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
Archive for September, 2007
Some Pictures From A Leadership Trip to Raleigh
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007Women of Genesis: Eve
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007Here’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
Making History in the Triangle
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007I 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.
