The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
Posted in Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Suffering - When Bad Things Happen to Anyone on Dec 18th, 2012
This is my first podcast in six months and the first since repairing the damage done by the hack attack in October. My plan still is a reworking of the blog and podcast feed at the end of the month but the events of last Friday have had me thinking, much like the rest of […]
Posted in American Culture, Culture Wars, Death and Dying, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Suffering - When Bad Things Happen to Anyone on Dec 14th, 2012
Reality Check: Violent Fantasies Don’t Make People Violent. The shooting today has ignited both the news and the blogosphere and the blame game is going to begin, as this article points out. with so many friends facebooking and tweeting their pain and anguish, the inevitable questions of where is God in this and what should […]
Posted in Bible, Culture Wars, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Oh My! on May 23rd, 2012
Rachel Held Evans | “All right, then, I’ll go to hellâ€. Well, once again leave it to Rachel Held Evans to offer some moving insights into the ongoing cultural and theological within the church regarding homosexuality. Denominnations, mainline and otherwise are continue to take the reality of homosexuality and turn it into a generational turf […]
Posted in American Culture, Bible, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Love, Rob Bell and Love Wins, Suffering - When Bad Things Happen to Anyone, Will the Real God Please Stand Up? on May 18th, 2012
Letter to a 12-Year-Old Girl About the Eternal Destiny of Those Who Have Not Heard the Gospel – Desiring God. Letter From John Piper to a 12-Year-Old Girl About the Eternal Destiny of Those Who Have Not Heard the Gospel Sorry, kid, they’re gonna burn. Nothing like kindly, TV evangelist, John Piper, telling a 12 year […]
Posted in Books - Print Is Not Dead Only Different, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, The Organized Church on Feb 6th, 2012
Anne Rice Talks About Her Faith, the Bible & Her New Book ‘The Wolf Gift’ | TheBlaze.com. Interesting. This story comes off Glenn Beck’s news aggregator, The Blaze, not exactly where I would expect Anne Rice to be giving an interview. A very intelligent and thoughtful woman, this article is well worth reading.
Posted in American Culture, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Love, Postmodern Perspectives, Rob Bell and Love Wins, Technical Issues, Wired Jesus Podcast on Sep 1st, 2011
Have a little free time tonight, so I’m going to repost the 2011 podcasts iTunes. I’m looking at a couple different new podcasts although recently I have been pondering Facebook, Twitter, and Personal Boundaries. In light of some of the recent NFL player tweets and the problems that has caused and pastors and other community […]
Posted in Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Postmodern Perspectives, Rob Bell and Love Wins, Technical Issues, Wired Jesus Podcast on Aug 3rd, 2011
Listeners, here is the first of the reposting tests to reseed the iTunes directory with 2011 episodes. Enjoy the reruns and thanks for your patience to help new listeners and browsers to see what Wired Jesus is all about. This is a repost of WJP 59: Investing In Hell.
Posted in American Culture, Christian Denominations, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Rob Bell and Love Wins on Jul 16th, 2011
Southern Baptists Passes Doctrine That Hell is ‘Eternal Conscious Punishment’, Christian News. Hmmm. Like I said in my last podcast, some folks are more invested in hell than in Jesus. Here’s the actual resolution. ON THE REALITY OF HELL June 2011 WHEREAS, Rob Bell, in his 2011 book, Love Wins, has called into question the […]
Posted in American Culture, Blogs, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes on May 21st, 2011
Rachel Held Evans | The Great Disappointment. Once again Rachael does a great job in looking at both the history of the rapture craziness but also a more serious perspective on us who are the vast majority of Christians. I love this line: Like it or not, Harold Camping and his followers make us laugh […]
Posted in American Culture, Death and Dying, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Jesus the Christ, Love, Rob Bell and Love Wins, The Organized Church, Wired Jesus Podcast on Apr 25th, 2011
Well, Lent was certainly interesting and perhaps the most interesting part was the continued debate over Rob Bell’s book, Love Wins. While the press coverage is largely done, the debate among pastor people and religious blogs is continuing. During this season when we remembered Jesus suffering, death, and resurrection, one segment of the church focused […]