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November 06, 2006

Return from Hawaii and some things in the news that caught my eye

The reason I haven't been posting: I was in Hawaii for ten days with my wife and her family and I didn't want to spend time on the computer. It took a couple of days to withdraw from my computer/internet addiction, especially when the hotels offerred wireless internet, but I managed.

A few things caught my eye while I was away and I will look forward to blogging more on these issues.

First, Mark Driscoll has a post on Evangelical Leader Quits Amid Allegations of Gay Sex and Drug Use. Driscoll gives some thoughts on how Christian leaders can set some good boundaries and avoid sexual immorality, especially in ministry.

Second, Andrew Jones covers this issue as well in Haggard and the Hazzard of Hotels. I agree with Jones' here that Driscoll's comment on "wives" is untimely and I disagree with Driscoll's view completely. Not that I don't think it's important for spouses to want to look attractive to each other, but I don't think responsibility should fall on only women or the wives. Driscoll doesn't mention the responsibility of pastors and maybe he would. But how many male pastors are out of shape and overweight? Where is their responsibility in being sexually available? Read Driscoll's post to follow this conversation. Zach Lind responds in Driscoll suggests it's her fault.

Third, Driscoll has another post that I am interested in more thoughts on. Dear Abby: Can I wear my swim trunks to church?. Dress at church is an issue that I'm really interested in, only because it comes up so much at our church. Whether it's the lack of dress, or the casual dress. From people looking like they are strolling in from a night of clubbing, or are strolling in looking like they are headed out to surf afterwards, dress continues to be an issue at our church.

Fourth, Zach Lind and Mike DeVries have some thoughts on the Way of the Master and Rob Bell's Bullhorn controversy. On a funny sidenote: Some of my college guys (video and tech guy) and myself decided to go out to the beach one day and film four videos for a series I was doing. They were meant to be Rob Bell/NOOMA style. But we soon learned that anything that we tried looked like just a poor imitation or ripoff of NOOMA. And that's what this video ends up looking like and most others that I have seen. Everyone's trying to emulate Bell in their church videos and it just isn't the same.

Posted by rhett at November 6, 2006 07:42 AM

Comments

Rhett, I just want you to know that Driscoll states in a later blog that he was not putting any of the blame on Haggard's wife. Read it for yourself, and tell your friend Zach Lind not to be so harshly judgmental.

"Contrary to some who misrepresented my prior blog, Gayle is in no way responsible for the sin of her husband and by all accounts seems to have been a lovely and devoted wife." -Mark Driscoll

http://www.theresurgence.com/md_blog_2006-11-06_ted_haggard_scandal_2.0

Look forward to seeing you at Quest!

Posted by: JamesS [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 7, 2006 07:45 PM

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