http://www.conversantlife.com/topics/%252F%2A Main topics view controller en http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/paul-friend-of-christ By Steve Fowl, re-posted from reclaimingpaul.org: I must admit that I am not sure where all of the fault lines in this conversation about Paul and the emergent church lie. http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/reclaiming-paul-keel-and-franke-part-1 http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/reclaiming-paul-keel-and-franke-part-2 http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/paul-friend-of-christ#comments The Church Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:19:05 -0700 jcubed 8718 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/comparative-religions/show-love-to-muslims-then-bible-verses An evangelist from northern Ghana has told Christians to reach out to the Muslim world by first getting to know Muslims near to them, instead of “sniping people with Bible verses”. It's easy to "know Muslims as immigrants from other countries.” http://www.conversantlife.com/comparative-religions/show-love-to-muslims-then-bible-verses#comments Comparative Religions Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:54:28 -0700 mosaic 8730 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/music/parents-of-katy-perry-i-kissed-a-girl-pray-for-their-daughter Katy Perry’s "I Kissed A Girl," has become a hit song. The singer’s parents, both evangelical Christian preachers, say they are deeply ashamed of the star for ‘promoting a sin’. And her mother, Mary Hudson, declared, "I can’t even listen to that song. The first time I heard it I was in total shock. When it comes on the radio I bow my head and pray." http://www.conversantlife.com/music/parents-of-katy-perry-i-kissed-a-girl-pray-for-their-daughter#comments Music Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:38:31 -0700 Frieda 8706 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/morality/when-does-human-life-begin First Things, by Keith Pavlischek, 08/18/08: Dr. Hymie Gordon (Mayo Clinic), Dr. Micheline Matthews-Roth (Harvard University Medical School), Dr. Alfred Bongioanni (University of Pennsylvania), and Dr. Jerome LeJeune, “the Father of Modern Genetics” (University of Descartes, Paris) state biologically, scientifically, academically, and evidentially that life begins at conception. http://www.conversantlife.com/morality/when-does-human-life-begin#comments Morality Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:22:08 -0700 jcubed 8569 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/politics/the-new-evangelical-politics Anyone who still doubts that the evangelical Christian world is going through a political revolution was not watching Pastor Rick Warren's presidential forum this weekend. The era of reducing Christianity to a narrow set of ideological commitments is over. http://www.conversantlife.com/politics/the-new-evangelical-politics#comments Politics Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:54:20 -0700 kaysen 8697 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/rob-bell-nooma-she We didn’t have anything to do with our birth. We are all here because some woman somewhere gave us life. Her pain, her effort, for our life. And when a mother gives like that to a child, she is showing us what God is like. But sometimes this part of God’s nature is overlooked. http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/rob-bell-nooma-she#comments The Church Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:52:05 -0700 jcubed 8629 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/politics/california-extreme-your-faith-or-your-job Real Clear Politics, By Maggie Gallagher, 08/20/08: Guadalupe Benitez, a partnered lesbian, chose to be artificially inseminated. She has the freedom to make that choice under California law. The California Supreme Court just transformed that liberty of private action into a powerful new right: the right to use the power of government to force a doctor to inseminate her... http://www.conversantlife.com/politics/california-extreme-your-faith-or-your-job#comments Politics Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:19:32 -0700 jcubed 8686 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/life-with-god/does-divine-intervention-save-lives When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans. An eye-opening survey reveals widespread belief that divine intervention can revive dying patients. And, researchers said, doctors "need to be prepared to deal with families who are waiting for a miracle." http://www.conversantlife.com/life-with-god/does-divine-intervention-save-lives#comments Life with God Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:45:04 -0700 Angel909 8690 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/social-justice/christians-admit-defeat-after-chinese-airport-sit-in-over-bibles Four American Christians who staged a sit-in at a Chinese airport over 315 confiscated Bibles admitted defeat after almost 30 hours last night. The missionaries planned to distribute the Bibles to Chinese Christians, but they were seized on Sunday by customs officials after the group arrived at Kunming airport in southwestern Yunnan province. http://www.conversantlife.com/social-justice/christians-admit-defeat-after-chinese-airport-sit-in-over-bibles#comments Social Justice Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:52:13 -0700 Noah 8694 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/life-with-god/more-than-a-name Looking back at that experience, I think I caught a tiny glimpse of how God must feel when someone misuses his name. In fact, God is so concerned with how people use his name that he gave us the third commandment: "You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name" (Exodus 20:7, NIV). http://www.conversantlife.com/life-with-god/more-than-a-name#comments Life with God Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:00:54 -0700 sportsnut 8608 at http://www.conversantlife.com