Trump Humiliated As El Paso Passes Resolution Calling Out His Lies
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I have been accused frequently over the past several weeks by commenters on my blog and on Facebook of promoting an understanding of Christianity that is significantly different than “traditional and historical” Christianity. I’m not sure what these critics thought they were going to find on a blog called “Freelance Christianity,” but there you go. I’m somewhat amused by the “traditional and historical Christianty” trope, because that almost always means “what conforms to my version of Christianity”–a trope that tends to entirely ignore the actual messay and open-ended process that for almost two millennia has shaped and continues to shape the Christian faith.
An ongoing conversation that I have with new freshmen every fall centers on the nature of the Christian faith. At its core, was Jesus promoting a system of belief or a way of life? Is true Christianity an orthodox (“right belief”) or an orthopraxic (“right action”) religion? These conversations are often fascinating, but are equally often slow to get started, especially when focused on particularly esoteric texts.
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