i was sitting there.. and all of the sudden i remembered that i forgot to put a title for my english essay.. which my teacher would really like...and then the fact that i didn't do too well on calc... sigh.. i guess life is never perfect, but the imperfection makes it interesting, that's a line from a song that i heard somewhere..
anywayz.. i've been reading this weird book "A new kind of Christian" by Brian D. McLaren, i chose it cuz it was on sale =P n the intro about he as a pastor wanted to quit.. but then stay in ministry ... so i was excepting something like revival of faith...but this book offers something altogether different instead... it was really bad idea to read it the nite b4 my calc exam, cuz it totally threw me off as i recorded on my last journal entry...and i almost wanted to write it as a cult book .. and threw away...but then i learned to give the benefit of the doubt to ppl and books.. and continue reading... more cuz it's a novel n i like novel a lot (ohmy i talk soo much nonsense.. in a nut shell the book offers these ideas)
-medieval world (500 a.d. to 1500 a.d. ) then modern world (1500 a.d. till now) the ancient world and prehistory are not necessary to his point. The medieval world or the Catholics had their worldview as the context for their faith: such as king as divine appointed by God, earth is the centre of the universe, grace plus works etc. so his point is that modern Christian also intertwin a different but equally contingent worldview with the eternal faith." Then, it talks about the world is moving on to postmodernity, but Christianity is still staying modern... he also quoted C.S. Lewis a lot. A good example he provided was the idea God is in control, and we like to think of a machine with buttons, but ppl who wrote the bible at the time prolly thought of farmers in control of anmials or parents in control of their kids

my thinking is that what difference does it make even if we move on to postmodernity like Jonathan what's his name oh Edwards.. did with First Great Awakening in U.S... he sealed all the way from England to tell "old Christian" that just as long as a person accept Christ as personal Saviour, belonging to a religious institutution or not does not affect one's salvation..then he got all yelled at by traditional Christians ( i don't have my "baby" here so i can't be too detailed on that event) On any rate, even if we do move on, there is still gonna be flaws in church, in a religion where man sets up ideas to catergorize everything.. i like the example the book gave about conversion, it's not about coversion but coversation, relationships with non-Christians... it isn't just a one-time thing that a person said some magically words.. and everything is done.. and now that Christian can add one number to the list

and then there are things i don't agree with... he goes about pointing flaws in evangelical thinking and liberal thinking.. and in a way he agrees that both are right.. and never taking a stand... it just confused me a lot .. and i really donno how to make of his points... cuz they are totally different from pastor NG's sermons

another thing that i agree is the fact that most Christians nowadays are becoming like Pharisees.. espeically me actually.. the fact that we are not willing to accept ppl who have different moral codes from us.. but what kind of ppl did Jesus hang with? not the bible scholars for sure, cuz they were just too proud to accept Jesus' radical teaching.. it's no wonder Jesus put the prostitute Mary b4 the biblicaly scholar simon in terms of love for HIm.. then i realize how easy it is for a total sinner to be truly saved than for a self-righteous Pharisee. This may sound really unChristian of me.. but i think the easiest way for a person to become a Pharisee is to become a pastor.. and that's y i truly admire humble pastors who admit their faults openly instead of covering it up so they can have the righteous image... what was the bigger sin.. the adulteress or the Pharisees who want to stone her and test Jesus at the same time... my opinion is we are all sinners in God's eyes.. no difference.. just Christians came to know that we are sick and need healer... and some don't... doesn't mean we are anymore better than
non-Christians.. k that was too much for one entry.. hehe... i will update some other time