I couldn't disagree more with this ranty little man. From his Calvinism to his dependence upon Penal Substitution as a replacement for the Gospel, this isn't real Orthodoxy. If you shout it loud enough it doesn't make it right.
On the point of supposed silence of church leaders on Bell, he's wrong – there's been plenty of discussion and concern about things he's said and written previously, e.g. in 'Why We're Not Emergent' by DeYoung & Kluck and elsewhere.
Also, just because a book is called 'Sex God' doesn't make it evil, I do wonder if he's actually read the book or whether he saw it and processed it as 'Rob Bell is calling God a sex symbol.' Nuance isn't quite his strong suit… :-)
Bell's first book, Velvet Elvis, rang quite a few alarm bells at the time as I seem to remember. And yes, De Young and Kluck is much more manageable that DA Carson.
I just have no idea whether things on the internet are serious, spoofs of other people being serious, or spoofs of other people making spoofs of other people being serious any more.
Wow, a wanna-be (non-Mormon) Glenn Beck.
I couldn't disagree more with this ranty little man. From his Calvinism to his dependence upon Penal Substitution as a replacement for the Gospel, this isn't real Orthodoxy. If you shout it loud enough it doesn't make it right.
You disagree with a blog post of mine entitled "Just to be Controversial…"?
Job's a good 'un.
Oh, and Calvinism and penal substitution IS orthodoxy.
Let me get my lead shield.
Lead shield? I'm getting popcorn and a 5-litre coke for this one.
Friel's a beast
Is that a good or a bad thing?
According to my teenage son, its good.
Friel's a beast. Beast. B E A S T. Beast.
Confrontational approach certainly!!
On the point of supposed silence of church leaders on Bell, he's wrong – there's been plenty of discussion and concern about things he's said and written previously, e.g. in 'Why We're Not Emergent' by DeYoung & Kluck and elsewhere.
Also, just because a book is called 'Sex God' doesn't make it evil, I do wonder if he's actually read the book or whether he saw it and processed it as 'Rob Bell is calling God a sex symbol.' Nuance isn't quite his strong suit… :-)
No nuance is not his strong point. Neither was it John the Baptist's.
Love the DeYoung & Kluck book – one of the best in the past few years.
Bell's first book, Velvet Elvis, rang quite a few alarm bells at the time as I seem to remember. And yes, De Young and Kluck is much more manageable that DA Carson.
I just have no idea whether things on the internet are serious, spoofs of other people being serious, or spoofs of other people making spoofs of other people being serious any more.
That's post-modernism for you.