tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post7993059760159727590..comments2023-10-17T14:31:52.102-04:00Comments on Est Quod Est: Former Conservative? Not so much.Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-57824637774269009462014-12-05T13:36:40.668-05:002014-12-05T13:36:40.668-05:00Yeah, read that Merritt piece yesterday, it's ...Yeah, read that Merritt piece yesterday, it's good.<br /><br /><i>It would not surprise me to discover that Campolo Jr.'s problems are common among the children of ordinary protestant ministers who work within denominational architecture and attract little attention. </i><br /><br />Only too true. The reason Bart Campolo stands out is that he is planning on remaining in the field of "ministry" in a formal sense. As Merritt ends his article: "As it turns out, you can take a man out of the ministry, but you can’t always take the ministry out of a man."<br /><br />Plus: <i>He says he was drawn by the sense of community and the common commitment to love people, promote justice, and transform the world.<br /><br />“All the dogma and the death and resurrection of Jesus stuff was not the attraction,” Bart said.</i><br /><br />Reminds me of <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+15&version=ESV" rel="nofollow">I Cor. 15:14,19</a>: "[I]f Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.... If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied."Paulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-19938031806343349712014-12-04T18:44:27.193-05:002014-12-04T18:44:27.193-05:00Oops, there's this:
http://zacharybright.com/...Oops, there's this:<br /><br />http://zacharybright.com/2014/06/15/reflections-about-my-father/<br /><br />Note what goes unsaid.Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-27297672591276599182014-12-04T18:40:21.835-05:002014-12-04T18:40:21.835-05:00One other tidbit. The son of Bill Bright, the fou...One other tidbit. The son of Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, has spent much of his adult life (21 years) as the pastor of a small Presbyterian Church in suburban Los Angeles (his younger brother runs the media wing of the father's old outfit). He is now about 60 and semi-retired. Here's his blog<br /><br />http://zacharybright.com/2014/04/17/the-wonder-of-it-all/<br /><br />There's not a word about the Campus Crusade or his mother and father, who were once a huge deal in the evangelical world. I bet there's a story there.Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-30729733383051869182014-12-04T18:22:44.514-05:002014-12-04T18:22:44.514-05:00http://jonathanmerritt.religionnews.com/2014/10/06...http://jonathanmerritt.religionnews.com/2014/10/06/tony-campolos-surprise-reaction-son-came-humanist/<br /><br />The story was discussed here a couple of months ago. The man was never in the course of his adult life an adherent to anything resembling "Mere Christianity". <br /><br />I think if you wish to take aim at the problems posed by a cult of personality in evangelicalism, there is an ample supply of megachurch pastors who could supply you with material. Tony Campolo and Francis Schaffer would not be priorities. Schaffer was holed up in Switzerland for decades and known to the larger world primarily through his books. <br /><br />It would not surprise me to discover that Campolo Jr.'s problems are common among the children of ordinary protestant ministers who work within denominational architecture and attract little attention. <br /><br />As for Schaffer Jr, testimonials from people who knew the family suggest he manifests some personal character defects, exacerbated in the first instance by parental indulgence. I would not be confident his father's occupation had much of a hand in the disaster, bar that the son's ongoing posthumous assaults on his parents have included discussion of religious observance.<br />Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com