passion play

Don’t take my word for the latest in the revisionist-reforming discussion. Listen for yourself at the Convergent sessions are up now at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Here’s the link:  SEBTS Media

A couple of weeks ago, we went to Raleigh for a visit to Vintage21 and a nice dinner. We had Bahama Breeze, thanks to an idea by Pablo, and it was great. We had a lot of fun and learned a lot, and had some great conversations about where Harmony is headed. Here’s a link: Leadership Trip to Raleigh on Flickr

Here’s some notes and resources on the series we’re currently in on the Women of Genesis. Today’s woman? Eve.

Eve and Her Man

• Adam was extremely romantic, singing her songs and calling her by pet names. Men: practice this. It works.

Eve and Marriage

• Because Adam was romantic to her, they got married. Literally, they became one. Just as God is one. Marriage is a shadow unto God.

Eve and Sex

• The logical timeline here: romantic dating…marriage…sex. It’s the design of the creator, not just the wishes of man. Sex is a tri-fold act given to us by God: it consummates the covenant, procreates children, and gives us recreation and enjoyment.

Eve and the Fall

• The Fall occured for two reasons: lack of leadership on behalf of the man and lack of discernment/wisdom on behalf of the woman. Both need to be taken care of in a relationship.

Eve and Her Role

• Submission of the woman is not due to lack of ability or value, but rather due to an obedience unto God. The submission of the woman helps keep her within salvation (1 Timothy 2:15).

Eve and the Gospel

• People always try to fix things, whether male or female. Adam and Eve made clothes for themselves. No can do. Only God can cover our sins by the shedding of blood (Genesis 3:21).

Resources

• Online Magazine for Women
• Great Article on 1 Timothy 2:15
• Reading List on Feminism
• Reading List on Marriage and Family
• Articles on Wives
• Media from Mars Hill (Check out Theology for Women under “Classes”)
• Amazon- Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas

I really think history was made last night at the Convergent Conference at SEBTS in Wake Forest.

Miranda and I had an opportunity, by the graciousness of Acts 29 , to listen to Mark Driscoll teach (what we thought, anyway) about culture and theology. Turns out the Spirit had other plans. In true Lutheran fashion, Driscoll stood up and for an hour and a little more, called out heretics by name. Usually, it’s against my nature to call names and really just speak to the “issues”, which is what Mark had done up until last night. It seems as if the influence of the guys mentioned is simply too great to ignore them as individuals. The guys Driscoll pointed out as teaching false doctrine were Brian McLaren, Doug Pagitt, and Rob Bell. The first two were gimmes. But for a long time, people have lumped Rob Bell in with guys like Jon Burke and Erwin McManus because of style and creativity. It is simply not true. The theology of Bell is completely off base, and Driscoll really dissected it all last night, likening them to the Ebionites of the early church, and to modern-day paganists. [By the way, I called this out a long time ago here: What is Salvation?]Is this sensationalist? Nope. It’s a necessary outworking of the duty of a Christian outlined in Jude 3: to articulate the Gospel and to contend for the faith once delivered to the saints. Mark did just that, and I think it will be remembered for quite some time by Bible-thumping, Jesus loving Christians.

First of all, I’ll be blogging the notes later on. Right now, I’m beat. So is Miranda. We just got done with assessment, and went great. We really learned a lot about where we are now, where we’re headed, and what we need to be aware and cautious of. Regardless of the outcome of the assessment, I’m extremely glad that we went through with it. (Tyler, if you’re reading this…thanks for telling me to do it). Jason Roberts (of VA beach acclaim) and Winfield Bevins (of OBX fame - what great surfer hair [sort of like Chan Kilgore…]) We talked about theology, pentecostal backgrounds, campus ministry in Wal-Mart, and getting married. It was a whirlwind 2 hours, but extremely helpful. As of right now, we’re not changing any plans, just being very cautious and aware of what we’re doing, when we’re doing it, and how we’re doing it. We’re holding our plans loosely and clinging to Christ tightly. It’s all we can do. Tonight? Driscoll at Convergent. Should be fun…stay tuned.