tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118850762011-09-03T16:04:18.465-04:00Faith, Dialogue, and ActionAnthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125451576330041943noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11885076.post-1118946660588462282005-06-16T14:29:00.000-04:002005-06-16T14:31:00.590-04:00

Common Christian Party Principles1. We are committed to the love and worship of the God of the Bible as revealed through the person of Jesus Christ; pledging allegiance to Christ as Lord and Savior, above any other allegiance, whether it be defined by family, race, class, political party, ideology, or nationality.2. We are committed to extending the love of Jesus Christ to all members of God's

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It seems that the initial principles or petitions that were proposed in previous posts are a good start. Anthony raised an important issue, however, and that is this matter of being what we want to see in the world, which is what we believe God wants to see in the world (the love, peace, and justice of Jesus Christ). The petitions that I outlined are actually an attempt to align our desires with

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I thought it was helpful how Rod offered up the analogy of both the Ten Commandments for the nation of Israel and the Ten Points created by the Black Panther Party in our formulation of Common Christian Party principles. For Rod to lay this out in the form of a petition opens us up more to God than the easy work of laying out basic principles. Take the Ten Commandments as an example. Many

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Anthony and I have decided to formulate a set of basic principles that our evolving party will be based upon. Of course Jesus Christ, the Gospels, and the Bible will be the underlying framework for all that we do, to the extent that we are able to remain faithful. God gave the people of Israel Ten Commandments to live by. Though not a Christian organization per se, The Black Panther Party had a

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Brian McLaren and CRCC will be hosting a number of gatherings in D.C. during June and July dealing with issues related to justice and peace throughout the globe.

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We had a total of 12 participants for our first dialogue on Friday, April 22, 2005, the commencement of Passover. Not a bad number when you think about the significance of the number 12 in Scripture (12 disciples, 12 tribes of Israel). Here is an overview for the discussion (Some of the responses from the participants are recorded in bold along with subsequent commentary and biblical references,

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"We're all sheep."After a layoff, "you feel sorry for the guy; then you quick get back to work, so it's not you," said a local employee in a recent Charlotte Observer report called "Bank Town: Wachovia, B of A, bring jobs, instability." "It's not just Bank of America. It's all companies. We're all sheep." We believe that we are all in fact sheep, the question is, "Whose sheep are we?" As

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This will be my first post on our new site. I am very excited about what I believe God is doing throughout the Church. One of the things I believe God is doing is inspiring Christians to re-read often neglected text that point to Christian beliefs and practices that have been long forgotten in large segments of the Church. Why have they been forgotten? Not too sure. I have some ideas.

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Seven years ago, upon graduating from college, I met a young man named Anthony who had moved across country from Seattle to Charlotte, North Carolina with his church. I was in a state of spiritual crisis and he was a budding minister. We met at a local U.S. Bureau of the Census office (interestingly enough, a census played a significant part in the early life of Jesus Christ). Since he was a

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