This is an interview conducted to allegedly “exploit the heresy that Rob Bell preaches.” Funny, I felt the Spirit rejoice within me on some of these answers I personally think it completely backfired and causes me to thank God once more for Rob and for using him to spread a message so needed [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Oh yeah, Rob Bell is a real Heretic…
Posted in Christianity, Religion, Rob Bell, emergent, emerging, philosophy on December 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Law…Sweeter Than Honey
Posted in Christianity, Judaism, Law, Religion on December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Psalm 119:103 “How pleasing is Your word to my palate, sweeter than honey.”
Quick note about the Law of God that I learned today as I was finishing Laurence Kushner’s book; God was in This Place and I, I Did Not Know.
Kushner writes,
“Rabbi Eleazar taught that in the Ten Words (Decalogue) all the other commandments were [...]
Christmas Eve at Saddleback
Posted in Religion on December 25, 2007 | 9 Comments »
This Christmas, my family all opted to attend the Christmas Eve service this year (as also in years past) at Saddleback in CA, nearly 20 min. from my house. This is that pastor who wrote Purpose Driven Life, which has been a best seller for years, and whose church is pretty much the epitome of [...]
I’m Not Emergent
Posted in Politics, Religion, emergent, emerging on December 23, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I don’t want to use that word to describe myself. My reasoning is very similar to Rob Bell who can say it much better than I can:
“Unnecessarily creating labels ‘are you in, are you out, are you one of them or not?’ seems to work against the spirit of Jesus. I don’t really care for [...]
Emerging Relevance?
Posted in Religion, emergent, emerging on December 22, 2007 | 4 Comments »
So I am new to this conversation and have plenty to learn, which is why I won’t speak too much about what I don’t know right now; however, at the same time I’ve been discovering a trend in the way the emergent church is being described by those within it and want to quickly voice [...]
Armchair Artists
Posted in Religion on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A twenty year old student who attends a $40,000 a year private liberal arts college sits down in his deep leather chair behind his large desk back home during his Christmas break, just after coming back from his home church service.
They talked about joy, not the kind of superficial joy that creates a pleasurable sense [...]
Court Case (by Peter Rollins)
Posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In a world where following Christ is decreed a subversive and illegal activity you have been arrested and brought before a court.
The prosecution has quite a case against you. They begin by offering the judge dozens of photographs which show you attending church meetings, speaking at religious events and participating in various prayer and worship [...]
Interpretation to bring unity or division?
Posted in Religion on December 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I was in an art gallery with a friend in Laguna the other day and as we were walking together we both stopped at the same piece of artwork. This piece was hanging on the wall 5′ x 8′. An aesthetically pleasing, brilliant piece that touched us deeply. We stood in silence for a few [...]
Why are we Christians?
Posted in Religion on December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is a post by Peter Rollins back in2005, and…wow
click here
Remarks from CBS Sunday Morning
Posted in Uncategorized on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.
My confession:I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not
>bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up,
>bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel
>discriminated [...]
