Posted in Culture, Ministry, Reviews, Theology on Mar 22nd, 2011
ROB BELL
RAISED
HELL
as a topic to
ponder.
Yes, I have read Rob Bell’s Love Wins: A Book about Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived. I wrote on my FaceBook page that I agree with 85% of the book and I am seriously troubled by 15% of the book. A friend of my wants [...]
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Posted in Culture, Jesus, Ministry, Theology on Jul 19th, 2010
I have always been taken by the brief description of the Messiah in Isaiah 11: 2-3 (in context). These verses read
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of power,
the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD –
and [...]
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I was invited by Milton Stanley, editor, to receive and review an advanced copy of Jeff Weddle’s book The Gospel-Filled Wallet: What the Bible Really Says About Money (Morrison, TN: Transforming Publishing, 2010).
A Pertinent, Pressing Issue: Money
Having read Jeff Weddle’s book, I will offer three stimulating benefits and three pastoral concerns. Because Jeff addresses a [...]
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There is something worse than ignoring or neglecting the Bible. Professing Christians are in a more dangerous place than outright, unrepentant sinners. The worse reality is to read the Bible and not do what it says. James, the Lord’s brother, wrote, ” Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what [...]
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Posted in Culture, Jesus, Ministry, Theology on Mar 17th, 2010
Emergent theology seems to have reached a muddling place. All kinds of ideas are being creatively combined to produce a “new kind of Christianity.” Others more competent than I am have pointed out that what is touted as new is really actually old. Brian McLaren offers old line Christian Liberalism dressed up in postmodern clothes, [...]
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Jesus at the Margins- Part 1 (from the archives)
I’ve been ruminating again about Jesus’ life with the marginalized of 1st century Judaism. I’m going to ponder in print some of my thoughts.
We often think that Jesus left his surburban bungalow on the green hillside of Galilee and went into the big city and sought [...]
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