Flock Is Now a Fight Team/the HOPEFUL skeptic
Posted by tom | Feb 7, 2010Coming out of the Next Generation: understanding its faith practices and impact upon faith communities, I've enaged in several conversations regarding what it means to be in Christ and the Body of Christ which reflects the reality of God and relies upon the Word and Spirit to be the people of God versus drawing in the younger generation through the things of this world. What could be more unChristian than not being, i.e, incarnating, Christ in order to get people in the door?
On Saturday morning, I heard on Public Broadcasting a bust on Evangelical Marital Arts Ministries. Sigh. It was followed by not to bad recognition of who Jesus truly is, or at the least they composed the words well. As I returned to my email I found a forward of Flock Is Now a Fight Team in Some Ministries (R. M. Schneiderman, NY Times, February 1, 2010) from a brother in Christ. Father forgive your people. Enable us to truly be Christ.
Related, just picked up Nick Fiedler's the HOPEFUL skeptic: revisiting CHRISTIANITY from the OUTSIDE. Anyone else reading it? I'd be interested in being part of a discussion group. FYI: "A Note to the Reader" and Chapter 1 are posted here. Nick's blog is http://thehopefulskeptic.com/.
