Inbred Faith part 1

You’ve heard the joke about the inbred redneck who’s cousin is also his mother… Well, your ideas may be just as dysfunctional. Theological inbreeding is running rampant. It seems that people that emphasize theology can become mean and self-righteous. People who focus on innovation or church growth tend to stray away from the true God presented in scripture. Charismatics egg each other on to crazier ‘gifts’. Emergent people focus on being different etc.

I want to give a shout out to Ben Arment with his whiteboard sessions. He’s bringing together eight leaders from very different circles of influence.

It’s the same reason that when you were a kid you thought the home school kids were weird. They don’t get any outside commentary on where they are going and end up 100 miles off course. Everyone thinks they’re right. Otherwise they wouldn’t think that way. So I will spend the next week talking about ‘cross pollination’ of ideas. To be specific, I believe that you must be firmly rooted in the Bible, and seek out a vast number of ideas that you weight against the scriptures with prayer and discernment.

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