FOUND ON THE INTERNET THIS WEEK

Last week I reported on Julian Müller's Afrikaans article about finding a new theological world view. As expected, some serious reaction on his embracing of panentheism erupted. One reaction came from Johann Ernst, pastor at the DRC Doornkloof in Pretoria and currently serving as the chief legal advisor of the Dutch Reformed Church's general synod. Hy makes valid, good and equally thought-provoking points while counter-arguing Müller.

I really enjoy these debates, as it helps us to redefine our place in the world. Although we have a premodern world view in the Bible and although we live with a late-modern world view, we are confronted with the reality that we need to think new on how we formulated our theological interpretations of Scripture - not by rejecting the Biblical world view, but by rethinking our interpretation through modernistic categories such as theism and panentheism. My personal opinion is that we should rather go back to Scripture and try reading it from a first-century perspective before interpreting it. We live in truly challenging times.

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If you are interested in using Social Media for church or other ministry, this blogpost will be of great interest to you.

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David Hayward - aka The Naked Pastor - made a case in this article for pastoring from a position of personal weakness.

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Even though I tend to disagree more with Gerda de Villiers than agreeing with her (mostly because of the hermeneutical framework with which she exegetes the Old Testament), she wrote a good article on the creation narrative on Genesis 1:1-2:4a and the Enuma Elish. Note: the article is written in Afrikaans.

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Finally, Gary Thomas wrote this piece on the phenomenon of Christians equating faithful living with perpetual guilt about pleasure.

NOTE: THEOLOGY, MISSION & MINISTRY DOESN'T NECESSARILY ENDORSE THE VIEWS REPRESENTED IN THIS OVERVIEW.