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Steven Davison commented on Patricia Barber's blog post 'Primitive Christianity Revived - But Not By Us'Steven Davison commented on Kevin Camp's blog post 'Addressing Meeting Discipline'"Discipline is a four-letter word among Friends, alas.
Shrewsbury Meeting in New Jersey (New York Yearly Meeting) went through a similar challenge some years ago and eventually expelled the man from meeting. I learned three things from that…"
Steven Davison replied to Kirby Snell's discussion 'Question from a Christian investigating Quakerism' in the group Christianity"Hi, Kirby
At least in theory (meaning we talk about it but it doesn’t always happen), Friends offer you some distinctive contributions to the Christian tradition. Foremost, perhaps, is the rich tradition and experience of answering…"
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Christianity
Discussions on the Quaker understanding of Christianity and our relations with the Christian world. Tag: christianity
Steven Davison commented on Forrest Curo's blog post 'An Open Letter'"Know, Friend, that thee is not alone. Though it sounds like thee may feel alone in thy meeting.
Is this really true? Is there no one else in your meeting who has experienced Truth? who hopes, at least, that their vocal ministry actually comes…"
Steven Davison commented on Irene Lape's blog post 'Bible Study for Friends'"I think the most important question raised by the first chapter of Genesis is, what does it mean to be created "in the image of God"? In God's proposal to do this, in verse 26, and then in the next verse, where he actually does it,…"
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Carnival: Rob Bell and the Paradox of Christian Universalism
3/2011 Carnival: Rob Bell and the controversy surrounding his supposed turn toward Christian Universalism.If you write about the topic, bookmark it in Delicious as "quaker.robbell" or post to the comments below.See More
Steven Davison replied to Jess Easter's discussion 'Can one be Quaker and Jewish?' in the group Liberal Quakers"Jess, this question speaks to one of the basic issues in modern liberal Quaker identity: Is "God" involved in the Religious Society of Friends or not? Individual Quakers are allowed to answer this question for themselves, but meetings have…"
Steven Davison replied to Forrest Curo's discussion 'Why talking about God is rude?'"Helen, I hope you do find a way to provide some leadership. I'll bet prayer will help.
I was once one of those people who hassled Christians about their language and I've thought a lot about the problem, from both sides now. These…"
Steven Davison commented on Kevin Camp's blog post 'Vocal Ministry: The Inexperienced versus Experienced Divide'"Thanks for your post, Kevin. I suspect that the real difference between vocal ministers is not really between experienced and inexperienced, but between Friends who feel that they "speak for God," as you put it, when they rise in meeting,…"
Steven Davison replied to John Michael Wine's discussion 'More thoughts on defining "liberal"' in the group Liberal Quakers"CQ, I agree with you that liberal Quakerism has been characterized, if not defined, by its "rejection of beliefs, creeds and dogmas in favor of values and principles." I see this especially in how we approach first day school, and in fact,…"
Steven Davison replied to Forrest Curo's discussion 'Why talking about God is rude?'"Why do (some) Friends find that talking from God disturbs their peace? I was such a person once and for me, the reason was the hard handling I received from Christians (especially my father), the long history of Christian violence and perfidy, and…"
Steven Davison replied to John Michael Wine's discussion 'More thoughts on defining "liberal"' in the group Liberal Friends"I think the retreat from belief to practice is a signature characteristic of liberal Quakerism, just as Dandelion described it in his book on the sociology of Quaker belief. Though a liberal Friend myself, I think this is a big mistake. It strips…"
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Liberal Friends
Liberal Friends practice waiting worship and emphasize community and the authority of the Inner Light over specific faith statements. Tag: liberal
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William F Rushby replied to Mary Linda's discussion 'Quaker books for the poorly educated?'"http://www.stepstolife.org/php/view_article.php?article_id=1777
I think this account is…"
William F Rushby replied to Mary Linda's discussion 'Quaker books for the poorly educated?'"I suggest ministers' journals as a possibility.
In particular, I like Samuel Levick, Richard…"
Irene Lape posted a blog postDaily Old Testament and Early Christian Writings: Joshua Introduction - 2 and Origen's De Principiis: Book Two 3-4
Introduction to Joshua:The books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings are called “the Early…See More
"There's a table in the center of our Meeting room. On the table, at one time or another, there…"
Howard Brod commented on Doug Bennett's blog post 'Biblical Inerrancy Watch: the Evangelical Free Church of America'"Just a point of clarification in defense of liberal Quakers. I have traveled within those…"
Micah Bales on the measure of success for religious fellowship
The upside-down kingdom of Jesus is hard for a lot of folks to accept, especially those of us who… See More
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