Category: Emerging Church
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Lost?
[Soundtrack to this post: ‘Lucky’ | Radiohead] Last night saw the first part of ‘Lost’ on TV in the UK – a programme I think has already shown in the US. I didn’t see it, but as I read a review of it, I couldn’t help feeling that there have been an awful lot of…
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Carson won’t be meeting Pagitt…
You may have read here on Andrew Jones’ comment that Doug Pagitt has invited Don Carson to spend some time with him at Solomon’s Porch. Well I can report that, apparently, this won’t be happening. Someone who wants to remain anonymous, but is close to Carson emailed me saying they wanted people to know that…
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Thoughts on Carson’s ‘Becoming Conversant…’ 2
More thoughts on a great missed opportunity… Carson states quite clearly in the book that ‘the Emerging Church is hard to put boundaries on’, and therefore many of his criticisms and affirmations ‘will simply not apply to everyone involved in the scene’. He also is keen to state that ‘much of the good going on…
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Thoughts on Carson’s ‘Becoming Conversant…’ 1
I looked forward to reading this book. Carson is an intelligent man – it can surely only serve for good to get some debate going? But the tone quickly became clear: one rather gets the impression of an English professor critiquing his son’s primary school writing… Of the over-keen dad slamming in his best shots…
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Dangerous Gospel?
Since Vaux has been Resting In Peace, some of us have been going along to a local CofE church… for various un-thought-through reasons, but I suppose to keep something ticking over. While I don’t want to be ungraciously critical, I have to admit I found today’s service particularly depressing. The last week has seen another…
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Should anyone be paid to work full time for the Church 2
Si Johnston just sent me this great cartoon by his friend John Byrne in response to the first post on the subject: Resonate with anyone?!