I’ve never liked performance art. As an art major, it was for the people who couldn’t draw.

And making cupcakes is for the people who can’t make real cakes.

Couldn’t resist.

“And he prefers Christus Victor as an atonement explanation rather than Penal Substitutionary Atonement.”

I have not seen that articulated at all. Is there a reference?

I can’t stand musicals, either, a kind of performance art. Quit wasting my time singing about it, and just say it.

So I vote “no” for Mr. Rollins.

Never heard of Rollins or Tickle, and too lazy to Google.

I hadn’t either…

Apparently he’s a druid with fifty billion followers, coming to North America to steal all of the souls in the Northern Hemisphere.

Oh, wait, no – wrong Google search

Rollins is a speaker at an upcoming Pastor’s Conference organized by Rob Bell. He’s speaking on 1) Performance Art; 2) writing parables.

And he prefers Christus Victor as an atonement explanation rather than Penal Substitutionary Atonement.

Thus, he must die.

…or something like that…

Where does that leave my immortal soul?

Oh. Right.

a lack of concern over doctrine on this site and in the modern church – Patorboy

If modern church = thousands of suberban white people running around my town, that go to church sometimes (especially on Xmas and Easter); but are mostly just concerned with themselves and live like there is no God. I AGREE there is a major lack of concern over Christian doctrine among these people.

But lack of concern over doctrine on “this site”? Do you ever read what anybody else writes about on this site?

“I remember driving around Belfast with Pete, sitting in the front seat
listening to him tell these parables that he’d written—thinking,
’Everybody needs to hear these.’ And now you can.”
—Rob Bell, author of Jesus Wants to Save Christians

I enjoyed the post. I don’t see what’s “disgusting” about it, (or why Rick is offended) but I appreciated the humor. Anyone that can tie Henry Rollins into a theology discussion deserves some credit.

Call me a nerd, but I enjoy discussing theology. I can read blogs or talk about God till the cows come home and usually learn something. One reason I enjoy the discussion here is the wide variety of DOCTRINAL discussions. I don’t mind having doctrinal discussions with people that disagree with me, and in fact prefer it to “preaching to the choir”.

Disclaimer: I firmly believe in absolute truth! And defining right and wrong.

Pastorboy (and maybe even Rick) seem to have the attitude that the purpose of Christian doctrine is to DIVIDE Christians. Jesus is not doctrine; doctrine is the Church’s way of defining truth. I’m not opposed to fighting out who has the right doctrine, but the purpose should not be that the loser must take his ball and go home. I always like to leave room for the real possibility that when a man has an opposing idea from me (while we can’t both be right); we may well both be wrong. I believe Christ has all the answers, and I don’t understand them all.

I am not related to Joe from Joe’s Crab Shack. However my 18 month old son IS wearing a Joe’s Crab Shack shirt…how odd lol.