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Guest Blogger: Tripp Hudgins the AngloBaptist

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Alan Rudnick

Part III: Sacrament vs. Ordinance: Guest Blogger, Tripp Hudgins (AngloBaptist).  Check out Part I & Part II. Alan generously asked me to participate in this blog series on Baptist sacramentality and immediately I said yes. I wanted to chime in. … Continue reading →

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Why No One Likes Evangelism

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Alan Rudnick

Over the years, I have encountered many Christians who do not feel comfortable with evangelism.  Loosely, evangelism is the process in which Christians seek to convert or share the Gospel of Christ to others.  When you say the word “evangelism” … Continue reading →

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Sacrament or Ordinance? (Part 1)

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Alan Rudnick

Recently, Karen Bullock, professor Christian heritage and director of the Ph.D. program at the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute, commented on Baptists celebrating their 400 year anniversary by saying, “…several theologians across the past half century have advocated that Baptists reconsider … Continue reading →

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In Front of the Church

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Alan Rudnick

Video blog thoughts… Pentecost 3C

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Once Upon A Time…

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Alan Rudnick

…there was a woman who set out to discover the meaning of life. First, she read everything she could get her hands on–history, philosophy, psychology, religion. While she became a very smart person, nothing she read gave her the answer … Continue reading →

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Is Western Christianity Suffering From Spiritual Amnesia?

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Alan Rudnick

This is part of a post by Diana Butler Bass, “Is Western Christianity Suffering From Spiritual Amnesia?” In the 1990s, I taught history and theology at an evangelical college, a place where the students were serious young Christians. One day, … Continue reading →

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So you want to be spiritual? Try this:

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Alan Rudnick

With so many Americans calling themselves “spiritual” rather than religious, many in the Christian community have asked, “How can we make Christianity more spiritual?”  That is a laughable question because Christianity is inherently spiritual.  Prayer, baptism, worship, singing, communion, fellowship, … Continue reading →

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Americans Feel Connected to Jesus

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Alan Rudnick

With the “fall of Christianity” threatening to end the faith as we know it (yeah right), The Barna Group conducted a study of 1,002 U.S. adults, discovered: Two out of every three adults (67%) claimed to have a “personal relationship” … Continue reading →

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Doubts, Faith, & Belief

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Alan Rudnick

The Barna Group, an evangelical research organization has yielded some surprising findings about America’s Christian and spiritual beliefs: Half of all adults firmly believe that the Bible is accurate in all the principles it teaches. That proportion includes the four-fifths … Continue reading →

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“Twitter Storms” & Haikus Attack Glenn Beck

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Alan Rudnick

If a tree falls during a  “twitter storm” and no one is around, does it make a sound? That is what I asked myself when I stumbled upon this morning’s Washington Post “On Faith” section that caught my attention: Protests … Continue reading →

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