Dec
23
2009
Worth a Look 12.23.09
Revolutionary Ageism
Jared Wilson pens a provocative post on ageism in evangelical churches:
Can anyone doubt that the modern evangelical church has marginalized seniors and the elderly into ecclesiological inconsequence?
A few weeks ago a friend of mine had on his Facebook status some “rah rah” status about how all the “old people” are gonna hate heaven if they think the worship music in churches is too loud. You know, because heaven’s worship is going to be exactly like the laser light rock and roll concerts we got goin’ on in evangelicalism right now.
The Genealogies of Jesus
Ever wonder why the Gospels record two different genealogies for Jesus? Grant Osborne has a good answer:
Several solutions have been proposed to explain the differences. Martin Luther said that Matthew gives Joseph’s line and Luke Mary’s line. Others, such as Tertullian, reversed this. Yet the explanation fails in both directions, because the Gospels clearly state that they are listing Joseph’s line (Matt. 1:16; Luke 3:23). Julius Africanus proposed that Matthew follows Jesus’ natural descent and Luke his legal descent. Neither Gospel indicates such an approach, though, and it is best to allow the authors to speak for themselves.
Christmas GiveAway
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A Review of Deep Church
Adrian Warnock reviews Jim Belcher’s Deep Church:
Belcher attempts therefore a task almost guaranteed to get him criticism. To be even more dangerous, his model is trying to steer a middle course between two avowed enemies—the emerging and the so called “traditional” evangelical church. This piqued my interest as I would agree with many of the criticisms of the so-called “traditional” or “conservative” church that the emerging people have advanced. But I disagree with almost all of their offered solutions.