If you haven't read Numbers 22 lately, pick up a Bible and do so. It should put a smile on your face. I also like the 21st chapter of 2 Chronicles because it ends like this:
"Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He passed away, to no one's regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings."
Jehoram died and no one regretted it. That just made me laugh. Then, of course, it made me think. I assume you know what it made me think about.
Anyway, I tend to listen to about 4 sermons each week on my drives to and from work, the grocery store (although Tracy has gone to the store by herself for the past two weeks!!), etc. I listen to Rob Bell from Mars Hill, Mark Driscoll from Mars Hill in Seattle, John Piper from Bethlehem Baptist Church, and Erwin McManus from Mosaic. But the current and reigning champion of mine is Dr. Tim Keller from Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC. If you google his name, you'll find a couple sites where you can download free sermons if that's your thing.
Keller has an amazing ability to weave the gospel throughout every passage of scripture. He has an incredible knack for essentially preaching the same thing all the time, but every time it stretches me in a new way. Anyway, I thought I'd pass on the name to my avid reader (Tracy) who already knows all of this. I love you sweety!
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I do like it when you update your webpage. I thought you forgot you had one... Writing is a good exercise for all of us, very cathartic. Good job babe!
I thought you were mentioning something Keller preached from Numbers 22. Until I look it up. And yes, it put a smile on my face.
I love to be able to listen like you do. But for now I am still having a lot of Keller's materials to digest (have you tried the Bible studies at redeemer.com)?
It's like working the Gospel through systematic theology altogether...
Blessing.
One more question since you listened to all those guys: Is Rob Bell that heretic and Mark Driscoll that vulgar?
Hey,
When I listen to all of these sermons, I try my best to listen for the intent of what the pastor is saying. In my estimation, Rob Bell is pretty much right on target. But, for those looking to call him liberal or heretical (I'm not at all suggesting that you are), there's certainly enough ammo out there.
Mark Driscoll can be abrasive, but I know he has a great love for people like Keller and Piper, and I think he's just trying to get their message across to the best of his ability.
One thing to keep in mind is this: Mark Driscoll is preaching in Seattle and Rob Bell in Grandville, Michigan. The cultures are about as different as you could find short of comparing a small town in Iowa to Los Angeles. Driscoll has a gift to preach where he does because he's speaking the language of the culture. He probably wouldn't get too far in Grandville. But Rob Bell is speaking into one of the most religious and conservative counties in America. His gift is reviving and waking up Christians who grew up in the church but never thought it made any sense. Churches in West Michigan are way behind the times.
Which leads to why I like Keller so much. His understanding of the gospel goes so deep as to be able to penetrate a city like New York without having to resort to questionable speech. I think Driscoll will be there someday too.
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