On last month’s TNT I said something that I have heard a lot of feedback on (some positive and some negative ). I thought it would be good to continue the conversation here on the blog. My assertion was that: If you are a Christian, you have to believe something about hell. It is just … Continue reading »
Last month Brian McLaren posted a very interesting note from a former fan who was feeling the need to ‘break ranks’ with the author over his position regarding homosexuality. I wanted to post part of it here for several reasons. I have been saying that ‘People Do Change Their Minds’. We talked about Brian doing … Continue reading »
This was part of a post two weeks ago on HBC. It had been a contentious week for God on the internet. This week the parents of Trayvon Martin rejected the apology from George Zimmerman. According to CBS News: The parents of Trayvon Martin say they have a hard time accepting George Zimmerman’s nationally televised … Continue reading »
Earlier this week I wrote about Dealing with Demons - a progressive take, and in it I mentioned that the Devil was a personification of when evil is too big and too bad for us to comprehend as a human result … we outsource to an ancient, cosmic bad guy. Many were able to track with … Continue reading »
Originally posted as “Poetics of Pentecost“ This past weekend was Pentecost – here is part 2 of my reflection. Hopefully, most here agree that reading the Bible like contract, constitution, instructional manual or newspaper report is wholly unhelpful [since that is my starting point]. Yet when it comes to Pentecost – it’s almost as if … Continue reading »
According to WordPress, this is my 200th post. Of course that is a somewhat arbitrary number since I started on an I-web blog for 2 years, then moved to Blogger for 2 years and have only recently moved to WordPress. WordPress is constantly making upgrades and I just wanted to tell you about my favorite … Continue reading »
originally posted at Ethnic Space Recently, I got a new calendar for 2012. I’m not a big fan of calendars in general so I refuse to spend much money on them – which is why I waited until February and got one from the ‘extreme discount’ bin at a news stand. Once I got it … Continue reading »
There are at least two significant distinctions between Emergent and Acts 29 – beside doctrinal issues. The first is that Acts 29 (as I understand it) has a top-down orientation. That is fine for some circumstances, but it is not emergent. By definition, it is the opposite of emergent. The second difference is that groups … Continue reading »
Last week was the big Emergent Village theological conversation that I had the pleasure of helping to organize. It was a wonderful event and this week I put some time into catching up on blog stuff. Over at Ethnic Space, I started into 3 part series. Part 1 dealt with Pipelines and Straight lines What … Continue reading »
originally posted at Homebrewed In the book “Who Needs Theology?” Grenz and Olson provide a helpful little spectrum of 5 kinds of theology: Folk, Lay, Pastoral, Professional, and Academic. I have pastored for over 15 years and have always considered myself a Pastoral Theologian. Over the last 5 years I have been transitioning toward more … Continue reading »
