The Narrow Path Ministries

Rob Bell is taking a more non-orthodox position on a number of topics lately. You can read more here:
http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/200 ... d-out.html

I was reminded of Romans 9 when reading this topic. "At the same time, you need to know that I carry with me at all times a huge sorrow. It's an enormous pain deep within me, and I'm never free of it. I'm not exaggerating—Christ and the Holy Spirit are my witnesses. It's the Israelites...If there we...

It is hard to say what Brian believes on certain specific subjects because he keeps it close to the vest, but he is the founder of Cedar Ridge Community Church which has the following in their statement of beliefs: About Salvation We believe that all people are created with dignity and value in the ...

ESV is my main translation for study. The ESV embodies both word-for-word exactness and easy readability. The translator’s sought to be as literal as possible while maintaining clarity of expression and reasonable sentence structure. I have always loved the NASB, but the sentence structure and reada...

This post may give you a better understanding of what most people in the emerging church movement mean when they use the term "Postmodern Church."

Ten Distinctives of Postmodern Churches
http://blindbeggar.org/?p=178

"Where in the world does Hank get this idea from? Or did he just completely make it up?"

This is not original to Hank. The speculation about Judas' motives has been around many years now. Seems like I first heard it back in the late 70's.

Just a couple of quick thoughts that may help. I don’t find it strange that Jesus didn’t write anything (at least nothing we know about). The pattern from the beginning has been for God to work through people to create a written record. Why should he change the pattern he had always used? “Wasn't Je...

Quote: "One of the posts mentioned 'God the Son.' Nowhere in scripture do we find the phrase 'God the Son' or 'God the Holy Spirit.'"

With all due respect, this is a straw man. Scripture doesn’t have to use an exact phrase or word for a truth to be taught and communicated.

Allyn: Very helpful and thank you. I now understand (I really missed this somehow in thread) that you were referring to Isaiah 9:6. I certainly agree that in this verse one of the titles for Jesus is “Eternal Father,” but I don’t believe this title should be confused with the person called (his name...

Allyn: I’ll admit that I don’t fully understand Paidion position and have always been a little uncomfortable with it. Still, I’m not sure where the problem is with his statement that “Jesus was not and is not ‘the Everlasting Father.’" The doctrine of the Trinity says that there is one God (in natur...