The Bible Archive

Recently Tim Challies has been going over a series on why we should leave our iPods at home while addressing some things about the nature of technology and the importance of printed words (owing much to Postman and McLuhan). I struck up a conversation at Theologica about e-Bibles and wound up with varied responses .

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Metropolitan Jonah welcomed the New Anglican Province with open arms in a desire to unify Anglicanism and the Orthodox Church. He also offered some things that must be fixed before a full reconciliation between both should occur.

1) Full affirmation of the orthodox Faith of the Apostles and Church Fathers
2) Full affirmation of the the seven Ecumenical Councils
3) Full affirmation of the Nicene Creed in its original form (without the filioque)
4) Full affirmation of all seven Sacraments
5) Rejection of ‘the heresies of the Reformation.” (which include Calvinsm, anti-sacramentalism)
6) Rejection of iconoclasm (image breaking) and Gnosticism
7) Rejection of The ordination of women to the Presbyterate

The reconciliation pointers were, in my opinion, so over the top that I doubt the ACNA would go for it and Jonah likely knows that. I mean, he essentially said “If we can be Orthodox together, you guys will have to become Orthodox”. The speech was met with applause, cheers, and a proposed constitution with none of the suggested changes.

Video after the jump. I’m still looking for a transcript (since I don’t want to transcribe it myself)
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Christian Carnival 282 is up at Tiffany’s Fathom Deep. My post on theological words that get overused (and you can even find comments over at Theologica as people come up with more oft-(ab)used words. Posts that caught my eye are as follows:

• Annoying Christian Cliches is in the same vein as my own post.
• Christians are domestic terrorists.
• Obama on Muslim and Christian Nations.
• The Top Ten most influential authors
• And this wasn’t in the Carnival but it annoyed me enough that it should’ve been so that I could link to it: Don’t Take Your iPod to Church where he decries electronic Bibles and admits that he may be overshooting his point. I’d say. The man has apparently never been in a situation where his study Bible is one version (NASB) the congreation is using another version (KJV) and it is in Spanish (Reina Valera). You’ll be reaching for your electronic Bible real quick then!

Past Christian Carnivals can be found right here on the Bible Archive.

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There are words that Christians have used for so long that they’ve become part of the community’s theological buzz words but, I think, have shifted in meaning. So whereas they may have had some specific usage in the past, now they’re used with wild abandon, rampant impunity and magical intent.

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Hop on over to Crossroads: Where Faith and Inquiry Meet, to enjoy the latest edition of the Christian Carnival. Due to a hiccup in the submission form, my post on Adam’s relationship to Us wound up disappearing into the ether but was graciously added into the Carnival anyway but this weeks host, Diane. Thanks Diane!

• Highlights (which I may or may not agree with) also include:
• The cost of being Jewish
• The mystery of Jesus the Son of Sie.
• Would Jesus being mistaken of something he believed imply sinfulness? The author seems to conflate lack of certainty with being mistaken but I think it’s a valid question.
• Although I didn’t see it in the Carnival (probably fell into the same hiccup my post did) Jeremy’s post on Humans, Animals and the Soul is a good read.

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