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 […]
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My latest devotions for Wheatridge Ministries – Of Heaven and Hell – Lent and Love Wins.
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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 […]
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Posted in Blogs, Cool Congregations on Mar 17th, 2011
I am The Woman at The Well: Is Jesus Anti-Gay?. I was looking for some clip art on google for the biblical story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well and I found this blog called I Am The Woman at the Well by pastor Pamela Donnan. She is a pastor back in […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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