The New Christians

My Blog Has Moved

Tony Jones — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:13:57 +0000

Dear Readers, After a year with Beliefnet, I've decided to move to my own domain for my blogging. It's been a fine year -- some things worked, other things didn't. But in the end, I'll be a better blogger on my own. My thanks to the Bnet editorial staff; they've been very supportive. Please change your subscriptions and blogrolls accordingly. Hope to see you there! Tony...

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The Most Important Cartoon of the Year

Tony Jones — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:51:22 +0000

By Steve Breen, San Diego Tribune, October 18, 2009 ...

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Social Media for Pastors

Tony Jones — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:45:52 +0000

Following up on Christianity21, we at JoPa Productions are developing a series of boot camps for pastors who want to learn about and utilize social media tools like blogging, Twitter, and Facebook. These are one-day, hands-on learning experiences, currently offered in the Twin Cities and soon to be offered around the country. We'll also be offering social media boot camps for...

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Ending Christian Euphemisms: “Fundamentalist”

Tony Jones — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:15:41 +0000

I've taken some heat in the comment section for using yesterday's post on "unbiblical" and a "higher view of scripture" as a thin foil for my own disregard of biblical standards. To the contrary, I was pointing to the use of the word unbiblical as a stand-in for a particularly thin hermeneutic. There are, of course, things that are unbiblical: child pornography and shampoo, for instance. Both are technically unbiblical since they are never mentioned; further, the first is morally at odds with...

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Why You Should Get GENERATE

Tony Jones — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:14:37 +0000

Last week at Christianity21, GENERATE Magazine debuted. With the tag line, "an artifact of the emergence conversation," it fit perfectly at the gathering. When I actually got around to reading it last weekend, I was truly surprised at how good it is.There have been several efforts to begin a paper journal that capture the exploits of...

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Ending Christian Euphemisms: “Unbiblical”

Tony Jones — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:19:20 +0000

In our attempt to exterminate Christian euphemisms from our vocabulary, Nathan nominated thusly:

"Unbiblical" when what the situation really is is "I really, really DON'T like that" OR "I disagree" OR "Your words challenge my deepest held idolatries posing as genuine Christian faith."

This euphemism seems to be more prevalent today than I remember it -- or maybe I just ran into it less in the...

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Ending Christian Euphemisms: “The Lord Laid It on My Heart”

Tony Jones — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:16:01 +0000

I received loads of great comments about what Christian euphemisms we should drag, kicking and screaming, into the light of day in an attempt to euthanize them. I won't be able to tackle them all, but I'll highlight some of my favorites this week.Chris Enstad nominated this beauty:"The Lord laid it on my heart..."Which is a euphemism for: This is...

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Christianity21 Video

Tony Jones — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:59:42 +0000

Thanks to Don Heatley ...

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Looking Back on Christianity21

Tony Jones — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:23:56 +0000

As other bloggers have noted, putting the Christianity21 experience into words is nearly impossible. In short, it went even better than Doug and I imagined it. All of the pieces came together beautifully.In fact, when...

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Christianity21 — It’s All Over but the Shouting

Tony Jones — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:37:12 +0000

Due to snow in the Twin Cities, several C21 participants got held over for another night here, allowing us to revel in the glories of the gathering for another day. But today holds a couple more airport runs, some packing, and beginning to decide what's next for JoPa. At Jay Bakker's request, I will be posting about the event, at length, in the next couple days. Until then, enjoy the images of...

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