educating eric

Listening to The RobCast (Episode 14 | You Are Always With Me And Everything I Have Is Yours):  http://robbell.podbean.com/e/episode-14-you-are-always-with-me-and-everything-i-have-is-yours/

This episode contains an excellent summary of the biblical fact that God has longings and sorrows and truly does wish for us to engage freely in his redemptive plan. To deny that is to say that the Biblical account of Christ's passion week is incorrect, or that Jesus was some sort of odd chimera who wasn't truly suffering and didn't truly mean what he said. There are many people argue those things, but that's certainly not an evangelical perspective.  Which is why I find it frustrating when I hear evangelicals express one or the other or sometimes both in contradiction.  John Eldredge and Ransomed Heart (Audio) (Easter. Really. Day 5: Thursday): http://www.ransomedheart.com/podcast/easter-really-day-5-thursday A special eight-part series where John Eldredge takes you into Jesus' internal world - from Palm Sunday to the empty tomb.

Pick your distinct denomination (Catholicism, LDS, Adventist) that has a set of unique doctrines in addition to yours. Are those doctrines simply superfluous and unnecessary, or are they a detrimental undermining that contradict the true Gospel? How do you tell? How/should do you maintain fellowship with those individuals? With those churches?

You know how life has those "I should do that someday..." moments?  For years I've had "check out Rifr" on my to-do list.  But now it's gone.  It was cool, I think.  I would know, had I checked it out... http://collaborationking.com/online-software/2012/11/3/rifrcom-crisp-thoughts-easily-shared

Now that the latest missing teen in my circle of friends has been found, I've removed the original text from my Facebook search post, because effective social-media calls end up accidentally lasting longer than necessary and that just confuses things.  But, in the process, I lost this text and I want to repost it because it's an important glimpse of my heart on the issue:    "Odds are she's safe of her own free will, but a family's love doesn't play the odds and neither does the law when it comes to minors.  And if she's not safe, time is of the essence.  Let's get her found, then hash out the questions and family dynamics later."   And I stand by that.  When kids go missing (and adults too, but primarily with teens), particularly girls, there's this weird social undercurrent of "she probably just ran away, looking to gain attention with some drama." Maybe, I suppose.  Maybe not.  It doesn't matter. The odds o...

"Each new stage of growth always brings with it greater freedom, greater complexity, and greater inclusion." Sounds good, and sounds intuitively correct. Is it true? Could you replace greater inclusion with greater differentiation or greater discernment, which could then be read as a contradiction against inclusion? The RobCast (Episode 6 | Listener Questions): http://robbell.podbean.com/e/episode-6-listener-questions/

I find this verse fascinating. It's the exact opposite of what we usually think... "Master," said John, "we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us." "Do not stop him," Jesus said, "for whoever is not against you is for you." http://bible.com/111/luk.9.49-50.niv