Culture Making: Recovering our creative calling by Andy Crouch It is not enough to condemn culture. Nor is it sufficient merely to critique culture or to copy culture. Most of the time, we just consume culture. But the only way to change culture is to create culture. Andy Crouch unleashes a stirring manifesto calling Christians [...]
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” The Movie industry has changed dramatically from its early beginnings. Instead of silent movies, we not only have sound but Surround sound. Instead of black-and-white, we not only have colour but technicolour. Instead of movie palaces, we have multiplexes, where five, ten, sometimes twenty theaters exist under one roof. One thing, though has changed. [...]
Weird Christians I have met (or have been)
Posted: April 16, 2008 in BooksTags: Christian living, Christianity, personal, Spirituality, Theology
I am reading the book, Weird Christians I have met by Phil Baker (Senior Pastor in Australia). It is a fascinating book. I was struck by these words: There is a suble balance between normal Christianity, with its appreciation of diversity, and that which is erroneous, misleading and ultimately damaging. The authentic christian is [...]
I visited the Landmark bookstore (in Chennai) today and found the book ” God is not Great” by Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens thesis: Religion poisons everything. He opines that religion, ” violent, irrational, allied to racism, tribalism and bigotry”. He slams monotheistic religions in particular. What are his conclusions? Hitchens’ critique of religion comes down to [...]
