Showing posts with label Mars Hill Bible Church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mars Hill Bible Church. Show all posts

Friday, May 04, 2007

Dr. Greg Boyd on Christus Victor

There's an excellent sermon by Greg Boyd over at Mars Hill's Web site. It's an MP3 on another, often overlooked, lens through which to understand the atonement - in some theologies, the most important or only lens. There are a couple of minor problems I have with the sermon, though that's just because I'm ornery - they are mostly Catholic-Protestant differences.

The one thing I would have like to hear more about, since I believe it is of paramount importance to a full understanding of Christus Victor, (the linked article does a poor job of reflecting Catholicism's view of the atonement, but, Hey! it's Wikipedia) is Christ's descent into hell - and what that meant/means for us and for humanity. But perhaps he simply didn't have time to speak about it.

(As a long-drawn-out aside, I am not endorsing all that is Greg Boyd and his ministry, as wonderful as much of what he does is. I do not subscribe to Open Theism, for instance. Greg Boyd does. I'm Catholic, for another instance, and he isn't. [That's me being cantankerous and having fun, by the way - sorry it's not as much fun for you.] But that doesn't mean we need to toss him out with the morning garbage either. He is a brother in Christ with some important insights for Christianity, especially within his own milieu of evangelical/post-evangelical[?] Protestant Christianity.)

Monday, February 05, 2007

Sharing Podcasts

Do you listen to podcasts? What are some of your favorites? One of my favorite podcasts is from Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, Michigan.

I know the man's a Protestant and all (relax, it's a joke), but this place has got it going on. I listen to Protestant sermons all the time. Some set my teeth on edge, some make me bleat out my own protestations, some are so us-them - but I don't find that, or haven't yet, listening to Rob. I've been listening off and on for nearly two years now.

Listen to the podcasted sermons (through iTunes) or download the MP3s from Mars Hill's home page. (Click on "Who We Are" and then "Teachings.") I highly recommend the first three sermons in January.

An Orthodox podcast I enjoy is Our Life in Christ. You can also find their MP3s at Ancient Faith Radio.

And Catholic podcasts? I listen to a few - Catholic Answers is usually quite informative. Another is the Cardinal Arinze webcast. I listen to each of these as podcasts through iTunes. But the links I've provided will allow you to download the same MP3s for free without being able to or wanting to subscribe to a podcast.

I do not listen to any of these always - I just don't have the time. Though some podcasts are so infrequent that it's fairly easy to keep up-to-date with them. Enjoy the ones I've posted - especially Rob's - and let me know which podcasts you have found that resonate with you.