Dear friends, I'm curious about where you think we are in the shift from "modern" faith to "postmodern" faith? If you want, bounce off of my thoughts on the ...
Hi Jan, Nice to meet you! ... and what isn't cutting it for you any more? Whew, that would take a while to go into all the reasons. :) So I'll just share a...
Hi wayfaring . . . from what you have written, it appears that hopefully you will soon be out of "Christianity"! I've been in the place you are describing and...
I resemble your remarks!!! :-) And, Jan, I love the expression "white bread America"! I think the "form of religion" (the ones without the power) are rather...
Hey I just wanted to send a quick note. In 11 short days i will be moving to the great city of Vancouver to attend Vancouver School Of Theology (www.vst.edu)...
Hey, I am about to start reading *A New Kind Of Christian* and am looking for someone to discuss it with as I read. Anyone else interested in starting? Please...
I'll help ya out.. Cheers, dave I've stopped 281 spam messages. You can too! One month FREE spam protection at http://www.cloudmark.com/spamnetsig/? ... From:...
I heard that Brian McLaren had written a new book that maybe advocates what he calls "a generous orthodoxy." Does anyone know about this? Thanks. Larry...
Nothing other than it's scheduled for release next week. There's an outline of the contents on Amazon...here's what it says (kinda messy, but...) By...
Dear NKOCtioners. I have arrived in Vancouver and my orientation week starts next week. Classes start on tuesday. I have been having fun just walking about and...
Just saw your post, Jason. Are you Jason Derr, whose opinons (which some considered rather too liberal) I supported in a post some weeks ago? In any case,...
Hi Yep, this is Jason Derr. I dont consider myself libereal though - just faithful. I am here. Classes begin on the 13th and orientation on the 7th. Otherwise...
So you are going to be a minister, Jason? That's very neat. In what denomination? Is University of British Columbia in Vancouver? I'm kind of hung up on the...
I am not sure if i want to go into minestry or not. I read 'Great Divorce' years and years ago. It was a fun read - but i disagreed with some of his central...
Like what points? You may rememberr the third chapter or so where a liberal Episcopal priest is just slammed for his ethereal spirituality, which in Lewis' ...
Jason; I stand with you 100%, it is easy to go for the pie in the sky when you die mentality, 'Your kingdom come your will be done' I firmly believe that those...
Jason - Your post resonates with me. It reminds me of the words of Dallas Willard (and John Ortberg, Willard for Dummies) who discuss the Gospel in two ways: ...
Terry Timm
terry@...
Sep 4, 2004 12:51 pm
6615
Hey all Thanks for the kind words. I am fully expecting to be challenged, confronted and amayzed by the depth of the gospel as i study theology. I am now in...
Exploring the Church in a Changing Culture
I started looking around on the Internet for info about "A Generous Orthod= oxy" and found some stuff about the...
I just finished my last post, when someone walked up to my desk and handed me a package from Zondervan containing "A Generous Orthodoxy." I'm a newspaper...
... Yes...I know Billy...not particularly well but he lives here in Dallas and teaches at our local seminary. He's a sharp guy... I'm not particularly enamored...
I agree with you, Russ, about how what Good News and the Confessing folks say seems to be, often anything but generous. Like the hatchet job they do on Bishop...