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Jon Zens & I Respond to Ben Witherington III
Last week, I had a public exchange with noted New Testament scholar Ben Witherington. Witherington is a seminary professor, prolific author, and pastor. Ben is a friend. And I think he’s an excellent New Testament exegete, particularly with respect to first-century historical background. As far as his stature as a theologian, however, he and I have some significant disagreements.
Anyway, the exchange began when Ben wrote an extremely lengthy critical review of my new book, “Reimagining Church.”
To my surprise, he graciously asked me to respond to his review on his blog. Which I was happy to do.
Here’s my single-dose response to Ben – it’s quite lengthly only because Ben’s review was very lengthy. (His points are contained in my response.) But the content is vitally important, I believe.
See also Jon Zens’ amazing response to Ben on the book “Pagan Christianity.”
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Book Review: “The Butterfly in You” by Milt Rodriguez
My friend Milt Rodriguez just released a new book. Instead of reviewing it, I’ll do something better. I’m going to post the foreword I wrote for the book—which is stronger than a review. I don’t usually write forewords for books, but Milt’s book was an exception.
Before I post the foreword, however, I did Milt a favor and gathered some endorsements that others have written for Milt’s book. He didn’t know I did this for him, so he should thank me.
Here they are . . . enjoy![Continue Reading…]
The House Church Movement: Learning from the Past – Pioneering for the Future
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It’s the System, Stupid
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The $25,000 Give-Away
The Back-Story Behind REIMAGINING CHURCH
My newest book, Reimagining Church, officially launched August 1st. Four days later, Amazon.com went out of stock. Then the publisher informed me that they ran out of all copies of the first printing. Amazon.com just got the book back in stock. So it’s available again.
(For those of you who don’t purchase books online, it’s also being carried by Family Christian Stores, Borders, and Barnes & Nobles.)
Here’s the story behind Reimagining.
I’ve been working on this book for the last 12 years. It seeks to answer the following questions:[Continue Reading…]