Fighting For The Soul Of Evangelicalism
I’ve come to believe that much of the backlash towards Rob Bell is not against actually against the Gospel. It’s a fight for the identity and very soul of evangelicalism, which is much smaller. But if you live exclusively in that bubble, it’s really easy to think it’s the only thing that exists. This video is interesting. (Todd, please fire …
Atonement On Trial
Atonement theory is back on trial, and I love it. When I wrote this post (State of Emergence) I didn’t realize how quickly the emerging church conversation would once again explode. Everything kicked into high gear with the release of Rob Bell’s Love Wins. Emergence Village is stirring again, and Mark Galli is tackling atonement theories over at Christianity Today. …
Rob Bell Actually Believes In Hell
Here’s proof. There he said it folks. Are you happy?
Getting Fired For Believing In Love
So a good friend of mine, Chad Holtz was fired recently, and it was over his view of hell captured in this post. The story got picked up on the AP, on MSNBC and on Fox. You can see Chad explain some of it on an AP Youtube video. I actually posted the Facebook note on the Emergent Village website …
Stoking The Religious Fires With Rob Bell
Well it’s official. Rob Bell has released his new book Love Wins and the world didn’t come to an end. It’s already #4 in all of Amazon for sales. Christianity is still churning along like it always has. ;-P But as the world begins to read and process the book, something interesting has occurred. The reaction is to throw out …
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 …
A State Of Emergence 2010
I wrote the following post for Emergent Village. You can comment here or over there. ———————————————————————- Something has to die before something can be reborn. For the last two years I’ve had the privilege of sharing a State of Emergence. 2008 saw some significant changes to Emergent Village, and 2009 saw those who identify with the emerging church begin to …
Fighting For Absolute Truth
My friend Peter Walker made the above video. Peter’s sense of humor, and the fact that he calls out a certain absurdity in the stereotypes of Christianity, absolutely made me laugh. And it got me thinking about all of the theological dialogs I’ve had over the years. So many of those dialogs (and a lot of arguments) were simply my …
Big Tent Christianity Reflection
So I just finished the Bit Tent Christianity Conference. And I liked it. Big Tent Christianity was arguably the first mixed tradition conference I’ve been to put on by the traditional emergent crowd (Doug and Tony). Over half the speakers were not traditional emergent speakers. Many were from traditional denominational structures including the Reformed Church of America. I liked seeing …
Scot McKnight Interviews Brian McLaren
Q | Conversations on Being a Heretic from Q Ideas on Vimeo. Scot McKnight interviews Brian McLaren at Q Conference in Chicago. The interview holds so much rich material. Lots of stuff stood out to me. First, Brian begins the dialog with a reference to the previous presentation and that, “If our theology doesn’t lead us to be concerned about …
