Tag: Quaker
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Kicking it Quaker Style
The main reason we went up was because Robin invited us, but it was really great to hear what Peggy Parsons and Marge Post Abbott had to say about their experiences in the Friends Church…. I have a few new ideas that have sprung from our time there that will later be explored but for…
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Quaker Heritage Day
Thanks to Robin M, a fellow Quaker blogger, Emily and I found out about Quaker Heritage Day and will be attending. I am excited to see that Peggy Senger Parsons will be speaking as I have enjoyed reading her thoughts on her blog. We spent a little bit of time in Berkley last summer when…
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Critiques and Possibilities: Evangelicalism Part III
When we welcome the authority of tradition, the Holy Spirit, the community of believers and the Bible then we level the playing field and invite the whole of creation to come and know Jesus.Viewing the Bible as an Authority, which guides and directs the believer’s life is a strength within the Evangelical community…. The Bible…
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Reflections on Evangelicalism Part I
There are at least five main things that make up Evangelicals George Marsden states that the essential beliefs are: (1) The Reformation doctrine of the final authority of the Bible, (2) the real historical character of Gods saving work recorded in Scripture (3) salvation to eternal life based on the redemptive work of Christ, (4)…
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christmas and Quakers
Street Corner Society offers a very thoughtful look into Quaker practices concerning the holidays. This feeds into and also challenges what I said yesterday.