We hear a great deal about the churches that are what we should be when we grow up (Saddleback, Willow Creek, Lakewood Church, Mars Hill, etc.). I was going to say "sadly" but I feel just the opposite. So "happily" most of us will probably never attend one of these congregations. We may be influenced by their influence and envious of their "success" but most of the readers of this blog are Word and Sacrament, Law/Gospel, means of grace kinds of Christians. So, since we cannot go there, perhaps we can vicariously experience a visit to one of them and it is a fine review of the experience and the content.
So check it out at Musical Catechesis.
The Mars Hill franchise in Grand
ReplyDeleteRapids, Michigan has a different
message than Seattle. Rob Bell
preaches that God loves everyone and
nobody is going to hell because there
is no hell. Rob Bell is definitely
preaching a universalism theology.