Finding something to excerpt from a Harry Reeder blog post continues to prove impossible. Everything is so well written and fits together so tightly. So read this post from his blog, Inperspective, and be challenged and instructed. The seventh paragraph nails it for me. In the inky black darkness of April 14, 1912, The Titanic, …
Jefferson Bethke, author and performer of viral video Jesus Hates Religion appears on US CBS TV. He does a very nice job of dealing with the questions (and even some of the support) and demonstrates how well he’s assimilated the range of comment arising from the video. Good work on staying on message. (Warning: contains …
Jefferson Bethke and Kevin DeYoung interact about DeYoung’s concerns regarding a performance video Bethke recorded about the superiority of Jesus over religion. The post is, in itself, an encouraging example of how two Christians who are concerned for the communication of the Gospel can interact and seek to refine one another. The substance of their …
So here’s some less irenic criticism of Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus, mentioned in my last post. From a post entitled: Lame Poetry, False Dichotomies, and Bad Theology, by Jonathan D. Fitzgerald: He [performer Jefferson Bethke] begins by suggesting that Jesus came to abolish religion, a popular claim among evangelicals, particularly those of …
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