On Google Books: "Despite its flaws, it will be the the source of much historical scholarship, from around the globe, over the coming decades. It is a tremendous leveler of access to historical resources."
"When it comes down to the bottom argument in Robin Parry's (aka, Gregory Macdonald's) book The Evangelical Universalist we find an argument about God's love." This has been an interesting series, and one that is worth following. Regardless of conclusion, I think it is important to avoid dogmatism on this issue.
"We're in for a big change: Where the noughties were a decade of discovery, the teens will be a decade of realisation. And not discovery of new tech. The future isn't digital; it is self-organised."
"Missional ecclesiology requires an entirely new way of thinking about church, from the bottom up. Church plants and established churches have failed to recognize this important point. As a result, they have created a syncretistic ecclesiology, blending institutional church with missional church."
"In 2010, you are whatever the Net says you are. Deal with it." Great ways to deal with what the internet says about you. Everyone, regardless of profession, should read this.
The discussion of Christian universalism continues. Money quote: "There are universalistic sounding passages (no one disputes they "sound" universalistic) and there are hell passages. Big question: Why has the tradition shaped the universalistic sounding passages by the hell passages and not the other way around?"
David Fitch looks back at the top ten posts of 2009. All of these are wonderful. I've probably linked to at least some of them individually, but this is a worthy link as well.
Meagan Fisher writes on designing websites in the browser, with HTML and CSS, rather than as Photoshop mockups. It is such a hard transition for many of us, but it is so important.
The beginning of a series from Scot McKnight on Christian universalism – what it is, what it isn't, and issues surrounding it. This post is really short, but there are great comments on it.
"The first order of business, which is his too, is to get this term "universalism" straight and I want to attach adjectives to his descriptions." Here are solid definitions of what is being discussed in this series.
Continuing the question of hell in the universalism series. This part of the series, and the book, examines the freewill theism view of hell. As Scot notes, it does not deal with open theism, which I think is a big weakness.
Meagan Fisher writes on designing websites in the browser, with HTML and CSS, rather than as Photoshop mockups. It is such a hard transition for many of us, but it is so important.
Jonathan Stegall is a web designer and emergent / emerging follower of Jesus currently living in Atlanta, seeking to abide in the creative tension between theology, spirituality, design, and justice.