Thursday 31 December 2009

The Nazareth Declaration

Over at the Sojourners blog there is an interesting post entitled The Nazareth Declaration - read it here.

This is the first I've heard of The Manhattan Declaration and so don't want to offer any comments on it at present. I like the suggestion that Jesus Nazareth Declaration in Luke 4 refutes the Manhattan Declaration at one point - Jesus does not limit what he considers to be important to three points, and certainly not the three points in the Manhattan Declaration (1. the sanctity of human life, 2. the dignity of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife, and 3. the right of evangelicals to protest the first two items without recrimination.)

Now, I do think the three points of the Manhattan Declaration are important, but they are far from the most important points Christians need to address in 2009 entering 2010.

If you were asked to list the top three priorities for Christians/the Church in 2010 what would you put in your list?

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