Links! It’s been awhile, but here are some for your enjoyment.
Bill Faris, director of a network of Vineyard house churches, writes about Charismatic boons and busts, here and here. Some choice examples:
Bust: …as a movement, money, wealth and “giving” have been treated in ways that range from somewhat unbalanced to the truly revolting.
Boon: Empowering Women in ministry.
Boon: A quantum leap in the theology of the Holy Spirit.
Bust: A quantum leap in bad theology of the Holy Spirit…that is not grounded solidly in Scripture…that flippantlay exploits the Spirit, His gifts and His power…that turns the Third Person of the Godhead into a Bartender.
Bust: Personality cults.
Bust: The Prophetic Movement…their endless emphasis on God’s “next big thing” is pretty much a distraction from our timeless call to simply and consistently follow Jesus as His disciples — proclaiming His word and doing His works until He returns.
Read the whole thing — he fleshes all of that out and its good stuff.
Here’s one to pay attention to and consider: Rolling Stone on how wall street is recreating the conditions that led to the first crash. I’m not a fan of the bailouts or the seemingly all powerful banking industry though.
The Tall Skinny Kiwi writes about a book I’m looking forward to reading: The Meeting of the Waters.
And we’ll leave it at that for the time being. Hopefully you’ve found some interesting reading mixed in there. I’ll do more when I have another grouping of links to share. Until then…