So Doug connected me to a post by Ben Witherington, New Testament scholar at Asbury Seminary. In this post, Dr. Witherington, a generous and in-touch scholar, recognizes the positive influence Rob Bell, pastor at Mars Hill in Michigan, is having on our world today. But he also provides a good critique of Rob's understanding of the Jewish world in Jesus' day. To sum it up, he suggests that Rob's understanding of the Jewish context is taken from a time a few years after Jesus was around.
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My friend Brad directed me to a quality conversation about Rob Bell's book Velvet Elvis on John Smulo's blog. Good follow up stuff.
3 comments:
Hey Josh,
Thanks for mentioning my post. I'm looking forward to reading through your blog.
John,
Brad directed me to your stuff and I've enjoyed perusing, although I have to say that I haven't commented on everything that I've read. Sorry that I've been a casual viewer.
Josh
josh,
ben has posted a new review on 'sex god' (march 2). he gives it 3 thumbs up and again, has a very gracious tone in his comments. give it a read:)
brad
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