This is an excerpt from comments about Jim and Casper go to church posted on our Church Rater blog by Ernie Carrasco:
Casper wants to see social action, from a church, but (Jim) that is not the primary function of the church, and Casper in his humanism is erred in his expectation. (At this point I would want to know how many hospitals have been started by atheists? How many universities have been founded by atheists? How many atheists have built orphanages (that actually care for children)?). Social action is not the primary mandate of the church. The primary function of the church is to “make disciples” (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8).
I thought his questions were interesting.
Posted in Ir (Helen) | 15 Comments »Jim was invited to speak at the Secular Student Union of the University of Washington yesterday. Steve Lewis was there and has written about it on his blog, Spirit Farmer
Posted in A Cacophony of Posts, Ir (Helen) | 11 Comments »Last night I attended an event with the University of Washington Secular Student Union , co-sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. They brought Jim Henderson in to talk about his recent experiences of buying the souls of atheists, writing books with atheists, being nice to atheists, etc. He nailed it. It was the best I’ve seen Jim speak - probably more transparent with them than he is with a lot of the pastors he speaks to. After the event, about 8 of us went and ate Indian food for a couple hours and continued the conversation.
I have to say, I was super impressed by the students there (most of whom were atheists). They’re not looking to win arguments, make religious people mad, or get militant about changing the Constitution. The questions they asked Jim were insightful and genuine. It was a good time, definitely.
Jim also told me a little about what’s in the works for this year’s Off The Map event in November. It’s a bit of a different format from the past couple of years, but sounds creative, energetic, and musically delicious.
Check out Mike Clawson’s review of Hemant’s new book
I’m curious to read Mike’s review but I want to finish writing mine before I go see what other people are saying. My review should be finished and posted within the next seven days.
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