Supposed Conflicting Ideas In Rob Bell
The dust up over Rob Bell’s new book is outstanding. Lots of great dialog, even when it gets nasty. We need these kinds of conversations. To give you context, Jason Boyett gives a great summary of the conflict. I appreciate Jason’s comment when he says: “There is no meaner, more hateful person on Earth than a Christian who suspects you …
Straight From The Horses Mouth
To understand this post you might need to review the previous two posts here and here. I said: And with that I began to realize why people have so many theological disagreements. Our faith is in our interpretation of Scripture, as opposed to Jesus. As much as I love Scripture it’s Jesus once removed. I find it interesting that Ken …
The Bible Is Jesus Once Removed
My previous post explored a comment Ken Silva made on my blog. It sparked a lot of interesting comments and conversations. And I will say that Ken is gracious when he’s around. A friend of mine teased me that all I need to do is mention Ken Silva, and my blog stats double. LOL! I really don’t have a dog …
Women In Ministry Exceptions
I love exceptions because there are always exceptions. To every rule we create there is always some situation that stretches the bounds of our thinking, and makes us wonder. (with the exception of love). And of course this week I came across a wonderful exception to rule of women in ministry. Ed Stetzer, noted researcher on church life, calls out …
Question To Ponder
You woke up today to find someone of significant value in your life was gay. What would change?
Train Wreck Television
Yesterday I had a free day and had the chance to explore OnDemand television. And its funny what a little downtime and curiosity will do. OnDemand allows the viewer to pick the television show and watch it. For some reason I chose to watch Celebrity Rehab and Basketball Wives. It’s reality television at its finest and ugliest. I like to …
Dealing With Grief During The Holidays
A friend of mine posted this video. It’s Coldplay’s Fix You. It immediately took me back to 2007. I lost my father and my uncle in a period of a month. The last two remaining adult males in my family were gone. It was honestly one of the darker seasons in my life. I was learning how to mourn the …
When A Pastor Gets Stuck
Being a pastor is hard, especially when you don’t believe what you’re selling. My recent post, which shared a story about a friend wrestling with the universal nature of grace, stuck a chord in so many people. What do you do when you no longer believe what you are selling. For my friend it was incredibly hard. He was a …
Can Someone Become Possessed
This is an adult post so I expect discretion. And there’s language in the video. The above video is one of those YouTube sensations that blows your mind. In a world where we catalog everything, a young man just happened to capture his brother freaking out. His mother had just cancelled his World of Warcraft online account and he was …
Managing Assumptions
Recently I’ve been in dialog with a few people about my book, Discovering The God Imagination. And I’m recognizing that much of the conflict that it creates is in the assumption many bring to the table about it, before reading it or hearing about it. And what follows is not a dialog, but a process of then managing the assumptions …
