: About Me

Jamie Arpin-Ricci has been a missionary with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Canada since 1994. He and his wife Kim co-founded YWAM Urban Ministries Winnipeg several years ago. They live and serve in one of Canada's most troubled inner city neighborhoods. Jamie is also a freelance writer, his first book entitled "Looking Forward: Facing The Future Of Christian Leadership", and writes frequently on his faith & culture blog.

www.ywamwinnipeg.ca
www.emergentvoyageurs.blog.com

My passion is ...

reading, writing, movies

I know too much about ...

very little

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a writer

Why I write ...

because I can't help myself

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

"Kundu" by Morris West & "Simply Christian" by N.T. Wright

My first job ...

assistant to the librarian in our small town library

My inspiration ...

Dorothy Day, Desmond Tutu, Henri Nouwen, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela

Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Could Christianity survive without the Bible?

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"Could Christianity survive without the Bible?" This is an excellent question that requires some very nuanced answers. In short, we know that Christianity can survive without the Bible because, in fact, it did so for centuries. Further, it still does in many places where the Bible is not readily available Christians. We must know that God alone sustains our faith- Father, Son and Holy Spirit (not Father, Son and Holy Bible). That being said, we can thank God that Christianity does not have to try and survive without the Bible. Nor should we want it to. The Bible is one of the single most i...

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