there's an interesting conversation going on over at TallSkinnyKiwi about what some consider to be the theological hallmarks of those who associate with the emerging church (in fact TSK has set up a voting system so we can find out just how heretical the emerging church actually is (by the standards prescribed by the conservatives).
one of the theological positions in question is that of open theism. those of you who know me know that i am a big advocate of the open theist position as i think it offers a truly beautiful (as well as bibilical) view of a God who risks and makes himself vulerable in order to have the kind of relationship with his creatures that he desires - one characterised by genuine mutuality and love. but i'm not going to go into all the details here. for those who want to find out more about this position I've just found an interesting site here by one of the theologians advocating this position.
About Me
- Matt
- i am one of the leaders of a young missional faith community in the city of Oxford, UK, called 'home' (see link below). you can read more about us at our site. i should say at this point that any of the views expressed here are not necessarily the views of the community as a whole! there's the disclaimer out of the way! we have been taken in by the Church of England who have carved out some space - financially, physically and ecclesiologically - for us to explore life and mission in the culture we find ourselves a part of. I am married to Pippa and she is lush. I am now also a proud and doting father to our beautiful little baby girl, Lily-Anna.
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and there's an even better site here:
http://www.opentheism.info/
Matt
good to see you have some thoughts on open theism
now i know where to go
is your wife really called Pippa?
yeah - she surely is - why do you ask?
no reason - just a cool name
Woo, another OVTist :-), both good sites mentioned already. If you haven't come across it already there is an OVT discussion board at www.opentheismboard.org which is where Greg's old board has moved.
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