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  • Archive for May 5th, 2005

    How can a Buddhist be Christian?

    5th May 2005

    Recently, one of my commenters asked me, "How is someone both a Buddhist and a Christian at the same time?" to my suggestion that we need to start to think about other religions not as antithetical to Christianity but as being possibly compatible with the gospel.

    Perhaps that is too radical a way to think.

    After all, we like to think of ours as the true religion while others are false. I challenged this way of thinking in a previous post, or at least cast doubt on the assumption that we are always practicing true religion just because we verbalize adherence to certain creedal statements or beliefs. I believe I have biblical support for my suspicions.

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    What’s up with PDC bashers anyway?

    5th May 2005

    Here we go again. You might say that it’s getting really old, for I have gone down this path before, but I just cannot stay silent over this post. However, let me say, that although I respect Tim Challies, I just get irritated by the way he seems to enjoy showcasing Rick Warren, his book Purpose Driven Life, Purpose Driven Churches (PDC) and Pastors.com (the website ministry of Warren’s Saddleback Church which is a resource for pastors and church leaders), in a little less than complimentary, even I daresay, un-Christ-like, manner.

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