Seminary Nerd’s Links of the Week – 10/9/09

The Post Where We Link to Stuff You May or May Not Find Interesting and/or Amusing

How Evolved Are You?
Can you relate to the progression from a more contemporary “free-form” worship to a more structured and communal liturgical one? The church I currently am a member of is more liturgical than most of the ones in my denomination. That is, quite frankly, one of reasons why I chose to become a member there. Has anybody here “devolved;” that is, gone the “other” direction? Not that there is anything wrong with that…

The Difference Between Missions and “Being Missional”
If you attend a church that is self-consciously missional, do you have a “missions board”? If not, why not? Does every church need to send missionaries abroad or are some churches better suited to that than others? An interesting side note: As Christianity grows in Asia and Africa, the “West” will become more and more the “ends of the earth” as opposed to the center of Christianity. How will this affect global missions from our perspective?

“We Made A Big Mistake In The ‘80s By Politicizing The Gospel” – Chuck Colson
Like balm to the soul for me, particularly after the contentious election last year. You don’t have to agree with everything Mr. Colson says here to be encouraged or challenged by this piece.

Is There A Cliff Notes Version of the Bible?
I believe Jonathan has posted a sermon of his on this subject (where he deftly works in a reference to a Wilco album, no less). I appreciate Dr. Estes’ honest assessment that the Bible is hard to understand at times. He ends his post with a question and not a solution, so I will to. Why do you think the Bible is so hard to understand?
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Seminary Nerd is a student at a respected Midwestern Seminary. He hopes to be a Bible Nerd when he graduates, but for now he is content with going to classes and passing along the stack of empty pizza boxes that are the Links of the Week.

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