Elder Smackdown

Here is a link to a short video of Mark Driscoll sharing some thoughts about (former) members of his leadership team. Embedding was disabled, so take a minute to follow the link. I don’t know what is going on at Mars Hills, so I won’t comment on it.
In our situation, there were similar circumstances [...]

A Prophetic Word for 2008

Wait! Don’t let the post title chase you off.
In prophetic circles, the new year brings a flurry of prophesies from the big-name prophets for the coming year. If we had a prophetic-word generator, you could take the following list of words, add a few prepositions and articles, mix, and voila…instant prophetic word.

revelation, destiny, [...]

Blogs and Logs

I apologize that my previous post was perceived as a personal attack of a particular blog. My intent was to present the quote as an example of an attitude. I admit that I underestimated the powers of google, but I trust that none of you who discovered the blog will bother the blog [...]

Gone For Awhile

I will be out of town attending a funeral.
If you want to pray, please pray for…
The parents of the deceased as they bury their oldest child. They are fragile.
The husband of the deceased. He is a slick, pony-tailed, divorce lawyer who loved his wife dearly and gently served her throughout her illness. He [...]

Unbelievable!

This is an actual, real quote from a blog that apparently does not allow the comments of women:
“This is a blog, not an organisation. It’s a fellowship of like-minded local men in Christ, intended for mutual instruction, admonition, and edification. Because it is a plenary meeting of members of the body of Christ and because [...]

Pagan Christianity: A Proper Review

It is not an overstatement to say that the words church and worship are widely misused and misunderstood by christians today. Worship typically refers to a Sunday morning service consisting of singing and a sermon. You will rarely hear the word worship used outside the context of music. Church typically refers [...]

Wrapping It Up

2 Weeks of Pagan Christianity
Contrary to what others have implied, the authors do not conclude the book by prescribing house church as the “one, true church.” The ideal they espouse is organic church, as opposed to institutional church. While they are fairly clear in their definition of organic church, their meaning of institution [...]

The Intellect and Spiritual Formation

2 Weeks of Pagan Christianity
Chapter 10 discusses various aspects of Christian education including, seminary, bible colleges, sunday school, and the history of the role of the youth pastor.
I didn’t realize that Sunday school was originally an effort to provide education for poor children. Public education now provides that service. As far as sunday [...]

Water, Bread, and Wine

2 Weeks of Pagan Christianity
The roots of many denominations can be traced to differences in understanding concerning the sacraments. There are volumes that have been written on these issues. Chapter 9 is a brief overview of the history behind these practices and the changes that have developed over the years.
Baptism

Infant baptism or believer’s [...]

Show Me The Money

2 Weeks of Pagan Christianity
Chapter 8 takes on the explosive duo of tithing and clergy salaries.
“The issue under scrutiny in this chapter is the appropriateness of the tithe as a Christian law and how it is normally used: to fund clergy salaries, operational costs, and church building overhead.”
This was a fairly short chapter and the [...]