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You scored as Karl Barth. The daddy of 20th Century theology. You perceive liberal theology to be a disaster and so you insist that the revelation of Christ, not human experience, should be the starting point for all theology.
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I first saw this while cruising some religious blogs at 9rules Communities. So… here I go. Thanks to the Lo-Fi Tribe’s blog for originally getting me tagged.
1. List three words that describe your faith.
Growing, mysterious, joyful.
2. Describe one belief about which you are very certain and one belief with which you struggle.
Certain: That Jesus is God and is love. Struggle: Spiritual gifting… particularly why there is so much abuse and confusion about gifts like tongues, healings, miracles, etc.
3. What is your mission in life?
My mission is to magnify God as life’s ultimate joy. I try earnestly to do this through the journalist’s credo of "afflicting the comfortable and comforting the afflicted." I hope to be used by God to free people from mindless, routine, and maintenance religion and help lead them to a love relationship with God through living faith in Jesus Christ.
4. Describe one thing that interferes with you authentically living out your faith.
Zoned in on things in which I don’t have enough contact with people (i.e., in front of the computer, books, video games, and movies too much!).
5. What is your favorite story from the Hebrew Scriptures? Why?
The story of Joseph. I’m studying it again right now as I finish up Beth Moore’s "The Patriarchs," and it makes me cry every time. Have no idea. Has something to do with a person being rejected by men and found by God. A person who gains a family back after they all learn the importance of unity.
6. What is your favorite New Testament story? Why?
I think it must be Peter walking on the water. Amazing. That Jesus’ power only held him up (or was it Peter’s faith?) and that it was Jesus’ Word alone that emboldened him to step out. Can I take Jesus at His Word enough to step out of my boat?
7. Describe a meaningful action you took because of your faith.
Started Journey Church.
8. Does your faith differ from that of your parents? If so, how?
Not that much. Mine is more expressive in the sense of being action-oriented, I guess.
9. Who or what was most important in the development of your faith.
In recent years, it’s been some things I’ve read and poeple I’ve been around. John Piper’s book Desiring God did more to teach me about the character and nature of God than anything I’ve read in a long time. I’ve just recently been deeply affirmed by A New Kind of Christian by Brian McLaren. In addition, the campus ministers that I hung out with for 8 years while I served as one at the University of Arkansas at Monticello remain some of the main men in which "iron sharpens iron." Guys like Neal Nelson and Ben Phillips, and Jackie Flake, as well as others. In addition, Scott Duvall and Kevin Wieser played important roles in my understanding of my call to ministry and then my application of it.
10. Pass it on! Tag at least two other religious/faith bloggers.
I?m tagging: Jim Parker of XperienceStuff and Carolyn Noble at Proof Positive.
What the heck?! I just finished George Hunter’s The Celtic Way of Evangelism. It’s a short book, and though I rarely do this (yea, right!), I must urge you all to run out and buy a copy today. C’mon, you can do it. It’s only 121 pages. But stuffed into this small book is such profundity that you will find your perspective on church, outreach, strategy, and history refreshed and encouraged.
I wanted to provide you an outline/synopsis of Chapter 4 (one of the best)…
Oh no… my wife now has a blog. It’s Proof Positive, and I’m a little nervous about it. Up till now, I’ve been able to free wheel out here in cyberspace, content with the occasional comment from her about “I can’t believe you said that.” Now… well, I’m treading a little lighter. Matt Parker has recently discovered the wonderful joys of a wife blogging.
And, crazy of all crazies, my 8 year-old son now has a blog too! If you’d like to see his, email me, and I’ll send you his link, but we’re not posting it, just to be careful. I actually think his might be very helpful in his education, just to help him get used to writing.
Hey… for those of you interested in The Patriarch’s Bible Study, we’re going to kick it in gear next week! Get your books and get ready to go. If you want to know what I’m talking about, look at the other blogs link to the right and click on the Patriachs.
Welcome to the winter 2006 edition the MAN SURVEY. After getting too many of these that have estrogen-filled questions like, if you were a Crayon, what color would you be? I decided to sit down and hammer out one that is for guys…
I’d welcome any additions to this or deletions… I did try to keep it as tame as possible since I know so many folks who are easily ruffled.
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