A culminating work of the Jesus Seminar era and of others influenced by it, the New New Testament A Bible for the 21st Century Combining Traditional and Newly Discovered Texts edited by Hal Taussig presents old old Gnostic heresy. A founding member of the Jesus Seminar, Taussig and 19 American “spiritual leaders” and scholars selected 10 texts to…
Category: Early Church
Rob Bell Emerges Out of the Closet . . . and the Wool (Again)
The Emergence Christianity leaders continue to come out of the closet, and out of their sheep costumes, as one after another they end up mirroring Western postmodern culture in support of gay marriage. In Tony Jones article today entitled “Is Rob Bell (Finally) Pro-Gay Marriage?” he gives two current examples of how Bell is now…
Rob Bell, Love Wins: For Teens
The Christian Post reports: Rob Bell, former pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, Mich., has created a version of his controversial and 2011 bestseller Love Wins for young adults, in which he “tackles the tough questions about heaven, hell, and the consequences of the choices teens make every day,” according to the publisher. Striking an…
Tattoo Parlor Inside Michigan Church
Steve Bentley is a Michigan pastor of The Bridge, a church located inside a Flint Township shopping center. Because “mainstream religion has become ineffective and irrelevant,” he says is the motivation for opening Serenity Tattoo parlor within the church itself: A Michigan pastor who says he’s doing everything he can to reach out to people…