Atheism has become what it was trying to reject

Atheism had no such pretensions. Its aim was to rid us of the need for religion. Yet in its move to remodel itself as a civil religion it has become what it claims to reject. The disdain of a Marx or Freud for religion has given way to the shrill competitiveness of the “New Athiests.”

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Rethinking secularism

There is no such thing as a secular realm, a part of the world that can be
elevated above God and explained and investigated apart from Him.
—Phillip Blond

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Dette er vel litt on the edge for folk flest ;-) Vi gjør desperate forsøk på å skille religion og politikk. Kan virkelig en såkalt sekulær sfære opprettholdes?

John Stott

Vet ikke mye om John Stott, men han har vært svært innflytelsesrik i den evangelikale bevegelse.

Du kan lese et sammendrag av hans liv og tjeneste her: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/julyweb-only/john-stott-obit.html

Her finnes en del undervisning på mp3 av han: http://thegospelcoalition.org/resources/name-index/a/John_Stott/category/sermons

Opptøyene i London

“These are not hunger or bread riots. These are riots of defective and disqualified consumers”.
-Zygmunt Bauman

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God, give us men!

GOD, give us men! A time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands;
Men whom the lust of office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and a will;
Men who have honour; men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before a demagogue
And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking!
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty, and in private thinking;
For while the rabble, with their thumbworn creeds,
Their large professions and their little deeds,
Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps,
Wrong rules the land and waiting Justice sleeps.

Gilbert Holland