and they won't buy me a cup of Starbucks on a Sunday morning at my church. ;-}

Bill, you know that pastor came out of Northwest, right?

Bill, you know that pastor came out of Northwest, right?

Yes, I know. I used to know his parents.

He came to speak to our church on a Sunday night about four years ago. I didn't go, but heard mixed results. Came across as cocky - was wearing jeans and a t-shirt (nothing wrong with that but he made a big deal about how he knew that offended some people and he "didn't care"). Said that Christians spend too much time studying the Bible and not enough evangelizing (true if you look at it one way, but overall a bad message).

So, yes, he's a product of our church. Another black mark, I guess (you're the second person to point that out to me today :-)

I didn't mean it as a black mark comment. I just find it "small world"-ish. Esp. since he was in same class as Becky.

I'm sure he's a nice guy. He's just leading something really redonkulous.

Yes, I'm sure that most of this comes from sincere desire, that he's a nice guy, and that he loves the lost and loves reaching them. He evangelizes more people in a week than I have in my entire life.

In fact, people in these churches look at people in churches like mine, holding our little good friday Lord's supper services and easter services and you know what they think? "Those people sure aren't willing to attempt big things for God". So it goes both ways.

But, yes, this is redonkulus. Not to mention - most likely a HUGE waste of cash that could have been used for things more useful to the Kingdom.

Ever wonder what day we Christians ought celebrate the Resurrection? Should it be on the first Sunday after the first full moon (check it out tonight) after the spring equinox (Mar 21st post Pope Gregory and the Gregorian Calendar)? (The more aware will note that defintion involves both solar events and lunar events, and hence the day will change from year to year. But from where did the definition come? And by what authority?)

Not a random, off the wall question. See, for example, God's change of Israel's view of time in Ex 12, especially vv1-2.

Which day is now for us to think of as Resurrection Day?

Roy, how 'bout we celebrate the resurrection every day? Then it's all covered.

Jared - I hope that the Gospel Coalition blog doesn't pick up comment 15.......no wait, maybe I do - you'd probably eclipse your 130 comment record!

I wonder if they would try to feed 5,000 people don't have plenty to eat already, maybe offer some health care and dietary advice. Would that interest the people "who don’t normally go to church or those who have lapsed in their faith."

hahahaha... the string of comments is almost as crazy funny as the article itself.
My favorite:

Next prize should be tickets to Schlitterbahn. Because if you think flying down a water slide is cool, just wait til Jesus vomits you out of his mouth!

Jared, for that, I think YOU should win a car. :)

Jared @14
I ref'd Ex 12 to circumvent the thrust of your response. That is, I hoped folks might find, upon checking the Book, that God, in at least one instance, insisted that Resurrection and Redemption demanded a new ordering of how one thought about time. This observation, I'd hoped, might inspire some (those driven by submission to the Book, most likely)to wonder about what might have happened when not the foreshadowing, but the actual arrived.

Put another way: What leads you to believe every day is the same? Extra credit for proof from the Book.

Put still another way: When rejecting bunnies and baskets, should we remain complacently untutored and unconcerned about that which gets the popular label 'Easter', up to and including its dating (which in the Eastern Church, eg, Greek Orthodox, differs from first Sunday after first full moon after spring equinox. 'course the East also has a different year calendar, too, but that's still another--can't resist--easter bunny trail).

Roy, I really have no idea what you're talking about.

I only meant that we should experience the joy of our salvation every day knowing that Christ's resurrection secured our eternal life.

Basically, they're teaching people to want stuff over and above the Giver who gave Himself. This is a problem.