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Maybe he isn’t interested in spoon feeding the masses.
Maybe Bell wants everyone to examine and rethink. Thereby doing what your pastor said, and gaining strength in their faith.
Of course, we could just do the old tried and true method and just feed people. Get them hooked on the system and make them subservient to it. But Jesus pointed out that there was a better way.
I like the summary on the back of the back of the copy I have.
“We have to test everything. I thank God for anybody, anywhere who is pointing people to the mysteries of God. But those people will all tell you to think long and hard about what they are saying and doing and creating. Test it. Probe it. Do that to this book. Don’t swallow it uncritically. Think about it. Wrestle with it. Just because I am a Christian and I’m trying to articulate a Christian worldview doesn’t mean I’ve got it nailed. I’m contributing to the discussion. God has spoken and the rest is commentary, right?”
I can’t help but thing discussions like these are exactly what Bell wants. I think the intent was to be open ended. I’m ok with that. Also that is what postmoderns respond to.
It gets us to think. I personally find that it is good that we do not only read thing in which we are in agreement with. How does that challenge us, how does that help us to grow? We may be torked off at things that Bell says. Why? If nothing else if it causes people to pour into the Scriptures. Hey praise God! If people just blindly accept what Bell or any of us say – shame on them. We always need to be like the Bereans – search the Scriptures to see what (they) say is true.
One of the things that he says in the book is “Truth always leads to more truth.” Amen.
Roland,
My response is at:
http://groups.google.com/group/smashingbrickworld/browse_thread/thread/ef2ce8f19d1630
Can you join me there? If there is any concern about privacy I can change the group settings so that you don’t have to be a member to post messages.
I am afraid that setting it up like that will lead to a bunch of unsightly spam though.
Shane,
response at:
http://groups.google.com/group/smashingbrickworld/browse_thread/thread/e25bfab6cbd3b0fa
I am going to close the comments.
If you interested in discussion (as I am) please find your way to the Google group.
http://groups.google.com/group/smashingbrickworld
If you do not wish to discuss there email me at:
michael@michaelkrahn.com