Comments for Charlie Wear's Notes

Comment on Carlos Awakens the Hero Within (from Mosaic Films) by Bonnie

Bonnie — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:13:02 +0000

Great one!!

Comment on Contact Me by Charlie Wear

Charlie Wear — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:43:52 +0000

Uh, Modernism and Postmodernism, huh? I suggest a google search, maybe wikipedia, or simply search Next-Wave. And have no fear, we will likely never be able to agree on a mutual frame of reference or vocabulary! Enjoy while you are searching…

Comment on Contact Me by Carl Nicely

Carl Nicely — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:42:11 +0000

I bounced over here from Next-wave becuase I didn’t see a contact point there.

I read the article about the death of preaching (and actually left a submission — which i rarely ever do) and then got to looking around. I eventually went to the about us page and scanned the bios and then dropped to the part on concerning the church and culture.

Could you define modernism and postmodernism for me? and what worldviews belong to each of these. I want to make sure we are close to the same page.

I ask simply because I have found that many times I am not speaking with the same idea as someone else. your frame of reference to certain words may be entirely different than mine and that will lead to unnecessary misunderstandings and unfortunately hard feelings.

I do like what I see so far and do intend to return - I even bookmarked you

Thanks for your time
Carl

Comment on We like our Heroes larger than life by Phil Hawkins

Phil Hawkins — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:48:18 +0000

I never knew Wimber, not even to hear him speak. But I spent about ten years at the Cincinnati Vineyard and helped get one of their church plants going (last I knew, they’ve planted more than 20 other churches, besides their own growth to a megachurch). I have a lot of respect for Steve and for the inner circle who worked closely with him to lead that church. One of the things I find very significant is the way the church handled the time around his medical trouble and the transition of leadership after it. When Steve was in the hospital kept under anesthesia and no one knew if he would live, the church leaders functioned without visibly missing anything of importance, while freeing Janie, Steve’s wife, from all her ministry duties so she could deal with the crisis. And unlike a lot of large churches, when it became necessary for Steve to step aside from active leadership, the people he had trained stepped up to the plate and the church maintained its DNA, its focus, and its growth (what numerical losses there were came from sending people out to plant more churches).

Comment on Slumdog Sunday by debbie dietz

debbie dietz — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:19:05 +0000

PS
There was a great spiritual message in Gran Torino Don and I loved it

Comment on Ten years of Next-Wave by Jon Reid

Jon Reid — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:25:32 +0000

Charlie, I share the same feelings about all those words. Oh, I’m told, it’s time for a new word. And I suppose sometimes it is, because the old one has gone off in some direction I don’t like. But sometimes it seems like the Church Word Fashion Show. I guess it just reveals the American church’s fascination with words, ideas and how-tos (oh, and publishing books) over actually doing it. Let’s keep doing it, whatever it’s called!

I remember prophesying at the Champaign Vineyard around 15 years ago about Generation X: I said that world says “X” means nothing, a generation that doesn’t know what it stands for—but that God says “X” stands for the cross, and that this generation would be used to advance God’s kingdom in new ways.

Comment on Preaching becoming obsolete? by Phil Hawkins

Phil Hawkins — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:28:56 +0000

Years ago in Bible college I studied under a Christian education professor who constantly reminded us “What’s the worst method of teaching? The one that’s used all the time!” Given the decline of Christianity in this country, and especially Christian living even among churchgoers, I think we need to face the possibility that the effectiveness of the traditional sermon is very highly overrated.

Comment on Preaching becoming obsolete? by dj

dj — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:07:42 +0000

Church gatherings have come along way since they gathered in homes to hear read, the letters of the Paul, Timothy and others. To share their stories of faith, miracles and abuse and to help each other.
Then the dynamic nature of the increasing number of believers, the lack of literacy or even obtain a copy of the letters themselves, created a natural need to hear and understand.
In today’s modern organized church, the Preacher and the whole church “service” culture has taken on an entirely different function. Maybe it’s what the modern Preachers are doing during their time in the pulpit that is causing it’s death???

Comment on Preaching becoming obsolete? by Fred Peatross

Fred Peatross — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:40:32 +0000

AMEN!

Comment on I don’t really have much to say by robby charters

robby charters — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:24:16 +0000

I suppose it’s better than having too much to say.