{"id":615,"date":"2006-11-19T23:50:02","date_gmt":"2006-11-20T06:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sixsquare.com\/?p=615"},"modified":"2006-11-19T23:50:02","modified_gmt":"2006-11-20T06:50:02","slug":"heretics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sixsquare.com\/index.php\/heretics\/","title":{"rendered":"Heresy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bad blog! Speak up!<\/p>\n

\"Carlton<\/p>\n

Okay, tonight I’m distracted by This American Life. They’re replaying one of my favorite episodes. “Heretics” is a beautifully produced piece on Carlton Pearson. He’s a pastor in Tulsa Oklahoma. he runs a church called Higher Dimensions. This installment of TAL describes his rise as an articulate, eloquent and intelligent preacher, who had a vast congregation and a safe, secure place in Heaven. Until, that is, he stopped believing in Hell.<\/p>\n

Nothing packs believers into pews quite like the notion that there will someday come a day of judgment.<\/p>\n

It’s amazing to hear what happens when Pearson begins to preach that Hell doesn’t exist. He’s branded as a heretic, he’s deserted by his pastors, his congregation, his mentors… Simply amazing. One of the best things I’ve heard on the radio. And of course, it comes from This American Life.<\/p>\n

Link<\/a> to the TAL page where you can stream it, podcast it or buy it.<\/p>\n

Link<\/a> to Pearson’s New Dimensions church.<\/p>\n

Link<\/a> to articulate post at Ministry Today that likens Pearson to a fly that springs not from rotting meat, but from the maggot that feeds upon it:<\/p>\n

If you intend to dismantle a cardinal doctrine built on two millennia of church history and Scriptural interpretation, you need more than a handful of witty one-liners. It’s like trying to take down the Brooklyn Bridge with a butter knife.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t know. Just because it’s old doesn’t mean it’s right. in fact, I think that I’m more likely to question it because<\/em> it’s old. but then I’m one of the secular skeptics Matt Green suggests are susceptible to Pearson’s ideas…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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