Joshua Benton
I love good Rock ‘n Roll, the Chicago Bears, any and all things geeky and most of all, Jesus Christ. I'm a bit kooky, ADD, and trying to be a passionate follower of Jesus.
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Posted in: The Geek in the Pew
Love it! One time when preaching on Rack, Shcak and Benny being tossed into the firey furnance I said 'It's a trap".. Some people actually got it.
Glad you have a pastor who uses those references.
As an IT geek and Reading Nerd, any other suggestions on reaching the Geek in the Pew?
Posted in: The Geek in the Pew
Sweetness. I like that. Have you used other referneces in your messages as well (like star trek, etc?)? I'm always looking for new ways to sneak in Geek referneces including "Sin is an epic fail" into my messages. What suggestions might you have?
Posted in: The Geek in the Pew
Okay, I'm stealing the Dr. Who quote for twitter. BTW, have you seen the discussion forum post in pastors called "Dress Code"? I've worn a bowtie the last few times in homage to the 11th doctor.
Posted in: The Geek in the Pew
Love the breakdown of 42. Gotta use that sometime. Do you have your towel handy?
Posted in: The Geek in the Pew
Glad you liked it Aaron.
Any suggestions for reaching The Geek in the Pew?
Posted in: The Geek in the Pew
Just a follow up to this blog post. Here are two sites that examine geeks in the pew.
www.geeksinthepew.com and http://thechristiannerd.com/
both are good sites about being a geek in the pew.
Posted in: The Geek in the Pew
I've heard of churches (and youth groups) doing that before. Glad to hear the good reception. Out of curiosity, have y'all ever used other movies the same way?
Posted in: Delegates by the Numbers
I feel that the multicultural push by the denomination is forced and not truly authentic at times. There are many genuine multicultural churches in our denomination, but without authentically being multicultural, there is a forced almost fake feeling to it. Many times in predominantly white CRCs with limited number of minorities, it feels like they are either token members or the product of white guilt.
Though I strongly believe that many people of the more conservative leaning and Dutch ancestry would be willing to move towards the direction of authentic multiculturalism and the ultimate goal of Christ-like inclusion, many feel that they have not had ample time to truly think it over, discuss it and have their opinions heard. Even if it is not the desire of Synod to go with the desires of these people, to dismiss their opinions out of hand without a proper explanation as to why the denomination is going in the direction they are creates a feeling of superiority on the denominations side.
To be truly inclusive, there needs to be a more balanced authentic multiculturalism which warmly embraces those of the conservative bent Dutch ancestry. To deny the past is to distort the present and to devaluate the future.
Please in the future do not tote how much we are multicultural but instead wave the flag of cooperation allowing all backgrounds and viewpoints to be seen as valid and accepted at Synod. In doing so, those elders might desire to come and feel like they actually matter instead of feeling like they are an inconsequential dying breed.
Posted in: Does Your Church Have an Active Facebook Page?
Don't know the exact link but here's ours from SD
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Corsica-SD/Corsica-CRC-and-Grace-Reformed-Church/154085967954719
Post almost daily. How do you get more people to interact with it? It feels sometimes like a one way conversation