Christian Anarchy

Thursday, June 16, 2005

New Name?

Hey everyone,

I've gotten a lot of feedback about the name of this blog; both good and bad. But since "Christian Anarchy" has the propensity to offend a lot of people, I'm considering changing the name.

I want a name that:

Is catchy.

Is controversial (but not as controversial as this one was).

Gives a sense of Christian teens going against the flow (and working to turn the tide) of our antichristian culture.

After I set this blog up, I heard about a new movement in the mainstream christian community called "Teen Mania. This movement focuses on the same basic things as Christian Anarchy. Obviously, I don't want to use the name Teen Mania but looking on their website might give you some ideas.

Once I get this website off the ground I would like to possibly be an affiliate of Teen Mania.

In Him,

David

posted by David S. MacMillan III at 2:13 PM

27 Comments:

  • Might I suggest Teen ekXew (pronounced ek-shoe-oh)? ekXew is koine Greek for "to pour out" (Acts 2) and was used to refer to the events on the Day of Pentecost, when the first soul harvest was made. It's an idea, and I might come up with others, but, that's all I can think of there...

    By Blogger David Ketter, at 9:30 PM  

  • Maybe so. I was thinking along the lines of something in English, but maybe the word for anarchy or rebellion in Greek might work.

    Another thing about TeenMania; they are more focused on getting teens saved and out of a life of depression and bondage. This website will be focused more toward equipping already-saved teens to defend their faith and strengthen their walk with Christ.

    By Blogger David S. MacMillan III, at 8:07 AM  

  • How about Christian Revolution rather than Christian Anarchy?

    By Blogger David S. MacMillan III, at 10:11 AM  

  • Christian Revolution...I like it!

    Hmm...that's interesting about TeenMania. If we actually get into affiliation with them, ekXew would have been an appropriate title considering the fact that it referred to the EQUIPING of the first Christians. But yeah, Christian Revolution is cool. :)

    By Blogger David Ketter, at 11:57 AM  

  • that sounds great, David!

    By Blogger Eric (the dented one), at 2:18 PM  

  • The correct pronunciation of ekxew would be "ek-kheh-owe." The "kh" in it would be pronounced as in loch (Modern Greek), or kicker (Ancient Greek). The first pronunciation is the one most commonly used, as the second one is impossible for our English-trained ears to distinguish.

    By Blogger GabrielB, at 9:40 AM  

  • You wanna take that up with my youth pastor? He studied Koine Greek in college and is quite familiar with it...I don't think he'd make that kinda mistake (especially considering he passed with excellent grades).

    By Blogger David Ketter, at 9:59 PM  

  • Well, that's what Harvey Bluedorn, who wrote the Greek course I'm starting, says. Here and here are links that say that my pronunciation is right.

    By Blogger GabrielB, at 9:30 AM  

  • So that makes my youth pastor and his Greek professors wrong? I don't know what qualifications this "Harvey" has but perhaps Koine Greek is different from what he refers to...

    By Blogger David Ketter, at 11:14 AM  

  • So that makes my youth pastor and his Greek professors wrong?


    umm, i think that's pretty much the point of what he was saying...

    By Blogger jonCV, at 4:47 PM  

  • Sheesh guys, this is supposed to be a Christian blog. We can determine the correct pronunciation later. Besides, we are probably doing Christian Revolution anyway, so what does it matter?

    By Blogger David S. MacMillan III, at 4:07 PM  

  • In ancient languages, it's everything. That could determine how you mean it....

    What I don't understand is why *some* must put their two cents in when this is an administrative matter for the members of Christian Anarchy-turning-into-something-else.

    By Blogger David Ketter, at 6:48 PM  

  • hey bud, don't pick on david, he's just enthusiastic.

    By Blogger jonCV, at 12:42 AM  

  • Which of us are you talking about? Lol....we might have to resort to the D3 and DJ thing on this, too, man.

    By Blogger David Ketter, at 6:02 PM  

  • I'm all for Christian Revolution.

    By Blogger Eric (the dented one), at 9:55 PM  

  • if i understood the meaning of this blog correctly the name christian anarchy is quite correct. If you're looking for your own way to Christ, you don't need rules ore worse rulers to indicate the Way...

