We'll do the "Women in Ministry" topic from yesterday in two weeks from today (April 7) with expert Dr. Judy TenElshof from Talbot – don't miss it.
400-408 – • Fox News (3/24/2011) Who's in Hell? Pastors' Criticism of Eternal Torment for Some Sparks Fierce Debate.
• Five Types of Church Government (aka Polity or Ecclesiology). The Bible teaches that Christ is the Head of the Church, and that Elders (presbyteros, overseer-bishop-episkopas, pastor-shepherd-poimen) oversee the Deacons (minister-servant-diakonos) who minister to the congregation. There have been five different applications of this in church history. It sometimes helps to use business analogies.
1) Senior Pastor Led (Sole Proprietor, e.g. Most Baptist, Calvary Chapels)
2) Presbytery Led (Franchise Store – Individually-owned and operated, e.g., Bel Air Presbyterian)
3) Congregational Led (Employee Owned, e.g. Lake Ave Congregational Church)
4) Bishop Led (Corporate Store, e.g. In-N-Out, and Episcopal and Catholic churches )
5) The Plurality of Elders Led (Senior Partnership, many independent-Bible churches)
413-423 – Calls – If you could, would you vote to fire your pastor if he or she came out in support of Rob Bell's book and denied a literal hell, like Chad Holtz did (chadholtz.net)? Do you read your pastor's Facebook postings?
• (1:22) Holtz full. (Chad Holtz talks to the Associated Press on 3/24/2011 about hell and being fired. His AP interview video is here. His blog is here.)
(:10) Holtz 1. Belief in hell/salvation.
(:31) Holtz 2. Not less of a Christian.
(:14) Holtz 3. Giving up traditional view of hell.
(:16) Holtz 4. Fired.
(:08) Holtz 5. Provision.
428-437 – Calls – Does your pastor teach through the Bible or does he give topical sermons? When was the last time he taught on hell? Do you think he's avoiding it? Do you know what your church teaches regarding hell and universalism?
• (6:20) Bell on Morning Joe full. (Rob Bell joins the Morning Joe team on MSNBC last week on 3/18/2011. He is on with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Jon Meacham. Full interview is here.)
(:57) 1 Bell MJ Intro + Q1.
(:26) 2 Bell MJ Jesus & hell.
443-452 – Calls
458-508 – Calls
512-523 – Calls
(:47) 3 Bell MJ dichotomy.
(:40) 4 Bell MJ heretic.
TH 523 – Don Rohde @ Galpin Ford (818) 262-2092. For the past 39 years, Don has been a sales manager at Galpin, the #1 volume Ford dealer in the world for the past 21 consecutive years. Galpin has been family-owned and operated for the past 59 years, and 90% of their business is repeat or referral. Galpin offers Ford, Lincoln-Mercury, Honda, Mazda, Saturn, Volvo, Jaguar, and Aston Martin. "In the heart of the San Fernando Valley at Roscoe and the 405, it's Galpin Ford" (galpin.com).
528-539 – Calls
(:53) 5 Bell MJ why this book?
(1:11) 6 Bell MJ question faith?
(1:23) 7 Bell MJ unraveled.
544-554 – Paul Karpf, Founder and CEO of Financial Recovery USA (financialrecoveryusa.com, 800-385-0745), is just one of ten companies in America certified by the Attorney General as a "Certified Foreclosure Consultant," and he has an "A" rating from the BBB. Call before 10pm tonight to schedule a "face to face," and Paul will waive the $250 fee. His offices are in the city of Orange and in Woodland Hills.
558-608 – Tom Davis, President of Children's Hope Chest (hopechest.org), a ministry that helps children avoid the predators of human trafficking in nine countries, is being supported this weekend out at the NASCAR event in Fontana by Motor Racing Outreach (go2mro.com) (Billy Mauldin, MRO Pres). Tom is taking a group of race driver's wives to Russia for a first hand look at how bad sex trafficking is. 1.2 million children every year are sold into human trafficking. Tom's latest book is entitled Priceless: A Novel on the Edge of the World (sheispriceless.com) and he blogs at cthomasdavis.com.
612-623 – Tom Davis,
628-639 – Ray Comfort, founder of Living Waters Ministries (livingwaters.com), and co-host along with Kirk Cameron of The Way of the Master TV show seen on 31 networks in 70 countries, is sponsoring a car in the NASCAR Nationwide Series on Saturday in Fontana! His latest book is entitled The Defender's Guide For Life's Toughest Questions (link), with questions such as: 1) If God exists, why didn't He kill Hitler before he killed six million Jews? 2) The Bible not only condones slavery, it encourages it! And 3) The Old Testament doesn't even mention Hell; it's mythology, invented by Christians to rule by fear.
• Christian Newswire (3/23/2011) Living Waters Will be the Primary Sponsor of a Car in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Race Saturday March 26 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana California.
644-656 – Ray Comfort
• Christian Today (3/21/2011). Third Day's new music video shines light on adoption. Calls: What is your adoption story? How has God taught you more about your relationship with Him because you made the decision to adopt a child? Adopted kids, what's your story?
• LAT (3/24/2011) San Gabriel shuts down makeshift maternity ward catering to 'birthing tourism'.
