Comments on: the gods are not angry … http://life2getherblog.com/2007/11/30/the-gods-are-not-angry/ so that others may live Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:47:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Guido http://life2getherblog.com/2007/11/30/the-gods-are-not-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Guido Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:42:06 +0000 http://life2gether.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/the-gods-are-not-angry/#comment-374 Rob is redoing a theological system that is saying that Jesus' death on the cross is not a sacrifice for our sin. He is not nailing 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg church. He is putting 95 Nooma's in the church DVD player. This is about a re reformation of church and its thinking. Rob is redoing a theological system that is saying that Jesus’ death on the cross is not a sacrifice for our sin. He is not nailing 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg church. He is putting 95 Nooma’s in the church DVD player. This is about a re reformation of church and its thinking.

]]> By: jay http://life2getherblog.com/2007/11/30/the-gods-are-not-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-373 jay Tue, 20 May 2008 19:25:51 +0000 http://life2gether.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/the-gods-are-not-angry/#comment-373 I think we are not seeing what Bell is really doing. To the church folk he may not be expounding sufficiently, but to a pagan group it becomes a authentic connecting point. What I would say is that it is pre-evangelism. And I think in those terms and outworking, the Bell method can be completely useful. If he was at a church at 11:15 on Sunday morning then I would have different expectations. But he is not. He is using some of the most secular venues to begin a conversation about faith. I think we are not seeing what Bell is really doing. To the church folk he may not be expounding sufficiently, but to a pagan group it becomes a authentic connecting point. What I would say is that it is pre-evangelism. And I think in those terms and outworking, the Bell method can be completely useful. If he was at a church at 11:15 on Sunday morning then I would have different expectations. But he is not. He is using some of the most secular venues to begin a conversation about faith.

]]> By: What I Can Learn From Rob Bell « Life Together http://life2getherblog.com/2007/11/30/the-gods-are-not-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-371 What I Can Learn From Rob Bell « Life Together Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:07:36 +0000 http://life2gether.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/the-gods-are-not-angry/#comment-371 [...] on Rob Bell’s message after hearing him speak in Louisville on the gods are not angry tour.  In that post, I made some critical comments in regards to the content of his presentation.  In this post, I [...] [...] on Rob Bell’s message after hearing him speak in Louisville on the gods are not angry tour.  In that post, I made some critical comments in regards to the content of his presentation.  In this post, I [...]

]]> By: symposiarch http://life2getherblog.com/2007/11/30/the-gods-are-not-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-370 symposiarch Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:10:29 +0000 http://life2gether.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/the-gods-are-not-angry/#comment-370 Just because he doesn't tell it the way we suppose it's always been told doesn't mean he doesn't tell it. Just because he doesn’t tell it the way we suppose it’s always been told doesn’t mean he doesn’t tell it.

]]> By: Hammertime http://life2getherblog.com/2007/11/30/the-gods-are-not-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Hammertime Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:11:46 +0000 http://life2gether.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/the-gods-are-not-angry/#comment-369 Doug, I attended as well with my church staff on a "discernment exercise". It's good to see that we weren't the only ones discerning. The groupies in lookalike costumes clearly aren't! Bell is a universalist, but because he is clearly brilliant and the best orator I have ever seen, it's not obvious. From what I understand, he is the #1 sought after 'Christian' speaker in the country. Understandable, but, yikes. Doug,
I attended as well with my church staff on a “discernment exercise”. It’s good to see that we weren’t the only ones discerning. The groupies in lookalike costumes clearly aren’t!

Bell is a universalist, but because he is clearly brilliant and the best orator I have ever seen, it’s not obvious. From what I understand, he is the #1 sought after ‘Christian’ speaker in the country. Understandable, but, yikes.

]]> By: queeniepoo http://life2getherblog.com/2007/11/30/the-gods-are-not-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-372 queeniepoo Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:56:10 +0000 http://life2gether.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/the-gods-are-not-angry/#comment-372 yes! yes! your message is right on! "love and grace" seem to be the moving forces with some only leaving me still waiting for the punch line. Often my husband and I will stop and ask, "what was missing?" often feeling like the meal was filling but the main course was missing... the meat- or if we had meat it lacked... salt! Thanks your posting has encouraged me to be more aware of when my ears are being tickled. yes! yes! your message is right on!

“love and grace” seem to be the moving forces with some only leaving me still waiting for the punch line. Often my husband and I will stop and ask, “what was missing?” often feeling like the meal was filling but the main course was missing… the meat- or if we had meat it lacked… salt!

Thanks your posting has encouraged me to be more aware of when my ears are being tickled.

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