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Hi Folks
I have seen my blog starting to show up as a link on others websites so I thought I should actually write something new. I am now serving as a lay pastor for a methodist church in Phoenix, Arizona. I'm not sure what God is doing, but I think it something to do with letting me see how the other halk live (liberals that is). I gotta tell you in the realm of social justice and compassion for the poor they have evangelicals beat....bad. In the realm of having a practical grounded way of sharing the gospel...they suck! Sorry folks the right and left have swung waaaaaay to far away from the center. This problem is hopefully what emergent streams of christian thought and practice are going to be able to address in the coming years. As more me, I am still kicking around the idea of a "convergent theology", an intersection of our best worship practices and traditions (music, style, liturgy, history, programs, etc). I am deeply interested in finding the common threads which tie us as believers together. Here is a very abreviated list of things that keep roaming around my mind
From my evangelical back ground: a centered Christology ( a solid calling to share Jesus)
From Dallas Willard: A fresh balanced look at what Jesus' life was really about (Christus Victor)
From Edward Fudge: A bold look at Eternal Concious Torment vs. A Loving God of Grace
From Wesley: The quadrilateral and the truth of Free will
From Calvin: irrisistable grace and God's sovereignty
From Luther: a beautiful sense of Liturgical flow (working on putting this to music to mesh with a "contemporary" format
From Orthodoxy: The ability to see the Trinity in all of life, deep symbolism, and an austere faith
From the Anabaptists: peace making, a hermenutic based on the sermon on the mount, a good balance of evangelism and social reform.....and shape notes! (the can ditch the head coverings though! ...jk)
That should give you an idea of where I'm heading. I would relish any insight/comments you all might have. Please drop me a line. My wife and I are planning on starting a church within the next 3-5 years (maybe sooner). Please pray that we would see and follow God's will.
I have seen my blog starting to show up as a link on others websites so I thought I should actually write something new. I am now serving as a lay pastor for a methodist church in Phoenix, Arizona. I'm not sure what God is doing, but I think it something to do with letting me see how the other halk live (liberals that is). I gotta tell you in the realm of social justice and compassion for the poor they have evangelicals beat....bad. In the realm of having a practical grounded way of sharing the gospel...they suck! Sorry folks the right and left have swung waaaaaay to far away from the center. This problem is hopefully what emergent streams of christian thought and practice are going to be able to address in the coming years. As more me, I am still kicking around the idea of a "convergent theology", an intersection of our best worship practices and traditions (music, style, liturgy, history, programs, etc). I am deeply interested in finding the common threads which tie us as believers together. Here is a very abreviated list of things that keep roaming around my mind
From my evangelical back ground: a centered Christology ( a solid calling to share Jesus)
From Dallas Willard: A fresh balanced look at what Jesus' life was really about (Christus Victor)
From Edward Fudge: A bold look at Eternal Concious Torment vs. A Loving God of Grace
From Wesley: The quadrilateral and the truth of Free will
From Calvin: irrisistable grace and God's sovereignty
From Luther: a beautiful sense of Liturgical flow (working on putting this to music to mesh with a "contemporary" format
From Orthodoxy: The ability to see the Trinity in all of life, deep symbolism, and an austere faith
From the Anabaptists: peace making, a hermenutic based on the sermon on the mount, a good balance of evangelism and social reform.....and shape notes! (the can ditch the head coverings though! ...jk)
That should give you an idea of where I'm heading. I would relish any insight/comments you all might have. Please drop me a line. My wife and I are planning on starting a church within the next 3-5 years (maybe sooner). Please pray that we would see and follow God's will.
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