• Judy, I certainly can understand your concern about theology and your need to hold strongly to what you believe to be true, biblical, and non-negotiable. If you find a teacher to be distasteful or outright heretical, you certainly are within your moral rights to say something. Just understand that there are multitudes of others that are also within their moral rights to believe differently. Somehow I think that none of us has God fully in our grasp and we may all just be serving the same Jesus Christ in the process. Frankly, I'm just not sure that God is glorified when we publicly call out those who have a different view of God than ourselves, especially when we are trying to listen and obey the very same Lord. In fact, only listening to those who keep within our precise boundaries is somewhat incestuous, limiting the ways in which we see God to those which merely affirm what we already deeply believe. In the end, you may still disagree with Dr. Brueggemann, but you would be much better for it to have actually struggled alongside of him as he works through some of his writings, rather than disparaging him because of issues within your own denomination (per your post) or something uncited that you apparently read on the internet.
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    1. Clint, the concerns I expressed about Dr. Brueggemann are in regard to essentials of the Christian faith, that is justification by faith alone and the historical resurrection of Jesus, not a "resurrection event." I agree that there are some differing views on secondary issues such as baptism (infant vs believer's baptism). Disagreement on secondary issues are even present in my church. But teachings that represent a false gospel must be addressed. For example, Paul rebuked Peter for his going along with some requirements that some Jewish believers wanted to impose on Gentiles. When such teachings are not addressed, heresies arise in the church and God is not glorified. I am not disparaging Dr. Brueggemann because of struggles within my denomination but rather because Federal Vision is not confined to just my denomination. In addition, I did not read uncited references on the internet about his views on the resurrection, but read his own words which sounded as if he is accepting of the view of a "resurrection event" not a historical bodily resurrection of Christ. As Paul writes in 1 Cor 15, if Christ did not rise from the dead, then my faith is futile. If you have a specific reference where Dr. Brueggemann clearly states that the bodily resurrection of Christ did happen, I would surely appreciate your giving it to me. Regarding your statement that we may all be serving the same Jesus, in spite of differences in beliefs, I can only agree within a narrow margin. Sadly, I have friends who have discarded the authority and inerrancy of Scripture, who reject basic beliefs such as the atonement and have developed their own Jesus who is not anything like the biblical Jesus. They go to churches that reinforce their broad views. Some have said I need to develop a broader view, but that is where I came from before God dragged me from darkness to light and I don't intend on going backwards. Thank you for taking the time to comment.