By Ryan
December 11, 2007 – 11:26 am
Ashley pointed me to an interesting article in the USA Today this morning that discusses different stances and approaches to telling Biblical stories in the form of children’s books. The article was pretty well balanced (surprisingly) and I thought I would distill what was said and offer a view that wasn’t presented, that is, not [...]
By Ryan
December 3, 2007 – 8:08 pm
I spent a great night in Indianapolis last Friday night in order to attend Rob Bell’s close-to-final-stop on his speaking tour, The Gods Aren’t Angry.
By Ryan
Begrudgingly walking out of a mandatory chapel service today (during which I tuned out to some iPod and read) I was greeted by a zealous Gideon and a tiny green New Testament. Looking around, I realized this was happening to every student leaving chapel.
By Ryan
February 26, 2007 – 3:14 pm
FOXNews posted a news brief today that highlights a church in Detroit called Epic Church which is currently running a series on sexuality. This idea isn’t really brand new stuff as far as church news goes, but the interesting part is that the church is affiliated with The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod- for those that don’t have [...]
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By Ryan
February 25, 2007 – 8:24 pm
I was wondering earlier today whether or not Christian radio is a good or a bad thing.
Seems odd, right? I’ve never been the biggest fan of stations like Star 88.3 or WBCL, but I’ve never been hostile toward them either. There’s just a part of me that says worship music shouldn’t be lowered to the level [...]
By Ryan
February 18, 2007 – 6:53 am
I caught wind of a scholar by the name of Ben Witherington and his recent posts concerning Rob Bell. One was a couple days ago concerning Rob’s stop in Lexington during week two of his Sex God tour.
By Ryan
February 16, 2007 – 6:30 pm
I caught this link from Nathan Colquhoun’s blog (which, by the way, is a great source of links to church-related articles - check him out) and it strung a cord with me.
There is a church without handles on their doors.
By Ryan
February 15, 2007 – 5:51 pm
My friends and I have been perpetually engaged in an ongoing discussion on this topic. We see examples all around us of places - institutions - claiming to be church; which is it?
By Ryan
February 9, 2007 – 3:08 pm
One of the questions asked at the Q+A the other night was “How can I be as knowledgeable as you are?” This is an interesting question in itself, but even better was the answer. Rob said to go to MarsHill.org and request his reading list using the contact form. You can do this yourself (I [...]
By Ryan
February 9, 2007 – 1:08 am
I had the pleasure of traveling to the University of Michigan tonight and seeing Rob Bell (again!) during a Q+A and book signing for his new book Sex God. I found out through a good friend that Rob was touring for his new book (and still is) so I gathered together those interested and [...]
By Ryan
February 2, 2007 – 12:31 am
Ask and you shall receive. A couple of people have commented asking for my complete 43 (50 in pdf form, apprarently) pages of notes. I beseech thee to download and further thee…um, theeself?
Mars Hill Conference “Isn’t She Beautiful” Notes
A couple of notes on these, well, notes; first of all all of the highlighted portions are [...]
By Ryan
January 30, 2007 – 11:48 pm
I had an interesting conversation earlier today with a friend of mine who is/was/has been skeptical of the idea and very existence of postmodernism. Although his reasoning is akin to those who would say things like “postmodernism is relativism” the conversation brought to light some ideas I’ve been mulling over for a while.
