Having been a complementarian and having argued the position a lot over the years, let me give a word of advice to young complementarians as to which argument to drop out of your repetoire. It's this one: "[Our church] like Jesus did, only appoints men to the highest position of spiritual leadership."
a word for young complementarians...
True (theological) liberals don't really want anything to do with the emerging church. We talk too much about the person of Jesus and His deity/lordship.
And true (theological) conservatives don't really want anything to do with the emerging church. We talk too much about the lifestyle of Jesus and his humanity/love and concern for the outcast.
questions on the emerging church...
When the schismatics toss the word heretic around like beads at the theological Mardi Gras to anyone dumb enough to show them their Statements of Belief, it ceases to have meaning. For them, a heretic is anyone whose theology I disagree with and particularly anyone whose theology makes me uncomfortable. Needless to say, this is not a biblical definition of the word, nor a helpful use of the word.
Because when everyone is a heretic, no one's a heretic, if you know what I mean.
Two ways to ruin a word...
There are people that my associate pastor and I have talked to whom we've walked away from shaking our heads wondering, "What in the world...??? That guy needs to think about doing something else!"
I think that, and then I think... I hope they set the world on fire for Jesus and make me absolutely eat those words. I hope they are foolish enough to try. I hope God uses them in spite of my cynicism, in spite of my skepticism.
church planting by wind and fire...
Spencer, you're killing me here...
(Warning- this started off as a short, breezy commentary on a couple things from Spencer's book. A few hours later, my fingers are tired from typing and I'm cussing. Read on at your own risk and don't say I didn't warn you. I didn't intend to open up a can of Driscoll, but...)
Oh, Spencer...
Three of these things belong together
Three of these things are kind of the same
Can you guess which one of these doesn't belong here?
Now it's time to play our game (time to play our game).
Sesame Street Theology...
My fear is that the road that is being walked down with these video venue churches will relegate the vast majority of teachers among our churches to teaching the odd Sunday School class here and there, and we'll reserve the prime time for those ready for prime time... the big names with the big churches.
The Empty Pulpit...
