as the creator intended
its hot like august in saskatchewan. too darn hot. had lunch with a scottish pastor who is in vancouver on sabbatical. real nice guy. his father died 2 weeks ago which is quite sad. chatted about the emergent church. he told me not to trust brian mclaren!
reading paggit's book on spiritual transformation. he says that we have moved from an education model to a relational model in our churches. that is, we used to believe that transformation would come through educating people through preaching, whereas today transformation comes through relationships, community.
i think i would agree to a point. we still need to have strong exegetical preaching to give us the basis of our faith. but we also need genuine, authentic relationships wherein that teaching can be lived out in "real time".
saw an overweight construction worker walking down the street with a white t-shirt with red felt lettering that read "as the creator intended". loved it.
reading paggit's book on spiritual transformation. he says that we have moved from an education model to a relational model in our churches. that is, we used to believe that transformation would come through educating people through preaching, whereas today transformation comes through relationships, community.
i think i would agree to a point. we still need to have strong exegetical preaching to give us the basis of our faith. but we also need genuine, authentic relationships wherein that teaching can be lived out in "real time".
saw an overweight construction worker walking down the street with a white t-shirt with red felt lettering that read "as the creator intended". loved it.
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george beverely shea would cry....
-warren l