We believe a better gospel than this...

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 10:58 PM PST

This post is from Dave Bish on what the gospel is.

We believe a better gospel than this

I've nothing personally against whoever is behind this video (below), it just makes me sad to see the good news painted so small. I know I've spoken badly myself, and believed this sort of message at times too.

A friend's four year old daughter followed Godwin's Law: 'He doesn't really love Jesus, does he? Is he a Nazi?"

The problem is when our beautiful Saviour Jesus is reduced to the cold and functional and logic solution to a problem... rather than being the one who is sent out in love from his generous Father in the power of the Holy Spirit to give himself for us and to us, to catch us up into the sweetness of the life and love of the Triune God.

Better stories and reflections on this:

Watch it at your peril... and lets please believe better, and live better and proclaim better...

True Story Behind Movie "The Vow"

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 10:34 PM PST

Post from Justin Taylor's Excellent Blog.

I have not seen the movie "The Vow," but from what I understand there is no mention of the faith commitment of the real-life couple. If you want to read the true story in their own—now reissued as a paperback with an additional chapter and photos—see The Vow: The True Events that Inspired the Movie, by Kim and Krickitt Carpenter and published by B&H. Here's a description:

Life as Kim and Krickitt Carpenter knew it was shattered beyond recognition on November 24, 1993. Two months after their marriage, a devastating car wreck left Krickitt with a massive head injury and in a coma for weeks.
When she finally awoke, she had no idea who Kim was. With no recollection of their relationship and while Krickitt experienced personality changes common to those who suffer head injuries, Kim realized the woman he had married essentially died in the accident.
And yet, against all odds, but through the common faith in Christ that sustained them, Kim and Krickitt fell in love all over again. Even though Kim stood by Krickitt through the darkest times a husband can ever imagine, he insists, "I'm no hero. I made a vow."

You can watch below a Today Show appearance by the couple:

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Monday, 20 February 2012