What to think of the NOOMA videos
Rob Bell’s NOOMA videos feature excellent production and are wildly popular – but what do they actually teach?
At 9 Marks, Greg Gilbert has written a three part review. If your youth group is using NOOMA, the review is essential reading.
“Once you get past the razzle-dazzle of the videos’ style and really listen to what Bell is saying, you start to wonder if maybe they’re not so good after all. Watch the videos with a discerning eye, and certain questions start nagging you: What’s the cross for again? Why did Jesus die? How do you become a Christian? Hold on—did he just say that everyone has the Spirit of God living in them already? Jesus has faith in me? I am the gospel?”
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. (Nooma video covers image: 9Marks.)
Nigeria: Bishops’ Retreat communiqué
“Following the Primate’s report on the meeting of the GAFCON Primates Council with the Archbishop of Canterbury, the House of Bishops, while expressing support for this effort to build bridges, stressed that in any effort to bring restoration to the Communion there can be no compromise on the need for genuine repentance by those who have walked away from the ‘faith once delivered to the saints’.
We are, however, delighted by the continuing fruit of GAFCON, the developing Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans around the world, the work of the GAFCON Primates Council and the emerging Anglican Church in North America.”
– from the 2009 Annual Retreat of the Bishops of the Church of Nigeria.
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…