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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:
On the Mark Driscoll Fallout from the Janet Medford Interview: