tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post2714870167491825471..comments2024-03-18T00:15:32.042-07:00Comments on Cole-Slaw: False Ideas 9: Faulty Assumptions Lead to Strange PracticesNeil Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289317696474966831noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-89303536190062771032009-03-03T11:09:00.000-08:002009-03-03T11:09:00.000-08:00Sam, Of course I remember and I recognize your nam...Sam, <BR/><BR/>Of course I remember and I recognize your name immediately so you do not need to remind me. <BR/><BR/>Glad to hear that you are doing well and enjoying ministry in Zaragosa. I hear it is a very pretty place. A couple friends of mine did work there for a while before moving to Madrid (Rick and Twinky Satterthwaite). <BR/><BR/>I look forward to seeing you in Orlando. Please introduce yourself to me, because, while I recognize your name, I may not recognize your face after 20+ years.<BR/><BR/>Check out Organic Leadership when you get a chance. I really feel it is as revolutionary if not more, than Organic Church. <BR/><BR/>Pressing on,<BR/><BR/>NeilNeil Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08289317696474966831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-36981585956468282482009-03-03T02:45:00.000-08:002009-03-03T02:45:00.000-08:00Hey Neil,Grace to you! Appreciate your comments a...Hey Neil,<BR/><BR/>Grace to you! Appreciate your comments as I've lived in the tension of coming to Christ in para-church ministries & yet seeing the priority of church. I was eventually hired to infuse a para-church mindset into a church. The church grew, but did not grasp it. You concisely and clearly laid out the dilemma. <BR/><BR/>By the way, this is Sam (GTS in LB) in Spain. My mission is asking me to take on broader responsibilities in church planting,, so they are sending me to the Orlando conference in April. I see that you are one of the speakers. I hope we can hook up. I understand that you may be too busy.<BR/><BR/>Just so you know our mission & denomination has talked much about church as you’ve outlined in “Organic Church” and a good number of missionaries in Europe are embracing the “organic, house, simple” church models. <BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for sending me your book transcript way back in 2005. As I read it, you were answering the nagging questions that I had about church. I was phasing out of a church plant, disappointed at how it was evolving and trying to figure out how to improve on the next church plant. Thanks again. <BR/><BR/>We’re having fun again in ministry here in Zaragoza. It’s still hard, but the Lord is at work<BR/><BR/>Your red-pilled friend - Samsam tabiendohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367749161097319961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-1896654054325347162009-03-02T20:50:00.000-08:002009-03-02T20:50:00.000-08:00Thanks Don.Thanks Don.Neil Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08289317696474966831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-76857801657335621392009-03-01T06:42:00.000-08:002009-03-01T06:42:00.000-08:00Been following your "faulty lenses" blogs with int...Been following your "faulty lenses" blogs with interest, Neil. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>The church/parachurch dilemma has been going on for decades. I don't know whether it is the result of a faulty theology...or an unwillingness to work harder at finding ways of being "the church" together. Both sides have erred. Years ago Jerry White wrote "The Church and the Parachurch: An Uneasy Marriage." While it pointed out the difficulties...it was short on possible remedies. Each group has viewed the other with suspicion over the years...far beyond the issues of baptism. In the end, we need the best of both.<BR/><BR/>On another note, I have personally found it incredibly meaningful to have godly fathers in the waters of baptism with me to baptize their children. It's a meaningful memory that will not be soon forgotten.<BR/><BR/>As Pastor Dave used to say, "Keep on keepin' on."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com