Here's a talk I gave last week at the Cornerstone Bookshop in Clapham, London. As they took the trouble to record it, then here it is in all its glory (and rough edges) ...
I looked at the history of the Church up to the Middle Ages, examining what effect Greek thinking has had. It's also what I am currently writing in my next book, "How the Church lost The Truth ...". All feedback would be most welcome.
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church history overview
Steve, thanks for posting this overview of church history. I like your emphasis to focus more on conduct, rather than being all about doctrine. Perhaps those who ascribe to returning to the ancient paths, i.e. observing the feasts, worship on Saturday, may be well-intended but at the same time intentions are clouded by doing something that then becomes doctrine.. Overall this was very informative and at the same time the Spirituall application is well taken, thanks.
David
http://graftedinandonthejourney.blogspot.com
conduct or doctrine
David, this is very much the line that Barry Horner takes in his excellent book Future Israel - Why Christian anti-Judaism must be challenged.
Richard
Cornerstone Bookshop Talk
I just wanted to say thankyou for sharing the talk so that I could listen on my commute. I'm so glad to have found Saltshakers!
I look forward to reading the book when it comes out.
I've been wrestling with what the Bible says and what the Church has done in Jesus' name for a few years now. In fact the church is largely responsible for my fathers lack of faith in 'G-d stuff'! For myself it's been a growing thing. I could so easily have also turned my back on G-d had I not 'discovered' Dwight Pryor and others a couple of years back.
I hope the growing interest in re-discovering our lost hebraic roots continues, because I really think the early church threw out the baby with the bath water. There is so much treasure to enrich our Christian faith when we are willing to learn from Jewish understandings of the text. (I will never forget learning that Hebrew words can have more than one English translation - like the word for 'faith' in our bibles also means 'faithfulness'.)
Here's hoping that the next several years bring about an explosion of love and grace!
Kind regards,
Sue