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Christian Missions and the Spread of Democracy | Greg Scandlen's American Awakening
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Greg Scandlen's American Awakening. May 22, 2015. Christian Missions and the Spread of Democracy. It has long been evident to me that the most successful societies in the world are former British colonies the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, and to a lesser extent India and South Africa. I have usually attributed this to the British embrace of capitalism, merit-based civil service, and widespread education. What he finds is that wherever conversionary Protestant (CP) m...
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PCUSA and Abortion | Greg Scandlen's American Awakening
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Greg Scandlen's American Awakening. June 22, 2011. During all the debate within the PCUSA about ordaining homosexuals and revising the form of government, I was surprised there was little discussion about another very contentious and divisive issue abortion. Now I’m sorry I asked. And that is probably why it is so rarely discussed. The assault on women. So it respects diverse viewpoints, but considers those viewpoints an assault on women. How can that be? It cannot be. One cannot respect people who a...
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PCUSA and the Kairos Palestine Document | Greg Scandlen's American Awakening
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Greg Scandlen's American Awakening. July 8, 2011. PCUSA and the Kairos Palestine Document. The PCUSA’s Monitoring Group for the Middle East recently sent out a study guide related to the Kairos Palestine document. As directed by the General Assembly last year. The Kairos document was prepared by a consortium of Palestinian Christian churches located in the West Bank. Alas, that is not the way it was done. It was an injustice when we were driven out. The West sought to make amends for what Jews had en...
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Bondage of the Will | Greg Scandlen's American Awakening
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Greg Scandlen's American Awakening. May 8, 2014. Bondage of the Will. My men’s group has been reading Martin Luther’s Bondage of the Will. The version we have was published in 1957 and translated by James I. Packer and O.R. Johnson. Still, I’m glad we are doing it. This is one of the most important books of Christian theology ever written. It anchors the Reformation’s understanding of justification and salvation and contrasts starkly with the Roman Catholic tradition then and now. First and importantly, ...
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Bonhoeffer’s Life Together | Greg Scandlen's American Awakening
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Greg Scandlen's American Awakening. January 24, 2015. I just finished reading a new translation of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life Together. It is well worth looking at. If you don’t know already, Bonhoeffer was the greatest Christian martyr of the 20. Century. He was executed by the Nazis just before the defeat of Germany in World War Two for participating in a plot to kill Hitler. Some time ago I read Eric Metaxas’ terrific biography. Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy,. He cites the imprisoned, the s...
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Post Modernism? | Greg Scandlen's American Awakening
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Greg Scandlen's American Awakening. April 20, 2015. Jodie Gallo and I have been exchanging e-mails and I want to share with you his fascinating take on “post-modernism” as it may apply to theology. I think it is thought provoking and I hope you will add your thoughts. 8212;—–. The way I see it, 18. It’s really a marvelous vision, and represented often in Christian arts and crafts as a bleeding lamb holding a cross sitting on a closed book, the book having seven seals holding it shut. (Apocalyptic cul...
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Recent Books | Greg Scandlen's American Awakening
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Greg Scandlen's American Awakening. March 26, 2015. As you know, I am an avid reader. I get most of my information from the printed page, and I like my books printed so I can make marginal notes, underline, and dog ear them. I don’t worry about preserving the binding. I CONSUME books. Popped out at me. I like Dean Koontz a lot. He has replaced Steven King as my favorite horror author. I like his Odd Thomas series and have read most of those. But this book is called The City,. She repeated, No matter what...
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Enriching My Prayer Time | Greg Scandlen's American Awakening
https://gmscan.wordpress.com/2014/11/28/enriching-my-prayer-time
Greg Scandlen's American Awakening. November 28, 2014. Enriching My Prayer Time. I’ve been in Receive mode rather than Transmit mode for the past few months. It was time for me to just shut up and listen. I’ve been listening to people who know a lot more than I ever will about what Jesus has done and continues to do in our lives. Bonhoeffer says that, while many of the Psalms may not fit whatever we are experiencing at the moment, we should pray them anyway because in doing so we are praying. He makes a ...
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Is Religion Disappearing? | Greg Scandlen's American Awakening
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Greg Scandlen's American Awakening. June 19, 2015. Politico ran a big article headlined Religion is Disappearing. That’s Great for Politics, by Michael Shermer. The other day. It is inspired by a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. Showing a surge in the number of religiously unaffiliated Americans. The Pew study generated intense reaction, both defensive and triumphant. I want to look at some of the implications of the study, but let’s first dispatch Mr. Shermer’s ill-informed triumphalism. Almigh...