In this month's Next-Wave online journal, publisher Charles Wear writes a short article entitled ' What Should Pastors Think About the Emerging Church? ', in which he addresses some of the concerns that have been raised by evangelical writers such as D A Carson amongst others. His closing gambit is worth quoting in full... Let me address some of these, uh, burning issues: The emerging church is not...
L though some parts of last week were decidedly difficult, overall it was good - and as I look back from the perspective of Sunday evening calm, I think this is because I actually had time to pause and to feed my brain along the way. Monday, you see, had been proclaimed a "reading day" and despite a quick foray to take assembly at the lovely school up the road (a county school, that has no...
So, I used to do these posts once a week. I haven't posted on in a very long time because it really takes forever to put them together. But here ya go :) 10 things I'm loving right now! 1. Umbrellas! It's been raining like CRAZY here- two weeks in a row! (finally the sun has been out for more than two days in a row!) What makes a rainy day better? Umbrellas! These are all from Walmart! 2. MUSIC! Here...
Shane Life has a seriously great review of Rob Bell's Drops Like Stars . Definitely worth checking out even for folks who don't need any additional motivation for life in a basement.
UnChristian by David Kinnaman (extended here & here) FB Meyer by Bob Holman When the Game is Over it all goes back in the box by John Ortberg The Jazz of Preaching by Kirk Byron Jones The Disciple Making Pastor by Bill Hull Jesus for President by Shane Claiborne Growing for God by Simon Robinson Free of Charge by Miroslav Volf Dissolution by CJ Sansom Humility by CJ Mahaney Seven Ways to Change...
Happy birthday to J.D. Smart, who turns 37 today. Smart is an Austin native and former UT pitcher who was drafted by the Expos in the 4th round of the 1995 draft. He saw some time in the pen for the Expos in 1999, but without much success, and after becoming a minor league free agent after the 2000 season, he signed a minor league deal with the Rangers . Smart ended up appearing in 15 games in 2001...
I provide some additional commentary in this article built around pastor Bob DeWaay dismantling Bell’s absolutely asinine myth that God has faith in man. Bell has become a staple in mainstream evangelical churches ala Saddleback Church Pastors Using Rob Bell Teachings, yet he is about as Protestant as the Dalai Lama. Now with Shane Hipps at Mars [...]
[Neon Indian] Monday November 9 Fu Manchu w/ Black Sleep of Kali @ Larimer Lounge Evangelicals w/ Holiday Shores @ Hi-Dive Wicked Rocks : An Evening of Rock and Roll Music @ Bluebird Theater Kate Voegele w/ Kevin Hammond @ Fox Theatre Tuesday November 10 Neon Indian w/ Tigercity @ Larimer Lounge Generationals w/ Marcus Church @ Hi-Dive The Whigs w/ the Features and the Dead Trees @ Bluebird Theater...
I have just been visiting the website of Amazing Grace Baptist Church . They are having a great Halloween party burning Satanic Bibles, books, and music. Here is the list: We are burning Satan's bibles like the NIV, RSV, NKJV, TLB, NASB, NEV, NRSV, ASV, NWT, Good News for Modern Man, The Evidence Bible, The Message Bible, The Green Bible, ect. These are perversions of God's Word the King James Bible....
I'm working on a seriouser post, but this is being a hammering week at work. So, in the meanwhile, I offer you this sheer silliness. Forget the actual title on the video. Make your own. Here's my first entry: "Doggie tries to make sense of Rob Bell's latest sermon"
It's been over a month since the last set of links in the McFlurry's McLinks format, so here goes. Here are some of the interesting things I've recently read from other blogs and sites: The Reformed Workaholic reflects on a recent bomb scare in Belfast. I'm increasingly enjoying Stuff Christians Like. Check out his posts on Sermon Body Language (which do you do?), Coming to Church Late , and the Booty,...
Obese People Create an Extra Billion Tons of CO2 Each Year, Warn Experts Researchers are increasingly warning that the obesity epidemic is contributing to global warming, with potentially devastating consequences for people and habitats around the world. World Climate Report » “AP IMPACT: Statisticians reject global cooling” ...Borenstein opts to run a story primarily focused on various...
Thomas and I spent this summer watching the Deadliest Catch series. if you're not familiar with it, it is a reality series that chronicles the adventures of a crab fishing fleet in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska. At times they are pulling in the crab by the 100's and you can almost see the dollar signs flashing in their eyes like Mr. Crab from The Krusty Krusty. At other times the pots pulled...
Although I have my differences with Rick Frueh, we do correspond on a regular basis, and our differences have never had anything to do with his sincerity. Being a former baseball umpire, we would sometimes say, “I call ‘em like I see ‘em.” Frueh is the epitome of this in a Christian sense. With that said, there’s [...]
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