Emerging Pastor

Just War, just isn't! On the surface, the doctrine of a Just War is a seminal work of ethical reasoning constructed to reduce the incidences of unrestrained aggression and war. War for instance that so horrifically scars the history books of the twentieth century. It was constructed with a noble aim to reduce from flood to trickle the cruelty visited upon our fellow man by narrowing the limits of acceptable aggression and response.

This article seeks to deconstruct the Just War doctrine and rebuke it in the light of Jesus' teachings on war. In it I reference the current "War on Terror", Iraq and try to make us think critically about what our actions say to the rest of the world.

It's also the fulfillment of this post

It's said that the very best salesmen will sell you something you don't need, don't want and can't afford and afterwards you will thank them for the privilege. That's the kind of thoughts that come to me when I think of the Catholic church in the Middle Ages. It's not that their product (eternal salvation) isn't needed; it's not that you don't really want it, it's the fact that they are trying to sell you something that you can have for free! They were selling ice to Inuit's and everybody was grateful for the privilege. Well, not everyone was happy. The Catholic church had this nice little racquet going

I've reached way back into the archives, May 2002, almost before the interwebs were born in a cosmic collision between a rouge datacenter and the sun to bring you this article on the book of Romans.

It explores the reasons for Paul writing the letter as well as Paul's gospel. It was the first article I ever wrote so be nice :)

The Nicene Creed was formulated over 1700 years ago and remains today as a witness to the faith of the early church. It stands the test of time as a creed still affirmed today as a set of core beliefs of the Christian church.

The early Church father didn't just sit around and say, "Let's write a creed", they were formulating a response to the various heresies of the time, most notably Gnosticism.

In this article What are the Christiological elements within the Nicene Creed? I explore this and much more.

I've just uploaded a second article, this one is very different from the first and takes a look at the history of the Christian faith and the impact that the Emperor Constantine had one it.

In it I ask the question, did Constantine help or hinder the mission of the church?

Before I did research on this I only had a vauge notion of who Constantine was or that the "Holy" Roman Empire emerged from his meddlings. I think it shows that mixing religion and politics can only really lead to institutionalization of faith which is a pill that I have a hard time swallowing.

Well, I hope you learn something, I sure did.