Rob Bell on Good Morning America
Bell was on Good Morning America this morning, after his live streaming event last night where he took and answered questions from the audience, which you can watch here. You’ll also notice Justin Taylor and Al Mohler at the beginning of the video. Does anyone else sense a coming polarization between those who follow Bell...
Hauerwas
I planned on discussing Stanley Hauerwas, Doug Moo, and Tim Keller this week. However, ministry stuff happened so that did not occur. So, instead here are clips of Stanley Hauerwas…the theologian Time Magazine dubbed America’s best (living) theologian. Hauerwas is a Methodist who worships with Anglicans and teaches at Duke University. I imagine more people...
A Loving Disagreement
All the hubub about Bell’s new book, which does pit him as some type of Universalist, according to this review, has me wondering if we can negate the effectiveness of our truth-telling in the way we tell it. I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time being loving while disagreeing with someone,...
If I Sin, Does That Mean I’m Not a Christian?
“If I know that I sin, does that mean I’m not a Christian?” No. In fact, that might mean you are a Christian. Let me explain. John talks about this topic in the book of 1 John. He compares being a Christian with someone who is “walking in the light.” He says non-Christians are those...
Bible Readers
In my first post for FWB 21, I made a comment about the process of turning from the authentic me into an authentic Christian. The word for that process is discipleship. One of the great gifts of this age is that on our discipleship journey we can learn from Christ followers all over the world via...
Friday Links (2/25/11)
On Fridays I’ll try to post links to some of the most interesting content I’ve found online throughout that week. Some funny, some serious, some just straight up cool. Of course, all this is in my opinion. Benny Hinn has been sued. Evidently he has violated a contract agreement with Strang Communications related to having...
Consistency and Flexibility
A couple of months and my first year of lead pastoring comes to an end. While not my first year in vocational ministry, pastoring requires essentials not always necessary for associate pastoring or parachurch ministry. Among those essentials are a spirit of consistency and flexibility. You’re not flexible, take up another calling! Members get sick (hospital...
Doing Hard Time
Prison time, I’ve done a little. Granted, my prison time always involved one important word – visitor. Given America’s bloated incarcerated population, it is largely impossible for pastors to avoid prisons and jails. My toughest inmate interaction occurred upon returning to pastor my home church. One of CFWBC’s prayer team members guards prisoners. This member...
Blogging – Seriously?
Laughter – lots of laughter – followed by wailing and nashing of teeth. Not the response expected after informing 60 graduate students “I do some writing.” In spite of expectations, my seminarian classmate should have seen it coming. Graduate School is not the place to follow up boasting you’re a writer with the admission “writing”...
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