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Randy Alcorn posted an article on his blog that truly hit the nail on the head. With Pat Robertson endorsing Rudy Guiliani, he posted this article in response.
With the election coming up next year, it is important to remind ourselves of the importance of holding to biblical principles when deciding our elected officials.
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Today we went to the annual Candlelighters Christmas party at the Embassy Suites in Beaverton. Candlelighters is an organization that helps kids with cancer, and they’ve helped us in the past when Tanisha went through her Leukemia treatments. And every year they throw a fun Christmas party, complete with the reptile man, jumping [...]
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Just started reading “Idols for Destruction” by Herbert Schlossberg. So far an excellent book. Very slowly trudging through it. Will have some quotes up soon.
Click Here for a few pages of it on Google books:
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Here is video Brett and friends did growing up.
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Here are some pictures that I have run across today of Brett’s family pictures.
I love you Brett!
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