I have watched the Facebook Church twice. Before people criticize it they might want to watch themselves. The two messages I worshiped with Lifechurch I was amazed at how powerful the messages were. They even have a place where people can raise their hands to make decisions for Christ. They have a “live” pastor who is on a chat room and gives their phone number.

It meets people where they are. Just my humble opinion.

Re: Luther and typology, I agree it would be interesting to see how he handled that question. Something seemed weird about the way he answered my question. Maybe I just didn’t ask what I was thinking, but he still did not satisfy my question–at least I think he didn’t. Oh well, I guess that is why I am paying to be there and he is getting paid to be there.

Take care bro. I look forward to meeting you.

I am the dark-headed Middle-Eastern looking guy on the front row on the right side. If I had a beard, I would be an Ahmedinejad look-a-like (trust me, it’s already be proven).

Re: typology, I was wanting to ask about Luther on the book of James. I would be interested to see how Dr. Wellum addresses Luther’s approach to Scripture where he (Luther) did not find Christ or the gospel on every page (point four on Luther’s hermeneutic).

Tuesday and Thursday I am done around 4:00. I could meet up then if that is okay with you.

Indeed. We are in the same class. I am sitting in the front right section (if you are facing Dr. Wellum). I have class both before (12:00-3:00) and after (6:30-9:30) hermeneutics, so maybe we can get together another day. Let’s see if we can work it out.

Thanks for the help. I guess the big reason I don’t want to not “allow” someone to be my “friend” is that I don’t want to come off as a jerk. But then again, if the person doesn’t know me, then I suppose that would be as big a deal. I’m just not good with that stuff.

Re: Facebook church,

I don’t want to sound as though I am uncertain or without conviction on this matter. I feel like if I put all my cards on the table, then that would not make for much discussion (”well, he already has his mind made up” kind of thinking). Therefore, I hope to pose the question with some level of openness and neutrality with the hopes that those who argue for a position could support their case with Scripture.

Outside the obvious problems with the idea of a Facebook or internet church, there are more subversive and implicit issues that plague the idea. Perhaps we can discuss these issues more at a later time.

Oh, and Ethan, I agree that we should use this medium for the sake of the gospel and that our conduct and conversation should be the same in any scenario. However, I think it would be fair to say that real life relationships and community is much different from sitting in front of a computer screen talking to someone who you really don’t know beyond a screen name. Nevertheless, it has been a joy to see friendships made and grown (offline) with folks who I have met through the blogosphere.

This is the only way I know to get a hold of you. I think we have the same Hermeneutics class (Wellum-Mon @ 3). If you want, email me at tdelaney017@yahoo.com to perhaps get together before class or something.

Terry

I do friend blogosphere “friends.” Reading blogs and comments, does create community and Facebook is a convenient way to go a step further with online community. Make sure you go through each privacy setting and set them at your comfort level. Because I wish to include the blogosphere (in my small way), I probably put less personal and less personally identifying information on Facebook than someone who only includes face to face friends.

And that was a great video