Archive for July, 2006
Newspaper Eschatology
Hey guys. I’m Henry Thomas Imler. I’m Brad, Casey, and Henry’s cousin. You can call me Henry Thomas, Henry, HT, Winkler, I was ordained yesterday to the gospel ministry, ie a pastor, at a little Baptist church in Bunceton MO. I have read much of what has been written here [...]
truly traditional
To continue the discussion on worship styles, here is a post from my blog, relevintage, about being ‘truly traditional.’
See this.
Be not like the world
Our most prolific guest commenter, Puritan Bob, in talking with Casey about the “worship wars“, has this to say:
As for the concept “Where the bible is silent we need to be” I am beginning to question its use (although I agree in right context). But it can be used for anything ex: The bible does [...]
The idea of belief
Travis and I were talking yesterday about what exactly faith is. I am sure that you can define it several ways, but for each of our readers, what do you think faith is, in your own words?
I’ll take the first stab and say that I am under the current impression that faith is belief [...]
what is good about denominations?
In relation to the discussion on Christian unity, here is an interesting series [that is still in progress] from well-known blogger and Presbyterian pastor Mark D. Roberts blog called: What’s good about denominations?
I’m not endorsing Roberts [although I'm close; he is pretty right on theologically], I still need to sift through my thoughts. [...]
worship wars continued [contextual ministry]
Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church-Seattle, says it best:
Worship Wars
Nothing to say, except to point to relevintage’s post on the Pope and the Worship Wars: the pope’s rift with riffs.
Here is a excerpt:
Sorry Benedict, all musical styles are affiliated with some form of cultural expression. Further, music has no inherent spiritual content. In other words, it is amoral. Music is a message bearer. [...]
Church, the next generation
Driscoll, at the Resurgence, talks about Church 3.0, which is a clever way about talking about how the church relates to culture. Church 1.0 is your traditional church, 2.0 is the emergent church, and 3.0 is the missional church.
I have been trying for the last few months to wrap my head around the emergent [...]
bigger things
I think that what Henry tried to talk about in previous post holds much weight in this conversation. The posts were about what does it mean to be a Christian. it has been a while since I read those posts but I think that is one of the base foundations of this topic. [...]
The Nation Of God
Quickly, name a passage of scripture where Jesus commands what the government should do. I would dare say that this is not possible. Quickly do a search for these words in the Gospels; King, Caesar, Pilate, and Herod. How many commands do you find here directed at people with these titles? [...]
Followup on Unity
I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.
- The opening lines of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians
PuritanBob, in responding to my [...]