http://revolutioninjesusland.com A guided tour for secular progressives to America's fourth Great Awakening. Sat, 17 May 2008 03:39:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been watching this rising movement of Christian radicals for a few years with nothing but complete awe and admiration. But I've finally worked up the nerve to ask a few questions---to pose a challenge even. I think the movement is making an idol out of smallness and slowness. Small and ... http://revolutioninjesusland.com/index.php/2008/05/16/is-bad-organizing-biblicalor-what-would-jesus-do-with-democracyor-next-step-for-christian-big-thinkers-part-3or-review-of-jesus-for-president-part-4/ Tim Keel (who was good enough not to get upset at me for grossly oversimplifying his point of view a couple posts ago) sent me this link, that has a lot to say regarding my current topic. Here, Tony Jones locates the roots of the clean hands syndrome that plagues Christian ... http://revolutioninjesusland.com/index.php/2008/05/01/the-hauerwasian-mafia/ I grew up an atheist, but recently I have fallen in love with a movement that seems to be the most dynamic element of Christianity in American today. It's a movement based on radical idealism, a faith that "all of creation will be redeemed." These people are working toward a ... http://revolutioninjesusland.com/index.php/2008/05/01/the-next-step-for-christian-big-thinkers-part-2/ Is this real? And how did I miss it? http://revolutioninjesusland.com/index.php/2008/04/28/the-salvation-red-army/ You know all that "Left Behind" stuff? It's real. There really are Christians who believe that, in a very specific Armageddon scenario, Jesus will come back, make grape juice out of non-believers, and send everyone else to heaven. Do you know what Jesus' criteria will be for who gets to ... http://revolutioninjesusland.com/index.php/2008/04/28/introtranslation-for-non-christians-before-i-get-to-part-2/ Maybe I can use that instead of "secular progressives" and avoid getting yelled at by secular progressives. http://revolutioninjesusland.com/index.php/2008/04/28/how-about-the-progressive-mainstream/ As an activist and organizer, I used to have a vision of my role in social change that kept me protected in a certain way from people and their problems. When I was a union organizer and community organizer, I spent countless hours at workers' kitchen tables listening to their ... http://revolutioninjesusland.com/index.php/2008/04/26/the-next-step-for-christian-big-thinkers/ Wednesday night, I caught the first day of the Social Justice Revival at Vineyard Columbus, which continues through tonight. Here are some pictures:[pictobrowser 12065583@N05 72157604609260540] Close to 100 churches participated, led jointly by Jim Wallis' Sojourners and pastor Rich Nathan's Columbus Vineyard church. Jim Wallis is an evangelical lefty progressive with ... http://revolutioninjesusland.com/index.php/2008/04/18/justice-revival/ You thought I was joking about people salivating over new study bibles like geeks waiting for a new Macbook model from Apple. But here's proof. My favorite is #68 (of 109 blog reactions so far): Bible Geek Gone Wild: “Although I love my current ESV, I may be tempted to ... http://revolutioninjesusland.com/index.php/2008/04/17/you-thought-i-was-joking/ This summer will be filled with plenty of speaking tours, music festivals and conferences all over the country that will be open and friendly opportunities for those outside the church to observe the Revolution in Jesusland for themselves. Maybe I will try to get a wiki page up to list ... http://revolutioninjesusland.com/index.php/2008/04/16/check-out-cool-christianity-this-summer/