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Tangled: The God Who’s More Involved with the Forgotten Than You Might Imagine

Fifty two million people in the United States watched the royal wedding of Prince William and Katherine Middleton.  People were captured by this modern fairy tale.  It began in 2001 when upper class William and middle class Middleton met at St Andrews University in Scotland.  In 2004, they were photographed skiing together in Switzerland, one of the first times they were publicly linked romantically.  In June 2005, the pair finished college at St Andrews and each pursued a career.  In early 2007 it appeared the fairy tale was over.  The couple split.  But later that year were seen back together again.  And then, in October 2010, nine years after they first met, the couple got engaged during a vacation in Kenya. Prince William gave her the same diamond and sapphire engagement ring that Prince Charles gave to William’s mother, Princess Diana. They married on April 29, 2011.  Fifty two million of us watched that wedding.Read More »Tangled: The God Who’s More Involved with the Forgotten Than You Might Imagine

The American Creed and the Christian Creed: “We Believe in One Lord” v. “There are Many Lords” Chris Altrock – Sunday Night Series – March 20, 2011

Bounded Sets and Centered Sets

A friend and I were recently talking about the Christian faith.  Her daughter, who lives in another city, had decided to start looking around for another church.  The daughter was dissatisfied with the church she was attending.  My friend, her mother, was worried that her daughter wasn’t going to seriously investigate what other churches taught and would end up making a decision about a new church home on factors that were somewhat superficial.  The discussion raised the whole issue of what makes a church really a church, and what makes a Christian really a Christian?  Are there beliefs and practices that are essential to what it means to be a Christian and a congregation of Christians?  In addition, that same friend had recently heard a Christian speaker talking about how good it was to see so many of the walls coming down that once divided different Christian groups from one another.  This led us into a discussion about the Christian faith in general.  What are the defining beliefs of Christianity?  What makes a Christian group truly a Christian group?Read More »The American Creed and the Christian Creed: “We Believe in One Lord” v. “There are Many Lords” Chris Altrock – Sunday Night Series – March 20, 2011