Jul 13, 2011
Creating Theological Space
Posted by Pastor Todd Murphy
in Theology |
I have been doing some writing the last two weeks and one thing that has been impressing me is the current stalemate between what is considered orthodox Christian beliefs and creating winsome environments for exploring the faith. I think a lot of this has been pushed to the front of public debate by the emergent guys and Brian MacLaren, and most recently by Rob Bell in Love Wins. Some of the debate has turned on contrast between gospel “monologue” and gospel “dialogue.” Certainly on the one side stands historic confessional Protestants and Evangelicals and on the
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Sep 14, 2010
Thirteen and a few Other Odd Ways to be a Fanatical Religious Hypocrite
Posted by Pastor Todd Murphy
in Theology |
1. Go to Church and do Churchy things for what it does for you rather than what you do for others
2. Talk about God using affected Christianese like "praise the Lord" all the time while purposely keeping your relationships with unchurched people as surface and invulnerable as conceivably possible
3. Act like that since you are a Christian that you think you have all the answers
4. Make sure that your primary emphasis is on being a moral person who is a "testimony" (testimony means that you live in a way the make unchurched people feel ashamed of
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