Judith Forgoston
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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..
