Protestant Christianity, whether in its liberal or conservative garb, finds itself waking up each morning in bed with a deteriorating modern culture, between sheets with a raunchy sexual reductionism, despairing scientism, morally normless cultural relativism, and self-assertive individualism. We remain resident aliens, OF the world but not profoundly in it, dining at the banquet table of waning modernity without a whisper of table grace. We all wear biblical name tags (Joseph, David, and Sarah), but have forgotten what our Christian names mean.
There is a quality of lightness, easiness, and in some sense blatant unseriousness that pervades Classical Christianity's dialogue with modernity. Th… - Thomas Oden
There is a quality of lightness, easiness, and in some sense blatant unseriousness that pervades Classical Christianity's dialogue with modernity. Th…
- Thomas Oden
Remedying the deficiencies of seminary curricula is a difficult question because of all kinds of vested political interests long at work in the build… - Thomas Oden
Remedying the deficiencies of seminary curricula is a difficult question because of all kinds of vested political interests long at work in the build…
Protestant Christianity, whether in its liberal or conservative garb, finds itself waking up each morning in bed with a deteriorating modern culture,… - Thomas Oden
Protestant Christianity, whether in its liberal or conservative garb, finds itself waking up each morning in bed with a deteriorating modern culture,…
The experienced pastor will recognize to which situation humor belongs and to which belongs sobriety. - Thomas Oden
The experienced pastor will recognize to which situation humor belongs and to which belongs sobriety.
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