Jesus the Poster Boy
by
John W Frye
Jesus has become the poster boy for love.
He’s been reduced to a fine example to follow.
Jesus as a loving example does me no good, though.
Jesus as a poster boy does no one any good.
We can have all the good examples in the world,
including the Son of God,
And it doesn’t mean [...]
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Posted in Culture, Jesus, Ministry, Theology on Oct 21st, 2009
The title “Messiah” was in the 1st century what “American Idol” is in our own. Who will it be?
The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew 16:13-20, Mark 8:27-30 and Luke 9:18-21) present the occasion of Peter making his confession that Jesus is the promised Messiah (anointed one) and in each account the disciples are strictly warned by Jesus [...]
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Posted in Culture, Jesus, Ministry, Theology on Oct 19th, 2009
Does it bother anyone besides me that Jesus was not smart in choosing the Twelve that he chose? I mean, current conventional evangelistic wisdom says that if you want to reach the least among us you must choose the greatest among us. I’ve heard this espoused as the smart way to win people to Christ. [...]
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Posted in Culture, Emergent Conversation, Jesus, Ministry, Theology on Oct 15th, 2009
As a pastor trained in some of our best evangelical institutions–Moody Bible Institute, Dallas Theological Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary–you can bet that I was taught emphatically about the Bible. My training was during the years that “expository preaching” was elbowing out all other forms of sermonizing. John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards, as two examples, [...]
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Posted in Culture, Emergent Conversation, Ministry, Theology on Oct 14th, 2009
The nature of the church has been an enduring conversation through history. What is ‘church’? How do we ‘do church’?
In view of the first two posts on ’styrofoam theology’ and the resulting comments, I need to temper my viewpoint and write this: Not all organic church proponents have a skewed view of a pastor nor [...]
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Posted in Culture, Emergent Conversation, Ministry, Theology on Oct 13th, 2009
I have noted a mantra from the organic church sympathizers. Any critique of their priesthood-of-all-believers, no-hierarchal-structure, anti-clergy/laity split, all-are-leaders-and-thus-none-are-leaders theology receives this: “Well, show me from the New Testament anyone with a modern pastor job description.” I want to respond, “Show me your thorough-going American egalitarian, democratic, consensual decision-making polity in the New Testament.” It [...]
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