inspired, challenged, provoked, comforted and invited

Hooking up my blog posts to Facebook has caused a few interesting reactions not least the "do you really buy into all that stuff about God?".

Here's a great summary of what I "buy into":

"Jesus lived with the awareness that God is doing something, right here, right now and anybody can be part of it. He encouraged his listeners to search, to question, to wrestle with the implications of what he was saying and doing . He inspired, challenged, provoked, comforted, and invited people to be open to God's work in the world. Wherever he went, whatever he did, Jesus started discussions about what matters most, because for Jesus, God is always inviting us to open our eyes and join in."

Nooma Whirlwind, 024, Rob Bell

TheNooma series of shorts films is well worth exploring, whatever your background or views, try this trailer.

Do you join in with life or hide away?

Comments

[Kevin Moore]

Hi Nigel,

Just be careful you don't "buy into" Bell's false gospel and weird theology!

Kev

[Nigel]

We are all prone to weird theology in our lives and our very own Archbishops aren't without their critics, but thanks for the words of warning. For me that's where discernment is very important - guided by the institution I have "signed up to" - at the moment we all see through clouded lenses and it becomes a dangerous situation if we forget that, we need each other to provide good council!

A great deal of damage has been done by all that the church has tried to achieve in the search for a "pure church" over the centuries. I very much believe in grace, a grace with a cost, but grace is grace and "the Grace of God has dawned upon the world with healing for all mankind".

In the Nooma videos I have watched I haven't experienced a false gospel or weird theology, only expoundings of what I would consider the grace of God, beyond that I can't comment...

Yours, through cloudy but faithful lenses.