Danny
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He has persuaded millions of people to support, believe, and even adore him by exerting control in four overlapping areas: Behavior, Information, Thought, and Emotion (BITE).
“At the very least, we ought to take a fresh look and evaluate with new eyes what Jesus of Nazareth actually taught about the dark foundations of human civilization and the alternative he offers in the kingdom of God. Instead of reading the Gospels through the lens of Constantinian Christianity, where Jesus’s prophetic critique of violent power is filtered out, we should try to refamiliarize ourselves with the revolutionary ideas that belong to “that preacher of peace.” The American church especially could benefit greatly from an unvarnished reading of Jesus liberated from the censoring lens of militaristic empire and its chaplaincy religion. This book is my attempt to do that. At”
― A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace
― A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace
“surely nothing can be farther from the spirit of Christianity than allowing massacres, fights, and transactions of that sort.”32”
― Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 Years
― Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 Years
“Holy One, there is something I wanted to tell you, but there have been errands to run, bills to pay, meetings to attend, washing to do ... and I forget what it is I wanted to say to you, and forget what I am about or why. Oh God, don't forget me please, for the sake of Jesus Christ.”
― Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
― Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
“Hell is a state of mind—ye never said a truer word. And every state of mind, left to itself, every shutting up of the creature within the dungeon of its own mind—is, in the end, Hell. But Heaven is not a state of mind. Heaven is reality itself. All that is fully real is Heavenly. For all that can be shaken will be shaken and only the unshakeable remains.’ ‘But”
― The Complete Works of C. S. Lewis: From Narnia to the Space Trilogy and Mere Christianity: Christian allegory, apologetics, criticism, and spiritual memoirs
― The Complete Works of C. S. Lewis: From Narnia to the Space Trilogy and Mere Christianity: Christian allegory, apologetics, criticism, and spiritual memoirs
“Freedom remains a euphemism for the power to kill.”
― A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace
― A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace
Warren Ellis: Q&A Experiment
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This is a group for fans of Warren Ellis. Join us on Thursday, August 15th for a special discussion with author Warren Ellis! Warren will be discuss ...more
Anabapt-ish Theology Book Club
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