Tag Archives: The Resurgence

Jesus + Nothing = Everything

Posted on 03/28/2011 | Leave a comment

And, Everything – Jesus = Nothing

This was part of The Resurgence’s 2011 Conference: Our Fathers, Our Future. I thought it was important enough to post here.

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Posted in Conferences

Tagged Christ, Christianity, Church, Church at Ephesus, Crucifixion, Divine Plan, Ephesians, Evil, God, God’s Will, Gospel, Jesus, Our Fathers Our future, Pain, Pauline Letters, Paul’s Epistles, Religion, Sovereignty, Suffering, The Bible, The Cross, The Resurgence, Tullian Tchividjian, Unity in Christ

Death By Love

Posted on 03/28/2011 | 6 comments

Have you ever felt that you are too far away from God? Have you ever felt like you have done so much wrong that there isn’t a way you can make up for it? Have you ever felt worthless because of something that has been done to you? Have you ever felt like there aren’t any good examples for you to follow? Have you ever felt like God is mad at you for something you have done, or for something you failed to do? Have you ever felt completely hopeless?

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Posted in Book Reviews

Tagged Book Reviews, Christ, Christianity, Church, Church History, Crucifixion, Death by Love, God, Gospel, Jesus, Leadership, Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill, Ministers, Ministry, Pain, Pastors, Ransom, Reconciliation, Redemption, Religion, Sovereignty, Storms, Suffering, The Bible, The Cross, The Gospel, The Resurgence, Theology

Functional Universalism

Posted on 03/23/2011 | Leave a comment

Well, Rob Bell certainly stirred up a lot of commotion very quickly with his promo video for, and the release of, his book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived. The conversations and blogs about his book, and the topic of Universalism overall, exploded overnight, and then seem to have died out just as quickly. Pastor David Platt, author of Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, offers a different perspective, and a strong challenge to those who profess Christ as Lord, Savior, and Treasure.

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Posted in Life Lessons

Tagged Christ, Christianity, Church, Church at Ephesus, Crucifixion, David Platt, Divine Plan, Ephesians, Evangelism, Evil, God, God’s Will, Gospel, Gospel Coalition, Hell, Jesus, Kevin DeYoung, Love Wins, LoveWins, Mark Driscoll, Missional Living, Pain, Radical, Reformission, Religion, Rob Bell, Sovereignty, Suffering, The Bible, The Cross, The Resurgence, Unity in Christ, Universalism, Universalist, Universalists

The Rob Bell Broohaha

Posted on 03/15/2011 | 2 comments

Alright, so in Rob Bell’s latest book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived, Bell at best asks some very misleading questions without pointing back to the truth of the gospel, and at worst flat out denies the doctrine of Hell, according to the multiple reviews done on the book. Continue reading →

Posted in Theology

Tagged Christ, Christianity, Church, Church at Ephesus, Crucifixion, Divine Plan, Ephesians, Evil, God, God’s Will, Gospel, Gospel Coalition, Hell, Jesus, Kevin DeYoung, Love Wins, LoveWins, Mark Driscoll, Pain, Religion, Rob Bell, Sovereignty, Suffering, The Bible, The Cross, The Resurgence, Unity in Christ, Universalism, Universalist, Universalists