Blog Archives - David Westerfield

Originally posted at blog.myspace.com on Friday, February 17, 2006, archived here http://old.westerfunk.net/archives/personal/Dave%20Sermon%20Notes/

I. INTRODUCTION

A. Read Philippians 4:4-7

B. ILLUS. Chaplaincy. Summer 2002. I was assigned to the reception station at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. I was counseling teenagers just about to step into Basic Training. The ones who stopped by my office were stressed and anxious about girlfriends they left behind, mean drill sergeants, the radical culture change, etc. and I did my best to soothe their worries and give them hope. One afternoon, halfway through my assignment, the Deputy Assistant Installation Chaplain and my Brigade Chaplain (my boss) entered my office. They told me that the Red Cross just informed them that my dad had had a massive coronary and was being care-flighted to a hospital 100 miles away and that my mom was in a car trailing them. I was to be released immediately to fly home and take care of family business. The counselor had now become the counselee.

Carl Trueman on the Nature of ‘Celebrity’ and the Church

By David Westerfield

On February 9, 2012

In Christian Culture, Culture, Theology

Carl Trueman has posted some very insightful thoughts on the nature of ‘celebrity’ in culture generally and its impact on the church specifically. He had a good bit of push back while making many good points. I’ve included Thabiti Anyabwile’s push back. As I find them I am posting them here for future reference since this is a very fascinating subject. This has made me consider the many ways in which I fall victim to this thinking at present and affects my argumentation (i.e. appeal to authority, that is, whoever is a well-known voice rather than arguing it on its own terms). This is an important subject in relation to the church, because the craving for being known and accepted by the larger world is strong. The onslaught of ‘celebrity’ has engulfed evangelicalism to a great degree to where we rely now on lesser popes and personalities instead of the ordinary means of the local church for transformation: the word preached, prayer and the sacraments.

Precursor article:

Messiahs Pointing to the Door – March 2009

Series of articles that got it rolling:

Home Thoughts from Abroad – April 16, 2011 @ 9:33 AM
What hath Jerusalem to do with Hollywood? – April 19, 2011 @ 6:23 AM
Thoughts on Marketing and Conferences – April 20, 2011 @ 11:16 AM
— Response from Thabiti Anyabwile – “Really Trueman? Only in America?” – April 20, 2011 @ 3:09 PM
Not guilty! – April 20, 2011 @ 4:13 PM
The Lady Doth Protest Too Much – April 21, 2011 @ 9:02 AM
— Second Response from Thabiti – “Uncle… Uncle!” – April 21, 2011 @ 9:34 AM
Truly Honoured – April 21, 2011 @ 12:07 PM
— Third Response from Thabiti – “A Solution I Had Not Considered” – April 22, 2011 @ 10:22 PM
Fascinating Week – April 23, 2011 @ 8:24 AM
An interesting email – April 27, 2011 @ 8:35 AM

Seperate from the stream above but related:

The Sweet Smell of Success – September 14, 2011 @ 8:24 PM
Fixing the Indemnity – October 3, 2011 @ 6:49 AM
An Apology – October 4, 2011 @ 9:35 AM

A case-in-point and response to Mark Driscoll over his comments to a UK radio talk show host:

A Poker Tell – January 14, 2012 @ 10:26 PM

More case-in-points related to the Elephant Room 2 debacle:

Do You Beat Your Wife? – January 26, 2012 @ 1:39 PM
Gnosticism, Nicea and Celebrity – February 1, 2012 @ 8:43 AM

T4G Conference Panel:

Celebrity Pastor: Indecent Exposure? (Panel VI)

On the Mark Driscoll Fallout from the Janet Medford Interview:

If the Top Men take over, who will ask the hard questions?

SharePoint Conference 2009 Live Blogging

By David Westerfield

On October 20, 2009

In Technology

We’ll see how this goes … Just giving it a try. Also, I’ll occasionally be streaming audio, but it’s spotty and sometimes the wireless signal isn’t strong so it drops … but if you want, you can attempt to listen here: http://www.westerfunk.net/radio/player/

Gospel. Culture. Technology. Music.

Tag: Blog

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