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
“ONE thing, and only ONE thing is necessary for Christian life, righteousness…and freedom.” Martin Luther Wait….Isn’t that two things? Leave it to Luther to throw us for a mental loop.
Piper’s God
I feel sorry for Piper. If you’ve been anywhere near a blog in the last couple of days you probably couldn’t go two or three clicks before running into something about John Piper’s now infamous post on the ECLA’s “Consideration: Proposed Social Statement on Human Sexuality.” Piper concluded that the tornado than ran through the city was in his own …
Still Searching
Brian McLaren recently quoted a friend on his blog and said, “The kingdom of God is always at hand – but it’s never in hand.” I love that. There’s this quality about the Kingdom of God that is always present in our lives but is impossible to control. To grasp for it it to reduce it to something that looks …
Violent Displeasure
I have a friend who is very self-destructive. And I know enough about our own brokenness to understand why. But some times his acts are so self-destructive that they boggle my mind. And then Peter Rollins went and offered an interesting take on an old movie, The Bridges of Madison County. And in it he mentioned the quote from Nietzsche. …
Bono – Quote of the Day
“Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.” Bono
