I'm getting excited about the possiblities with blogging. It was great to read comments and I hope more are coming. The first sermon in the series, "What is a Christian?" went well, (as confirmed by my elders who always shoot straight with me whether I want them to or not). I'm excited to preach on this topic for awhile and hopefully give our church (and anyone else who reads over the sermon notes) a healthy Biblical perspective on what it means to be a Christian today.
Speaking of which. I started reading a startling, alarming and not easy to read book, "Righteous, dispatches from the evangelical youth movement" by Lauren Sandler. Wow, she's got some heavy thoughts on the Christian movement within the youth culture. She "attacks" the Cornerstone music festive, Mars Hill church in Seattle, skater Christians, Relevent magazine and more. Some of her observations are accurate and need to be looked at from her perspective. Mostly, it seems that she is angry at Christians and somewhat scared of where this is all headed. I'll blog more as I read on in the book. I'd certainly welcome any comments on her book.
2 comments:
Evan,
OK, what is a TULIP guy? Never heard the term and I have been in church for 20+ years. Are the comments to your blog going to be published on the site.
conball
Good question Connie.
TULIP (or the five points of Calvinism, named for John Calvin) is an acronym for Total depravity (we all need God), Unconditional election (God elects us), Limited atonement (not everyone will be saved), Irresistable grace, (if you are chosen or predestined, you will make a choice for God) and Perserverence of the Saints (you can’t lose your salvation).
Let me know what you think and if this all makes sense.
And no the comments to the blog will not be posted to the churches website. I'd like to keep these conversations on the blog so we can all read and respond.
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