Scot McKnight wrote, “This post is by our friend, John Frye, and is a follow-up to his post last week [on the JESUS CREED blog].
LOVE MEANS NEVER SAYING THE WORD “HELL”
“Love means never having to say ‘I’m sorry’ ” is a classic line from the movie Love Story starring Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw. This classic [...]
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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 –
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In the last post we explored Jesus as the discernment artist. Let’s consider the Apostle Paul and the topic of discernment.
I mentioned the unhealthy propensity of evangelical leaders to provide directions; to make things plain and doable. I’ve come to see that this is not a beneficial service to the church because it does not [...]
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Jesus was asked, according to the Gospels, 183 questions and Jesus answered only 3 of them. Usually Jesus responded to questions with his own questions. Also, Jesus is notoriously known for telling down-to-earth stories that did not answer questions as much as provoke thought.
Jesus was not a direction-giver. He was a discernment artist. Jesus trusted [...]
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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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