bobve2 Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 Dr. Gary Cox author of Think Again: A response to Fundamentalisms Claim on Christianity, passed away last week and his celebration of life was yesterday. Dr. Cox is very important to me and I want to invite all of you to visit the site www.ucchurch.org thanks so much sincerely bobve
October's Autumn Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 Dr. Gary Cox author of Think Again: A response to Fundamentalisms Claim on Christianity, passed away last week and his celebration of life was yesterday. Dr. Cox is very important to me and I want to invite all of you to visit the site www.ucchurch.org thanks so much sincerely bobve I went to the site but couldn't really find anything. I did see a list of sermons that look interesting. I plan to bookmark it and read them from time to time.
bobve2 Posted September 4, 2006 Author Posted September 4, 2006 The newsarticle regarding Dr. Cox can be found at www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/local/15347029.htm
Kay Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 Dr. Gary Cox author of Think Again: A response to Fundamentalisms Claim on Christianity, passed away last week and his celebration of life was yesterday. Dr. Cox is very important to me and I want to invite all of you to visit the site www.ucchurch.org thanks so much sincerely bobve Bob, thanks for sharing this. Did you know Dr. Cox personally? How did he touch your lif?. Share (if you want to, no pressure).
October's Autumn Posted September 4, 2006 Posted September 4, 2006 The newsarticle regarding Dr. Cox can be found at www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/local/15347029.htm Thanks for the link. He sounds like an incredible man.
bobve2 Posted September 4, 2006 Author Posted September 4, 2006 I didn't know Dr. Cox personally but when I ran into his book it was outstanding. Much like McClaren or Rob Bell, everything Dr. Cox said was what I needed to hear. I come from a very fundamental and legalistic background and Dr. Cox spoke to me in his sermons at ucchurch.org and in his book, Think Again: A Response to Fundamentalism's Claim on Christianity. Dr. Cox's approach is and was radically inclusive insisting that no single stream of thought can lay exclusive claim to the Christian faith. A couple of quotes out of the book that I enjoyed were: "The Church is like a swimming pool, with all of the noise coming from the shallow end. Dr. Cox as well as this site allows many of us to try to move out to the deep end. Dr. Cox said that he entered the ministry not for the purpose of "saving souls" but to point people toward a relationship with God, because he believed the soul of a person who honestly seeks a relationship with God is in good hands.
des Posted September 5, 2006 Posted September 5, 2006 "All the noise at the shallow end". That's classic. What a loss! www.thinkagainbook.com has some more info. --des
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