The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
Posted in American Culture, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Weirdness, Will the Real God Please Stand Up? on Apr 20th, 2011
World Harvest Church – Ultimate Giveaway. Jesus Christ is risen today, Haaaaaa leee luuu jah! Brand new cars to give away, Haaaaaa leee luuu jah! Who did once upon the cross Haaaaaa leee luuu jah! Suffered to win you an Xbox. Haaaaaa leee luuu jah! You have got to be kidding me. And people complain […]
Posted in American Culture, Blogs, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Generations - Guttenbergers vs. Googlers, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Postmodern Perspectives, Rob Bell and Nooma, The Organized Church, Will the Real God Please Stand Up? on Mar 23rd, 2011
Rob Bell and C.S. Lewis (by Jeff Cook) | Jesus Creed. One of the best reflections on this matter by an evangelical and I believe he is spot on when he concludes with this: The debate over Love Wins is not actually a fight only about doctrine. It is about angst caused by different cultures […]
Posted in Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes on Mar 23rd, 2011
My latest devotions for Wheatridge Ministries – Of Heaven and Hell – Lent and Love Wins.
Posted in Death and Dying, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Rob Bell and Nooma on Mar 19th, 2011
A Question about Martin Bashir’s Question | Jesus Creed. You learning something new all the time. I don’t watch much MSNBC but Martin was very dogged about having Rob Bell answer the either/or question on salvation and personal decision. I had no idea he was an evangelical and to my own embarassment, I stereotyped him […]
Posted in American Culture, Books - Print Is Not Dead Only Different, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Jesus the Christ on Mar 16th, 2011
Rob Bell’s ‘Love Wins’: Reviews, comments and book sales pour in | MLive.com. An interesting story from the local Grand Rapids newspaper about the book and a video clip from a very persistant MSNBC reporter who wants black and white answers to the mysteries of God. Its funny, really. Rob tries to be patient with […]
Posted in American Culture, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Weirdness, Will the Real God Please Stand Up? on Mar 15th, 2011
Armageddon Entrepreneurs: Who’s Profiting From Fear? – CNBC. This pretty much says it all: This latest wave of turmoil is prompting some pastors, like John Hagee of San Antonio, Texas, to use their websites to promote their ideas, along with links to materials for purchase. Hagee is a popular televangelist and senior pastor of the […]
Posted in Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Postmodern Perspectives, Will the Real God Please Stand Up? on Mar 4th, 2011
Pastor Rob Bell Catches Hell From Conservatives | (A)theologies | Religion Dispatches. Thanks to Rachael Held Evans (check out her blog) for tweeting this brilliant essay on the attacks on Rob Bell regarding the condemnations by certain conservatives without even reading the book. Eric Reitan points out better than I did in my podcast today […]
Posted in Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Jesus the Christ, Postmodern Perspectives, Will the Real God Please Stand Up?, Wired Jesus Podcast on Mar 4th, 2011
I wrote the transcript for this last week, before the promo release of Rob’s new book, Love Wins. You can see my comments below about the “controversy” about the book but it touches on the problem a segment of the Christian world has with Rob – that he is too easy on sin and hell. […]
Posted in Blogs, Fundamentalism - Preserving 19th Century America For the Future, Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes, Postmodern Perspectives, Weirdness on Mar 1st, 2011
It Was Only a Matter of Time: Rob Bell Pisses Off the Fundamentalists » Scott Seeke Script and Scripture from The River Church. I finished a podcast transcript over the weekend that I entitled Rob Bell – The Whipping Boy for God’s Grace. I hope to have it recorded and posted by Friday but it […]
Posted in Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife Pasttimes on Aug 9th, 2007
This is a real headline in the London Times. Apparently there is indiscriminate reincarnation going on in Tibet. Makes you wonder if Rome every tried to restricted resurrections. But since there was only the one and the rest were put off to later… Hmmm. Might not want to mention this to IRS, just in case […]