Judith Forgoston
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Keywords: Old Testament violence – Biblical literalism – Brian Zahnd
One of the greatest things about a faith with room to grow is that you get to bring up the scary, uncomfortable questions, at least for yourself. You know, the kinds of questions you’ve spent so much time to forget. The ones everybody agrees to leave unasked. The ones you were warned about because they would undermine your faith…
Keywords: Door-to-door evangelism – curiousness – authenticity
Recently, I got visitors. I could see them through the window as they were walking up my driveway, and my heart sank a little. Their clothes and their posture were giving me an uneasy presentiment. I sighed and asked my poor husband if it could be his turn. I didn’t even ask afterwards whether they managed to convert him or not…
Keywords: Transcendence – Dostoevsky – Les Miserables – C.S. Lewis – Handels Messiah
I received a lot of gifts during my time in bible college. Friendships (one of which turned into marriage!), a sense of family, exciting doctrine and many tools for ministry. But something important was missing, and the more I missed it, the more I realized that with it missing, the rest lost some of its flavor, too…
Keywords: Culturally informed faith – Swiss Christianity – American Evangelicalism
One of the first things I noticed when moving to the U.S. fifteen years ago was how different this country’s relationship to Christianity is from the one I had experienced back in Switzerland. And since few things are healthier for our faith than to realize that not everybody does and sees things the way we do, I set out to explore those differences…
Keywords: Judgement – fundamentalism – deconstruction – definitions of Christianity – evangelism
I never thought I’d ever have this experience. Ever. But recently it has started to happen here and there, from well-meaning, “sold out” Christians like the one I used to be. I started noticing how some of them look at me. Linger with some words. Hesitate. They are fighting the fight I know all too well. They are wondering how they should go about trying to get me saved. I know, because I used to be one of them..
