by Frank Turk
Meanwhile, in the offices of the Evangelical Movement ...
Meanwhile, in the offices of the Evangelical Movement ...
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13 June 2012
10 September 2010
A Weirdo who lives in his Mother's Basement
by Frank Turk
For about 8 weeks I've been sitting on the content of this 6-minute video because I knew two things were certain: the first is that Phil was going to take flack for me participating at TheNines -- and he in fact did even receive threats from some corners of the alleged "discernment" blogosphere up through and including the day of theNines, and onto his Facebook page. The reason? Of course: Frank Turk dines with sinners and Rick Warren and Len Sweet. It's unseemly, apparently, that someone would accept an invite to stand up among those with whom we have even deep disagreements and then speak as if we really believe what we say we believe.
The other thing I knew for certain was that this message would shut the mouths of those people and leave others wondering what it ought to mean to them. I think this 6 minutes and 22 seconds of talking about treating Jesus like a real person goes directly to the heart of every single concern, complaint, and conflict we've had here at TeamPyro with all manner of people -- including those who think they are on "our side" of the Christian faith.
If you couldn't be caught dead watching this yesterday during theNines, watch it here and now safe in your cubical, and we can discuss it.
And for the record: special thanks to Todd Rhoades who, in spite of what might have been the normal way people think about these things, allowed guys like me, and Jared Wilson, and my new hero Raphael Castillo who preached the hard message of dealing with sin in a very tight 6 minutes in spite of other speakers at this on-line conference, to be present and to preach a message which is not usually heard in Leadership Network circles. Also thanks to him for letting me provide the video of my talk for free even though all the other 124 videos are now only available at a price.
There it is. Have at it.
For about 8 weeks I've been sitting on the content of this 6-minute video because I knew two things were certain: the first is that Phil was going to take flack for me participating at TheNines -- and he in fact did even receive threats from some corners of the alleged "discernment" blogosphere up through and including the day of theNines, and onto his Facebook page. The reason? Of course: Frank Turk dines with sinners and Rick Warren and Len Sweet. It's unseemly, apparently, that someone would accept an invite to stand up among those with whom we have even deep disagreements and then speak as if we really believe what we say we believe.
The other thing I knew for certain was that this message would shut the mouths of those people and leave others wondering what it ought to mean to them. I think this 6 minutes and 22 seconds of talking about treating Jesus like a real person goes directly to the heart of every single concern, complaint, and conflict we've had here at TeamPyro with all manner of people -- including those who think they are on "our side" of the Christian faith.
If you couldn't be caught dead watching this yesterday during theNines, watch it here and now safe in your cubical, and we can discuss it.
And for the record: special thanks to Todd Rhoades who, in spite of what might have been the normal way people think about these things, allowed guys like me, and Jared Wilson, and my new hero Raphael Castillo who preached the hard message of dealing with sin in a very tight 6 minutes in spite of other speakers at this on-line conference, to be present and to preach a message which is not usually heard in Leadership Network circles. Also thanks to him for letting me provide the video of my talk for free even though all the other 124 videos are now only available at a price.
There it is. Have at it.
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