    By Blogger peace by equity, at 8:14 AM  

  • Peace by Equity,

    I'm afraid you are incorrect in your understanding of this blog. Christian anarchy is not about finding our own way to Christ. Christ CLEARLY laid that out in the Holy Scriptures. What we are seeking to do is to bring about reform in individuals, in the Church, and in the world.

    The reason we are considering a change in name is to prevent misunderstanding about our purpose. Christian Revolution doesn't mean that we are revolting against the traditional Christian faith, but that we are a movement that is conformed to it. The same applies to Christian Anarchy.

    Thank you for stopping by and we hope that you check it out in the future when it's up and running. God bless!

    By Blogger David Ketter, at 12:26 PM  

  • yeah, that cood be confusing to people, ya better change the name. now. but anyway, i don't know who you are, but i guess i can go back to calling him davey mac.

    By Blogger jonCV, at 3:02 AM  

  • JonCV,

    On Generation Joshua, I go by DJ and he goes by D3. (there was someone else that went by DD too)

    By Blogger David Ketter, at 3:18 PM  

  • and together you were the D squad!

    By Blogger jonCV, at 5:19 AM  

  • ditto!

    By Blogger David Ketter, at 8:42 PM  

  • DD was David Daudelin, he was one year younger than the rest of us.

    What I don't understand is why *some* must put their two cents in when this is an administrative matter for the members of Christian Anarchy-turning-into-something-else.

    Don't get upset, DJ. This is a public website, and we are putting forward the name-changing business for everyone's input. Let's not create strife before the website is even started.

    I am seriously considering a merger with The Non-Conformist Magazine. I like the name and the fact that they have their own domain, but put plainly their website is pretty archaic. I've had an invitation to write articles for them, and I've spoken with the founders about the merger idea. What do you guys think?

    They have a bunch of Current Events writers but hardly any Apologetics writers, which would make a merger a great idea. That way the NonConformist Mag/Christian Anarchy site would have something for everyone. We wouldn't have to abandon the Christian Anarchy name or the Christian Revolution name; we could still have "The Christian Anarchist Corner" at Non-Conformist where we discussed stuff about Christian Anarchy and Christian Revolutions.

    Feedback?

    By Blogger David S. MacMillan III, at 10:52 AM  

  • I'd say go with the Non-Conformist merger...Not only would it provide a good starter base for readership, it also has the advantage of being a current establishment...

    I'd vote on the Christian Revolution title, actually... Or Christian Revolutionaries, w/e...

    By Blogger David Ketter, at 8:42 PM  

  • Since they already have the "www.nonconformistmag.com domain name, we would have to stay with "The Non-Conformist Magazine" as the name of the site. However, we could have a "Christian Anarchist" or "Christian Revolutionary" 'Corner' on the Non-Conformist site.

    By Blogger David S. MacMillan III, at 7:33 PM  

  • That's what I meant...or maybe you could have like a "sub-section" of the mag...depends on how flexible they are...

    By Blogger David Ketter, at 9:24 PM  

  • Possibly we could do something like this:

    Blogger has an option whereby a blog is outsourced to another domain name. This domain name can be the top page of the site (for example, www.nonconformistmag.com) or a secondary page (www.nonconformistmag.com/apologetics/).

    All the HTML wizards in the group could work together to create a user-friendly frontpage with links to a few different subsections: Apologetics, Current Events, Political Activism, High-Tech, Opinion, Entertainment, Christianity (like most of the stuff DJ writes), and Christian Anarchy (a teen-centered outreach page) would be a few possiblities. Only the feature article for the day/week would be on the main page: www.nonconformistmag.com/index.html".

    We would have a "different" blog for each section outsourced to a different subsection of www.nonconformistmag.com/.

    All the blogs would have the same layout, and every page would share the same color scheme and a header with links to the different parts of the website. Besides the blogs, we would have a "Contact Us" section and a "SiteMap" section and a "Search" section that would not be blogs but would still be under the top heading.

    Advertisements would only be run on the individual blog pages, and they would only be the relevant ads that Google does; Google's AdSense program. Admittedly, it would take a lot of writers to keep the site constantly updated, but I estimate that nearly 20 people have expressed some kind of interest in the idea, and more than 10 are pretty sure they want to help.

    What does everyone think?

    By Blogger David S. MacMillan III, at 8:39 AM  

  • How about 'counter culture' or a triple alliteration 'Christian counter culture'

    By Blogger Strengthener, at 6:27 AM  

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