I will be reading this book in the next month or so and will post my thoughts. At this point, I think I agree with much she has to say. But, the book will be my final determining factor.
‘Razing Hell’ Sounds a Lot Like ‘Love Wins’ (Sharon Baker and Doug Pagitt)
Filed Under: (Series) Video to Ponder, Afterlife, Hell Tagged With: doug pagitt, Hell, love wins, razing hell, Rob Bell, sharon baker 3 Comments
Reframing the Gospel: Q Group Studies | Transactional Conversions?
Description from YouTube:
n The Whole Gospel: Revisiting Our Message to the World, part of Q Group Studies, your group will be reminded of the holistic nature of the gospel and challenged to return to the Bible to get a better picture of the story and how it should shape your whole life.
In The Whole Gospel: Revisiting Our Message to the World, host Gabe Lyons and DVD presenters Tim Keel, Chuck Colson, and Jamie Tworkowski explore how the way Christians share the story of God’s work in history and God’s work in their lives reveals the kind of gospel they believe in.
Unfortunately, many of today’s Christians have come to believe in a gospel that is only concerned with getting individuals to heaven. And then they go out and pitch this limited gospel message to others in ways that devalue the holistic nature of the message itself. In this Q Group Studies experience, you and your group will be challenged to return to the Bible to get a better picture of the story and how it should shape your whole lives.
The Whole Gospel: Revisiting Our Message to the World group meetings include:
Group Meeting One — Video: Tim Keel | Reframing the Gospel
Group Meeting Two — Essay: Ron Martoia | Spiritual Conversations
Group Meeting Three — Video: Chuck Colson | Cultural Commission
Group Meeting Four — Video: Jamie Tworkowski | To Write Love on Her Arms
Group Meeting Five — Group Project and Discussion
The DVD and Participant’s Guide are available at your local Christian bookstore and online at:
http://www.ZondervanChurchSource.com
http://www.ChristianBook.com
http://www.Amazon.com
http://www.BN.com
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The Release of Mandela and the Release of Captives
From Common Prayer: Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals, Feb 10th:
On February 10, 1990, Nelson Mandela was released after twenty-seven years in a South African prison. He had been sentenced to life imprisonment for plotting to overthrow his government as part of the African National Congress (AFM), which stood in opposition to the ruling National Party’s apartheid policies. While imprisoned he became one of the most influential black leaders of South Africa. After the apartheid policy was defeated through nonviolent struggle, Mandela became South Africa’s first black president.
Nelson Mandela said, “To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
A Prayer:
Lord, not many of us could sustain hope in the midst of such horrors as Apartheid South Africa. Thank you for the witness of -people like Nelson Mandela, who remind us that hope is a lifeline for those who hang by the threads of injustice. As long as there are -people held in captivity, oppressed, and denied basic human rights, help us all to consider ourselves to be hanging by the same frail threads. Amen.
Filed Under: Shane Claiborne, Social Justice Tagged With: apartheid, Jesus, Nelson Mandela, peace, prison Leave a Comment
New Creation Right Here (Beginning In The Beginning) – Rob Bell
Rob Bell gets this right! I’ve preached about the new creation connections to John 20. It seems we both read NT Wright 
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