It’s been a while since my last entry, mostly because I’ve been writing a paper on the book of James and because I’ve been coughing up the Boogie man. Broncitis is not fun to have, every morning instead of thanking God for my next breath I wake up with a drowning feeling. So I heeded my hubby’s advice and went to the Dr. I should be right as rain in a few days.
Speaking of the boogie man. Let’s talk about Love Wins and other poor and theologically weak leaders of the church like Rob Bell. In our post modern day of relative truth, watered down doctrine and the rise of athiest churches (you thought that was a contridiction...but they are real!) the church is getting a work out really for the first time in a very long time. Remember when you hit the gym for the first time or get into your bathing suit after a long frozen dark winter and stand there and see how weak, how pale you are? That’s what is happening in the church today. A prominent pastor, who has been zealous in marketing cool images, serving lattes in the foyer of Mars Hill and setting up chats about relevant art movements has released the weakest book marketed to who? I still am unsure who is going to pick up this book. Is this supposed to motivate the church? Is this supposed to encourage our young people to spread the gospel?
The theological argument is as confusing as Rob Bell’s audience must be.
The whole discussion on heaven and hell, predestination, and judgement, atonement of sins and even with a little love thrown in there for selling point. Well that’s just about the whole thing isn’t it? I’ve read one article today from Christianity Today that spells out Bell’s understanding of Atonement, as in his words...”a brilliant, creative work”. Wow, that’s theological truth in a nutshell I understand now...God is like Van Gough? I also just listened to Rob Bell squirm under fire on MSNBC. The interviewer had more theological logic then Bell. And that is unfortunately the problem with many in the church today. We are weak and untrained in battle so we look more like athletes on Wipe Out then the Olympics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg-qgmJ7nzA
According to Rob Bell, after you die...everything is speculation. Really Rob? You just said we can’t count on scripture to tell us what the answer to what happenes when we die? Our faith as Truth...speculation? If you can’t be sure that you have eternal life when you trust the Gospel of Christ with what kind of credibility, with what kind of truth do you preach with Rob? Instead of preaching the gospel, teaching people how to read scripture and preach the truth of the doctrine of the gospel Rob Bell has been sipping too many lattes and allowed false doctrine to seep into Mars Hill. In fact, it says that he will be judged MORE harshly as a leader in the church...especially if he has not held to solid gospel doctrinal truth and used scripture as the authority and gage of what the answers of these deep theological truths. It’s just that simple.
Unless you use the same relativism in interpreting scripture in the same light, then it’s “speculation” to say the least.
The problem too is that we so often shake our heads in agreement and not know why we think one way or another. We have allowed other people, quasi- celebrity pastors influence our theology because they are cool, hip and they have nice art galleries. I think when I heard Rob Bell say words like “extend love” was right up there as a means to salvation....ooooooo you so did not say that Rob. That there be works. It sounds like a whole mis-mash of doctrine all mushed up into one. If I were you Rob I would have answered the interview with the “God is all powerful and cares about the people of Japan” and not just touted “this is a paradox that should be remained unanswered.” Speak Truth. That is....if you know it, which is sound like you don’t.
Rob Bell says he’s a pastor. I pray for Rob, that he would pastor his people well in scriptural truth. This will be more effective effect on the world today for Christ then publishing books for controversy sake. We are told to proclaim the truth and cast out false doctrine. Of course as Rob Bell there have always been questions in the Church about things like this...because the truth of the gospel is twisted when false doctrine gets in and we can see in scripture that many an early church had the same problem that we do today with pastors like Rob Bell. This is why we have the letters in scripture today, Corinthians, 1,2 Timothy, Colossians to name a few.
So my fellow blog followers...I ask you, where do you turn for Truth when a crazy cat like Bell touts pastorship on one side, then engaging conversation on another?
Speaking of the boogie man. Let’s talk about Love Wins and other poor and theologically weak leaders of the church like Rob Bell. In our post modern day of relative truth, watered down doctrine and the rise of athiest churches (you thought that was a contridiction...but they are real!) the church is getting a work out really for the first time in a very long time. Remember when you hit the gym for the first time or get into your bathing suit after a long frozen dark winter and stand there and see how weak, how pale you are? That’s what is happening in the church today. A prominent pastor, who has been zealous in marketing cool images, serving lattes in the foyer of Mars Hill and setting up chats about relevant art movements has released the weakest book marketed to who? I still am unsure who is going to pick up this book. Is this supposed to motivate the church? Is this supposed to encourage our young people to spread the gospel?
The theological argument is as confusing as Rob Bell’s audience must be.
The whole discussion on heaven and hell, predestination, and judgement, atonement of sins and even with a little love thrown in there for selling point. Well that’s just about the whole thing isn’t it? I’ve read one article today from Christianity Today that spells out Bell’s understanding of Atonement, as in his words...”a brilliant, creative work”. Wow, that’s theological truth in a nutshell I understand now...God is like Van Gough? I also just listened to Rob Bell squirm under fire on MSNBC. The interviewer had more theological logic then Bell. And that is unfortunately the problem with many in the church today. We are weak and untrained in battle so we look more like athletes on Wipe Out then the Olympics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg-qgmJ7nzA
According to Rob Bell, after you die...everything is speculation. Really Rob? You just said we can’t count on scripture to tell us what the answer to what happenes when we die? Our faith as Truth...speculation? If you can’t be sure that you have eternal life when you trust the Gospel of Christ with what kind of credibility, with what kind of truth do you preach with Rob? Instead of preaching the gospel, teaching people how to read scripture and preach the truth of the doctrine of the gospel Rob Bell has been sipping too many lattes and allowed false doctrine to seep into Mars Hill. In fact, it says that he will be judged MORE harshly as a leader in the church...especially if he has not held to solid gospel doctrinal truth and used scripture as the authority and gage of what the answers of these deep theological truths. It’s just that simple.
Unless you use the same relativism in interpreting scripture in the same light, then it’s “speculation” to say the least.
The problem too is that we so often shake our heads in agreement and not know why we think one way or another. We have allowed other people, quasi- celebrity pastors influence our theology because they are cool, hip and they have nice art galleries. I think when I heard Rob Bell say words like “extend love” was right up there as a means to salvation....ooooooo you so did not say that Rob. That there be works. It sounds like a whole mis-mash of doctrine all mushed up into one. If I were you Rob I would have answered the interview with the “God is all powerful and cares about the people of Japan” and not just touted “this is a paradox that should be remained unanswered.” Speak Truth. That is....if you know it, which is sound like you don’t.
Rob Bell says he’s a pastor. I pray for Rob, that he would pastor his people well in scriptural truth. This will be more effective effect on the world today for Christ then publishing books for controversy sake. We are told to proclaim the truth and cast out false doctrine. Of course as Rob Bell there have always been questions in the Church about things like this...because the truth of the gospel is twisted when false doctrine gets in and we can see in scripture that many an early church had the same problem that we do today with pastors like Rob Bell. This is why we have the letters in scripture today, Corinthians, 1,2 Timothy, Colossians to name a few.
So my fellow blog followers...I ask you, where do you turn for Truth when a crazy cat like Bell touts pastorship on one side, then engaging conversation on another?
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