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Sermon: Renegotiating Love (evolution and symbiosis)
by Dr. Roger L. Ray, Community Christian Church, Springfield
It seems like falling in love and staying in love should be easy. However, clearly, it is one of the most difficult things that almost everyone wants to do. At least a part of the problem rests with an out of date conception of what marriage must or should be, coupled with fears rooted in our earliest years and our connection to our parents. Considering the important work of Freudian psychiatrist, Nancy Friday, this message considers how the world has changed and how we might change to make meaningful love relationships more possible.
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Dr. Roger L. Ray
pastor, The Emerging Church
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Unbinding Christianity: Choosing the Values of Jesus over the Beliefs of the Church by Jan G. Linn is a book that will be good news for some readers while stretching others in uncomfortable ways. It begins with the premise that traditional Christian teaching is focused on right beliefs while the life and teachings of Jesus was all about right living. The book represents a fresh voice for Christians who struggle to accept traditional beliefs by assuring them that Jesus himself said much more about right values than he did right beliefs.
The goal of this book is to unbind Christianity from the wrappings of creeds, doctrines, dogma, and beliefs in order to make room for an understanding of what it means to be Christian defined by values that invites unity among Christians without the need for conformity of beliefs.
One of the important by-products of a values-based Christianity is that it paves the way for Christians with different beliefs to find common ground with one another while also freeing them to build bridges of understanding with non-Christian.
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ProgressiveChristianity.org : Unbinding Christianity: Choosing the Values of Jesus over the Beliefs of the ChurchNew Audio Series Sheds Light on Jesus’ Final Days
“The Last Week” with John Dominic Crossan is designed for Lenten study
Part historical exploration, part theological inquiry, part meditation, the audio series The Last Week vividly brings to life the key moments leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection and provides space for personal reflection.
This digital download contains eight audio episodes for individual or group study. Though listeners may engage with the series at their leisure, each episode is designed to focus on one day of Holy Week, starting on Palm Sunday and ending on Easter Sunday.
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