Out of context theology winner

February 25th, 2008 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (1) |

There were over 40 submissions for the Out of context theology contest, so it was pretty hard to pick a winner. I suggest subscribing to the JakeBouma.com RSS feed so you’ll know when the next contest is announced. Anyway, here are few of my favorites (read: honorable mentions):

“It is one giant pile of decomposition that just happens to look like a church.” (Rick McKinley, This Beautiful Mess, p. 13) – Joel Mayward

“The Bible is propaganda.” (Tony Jones, Postmodern Youth Ministry, p. 196) – Dan Mayes

“Most churches know who and what their dogs are but simply lack the courage to pull the trigger and shoot their dogs.” (Mark Driscoll, Confessions of a Reformission Rev., p. 34) – James Carmichael

“The emerging church is like junior high students and sex – a lot of people talking about it, but not a lot of people actually doing it – and those that are doing it are messy – and fertile as hell!” (Mark Scandrette, An Emergent Manifesto of Hope, p. 22) – Chadwick Walenga

“Now if God chooses to adorn dung, he can do so.” (Martin Luther, Luther’s Works, 34:184) – Brian Spahr

“If you have a penis, I told the group if guys, God has spoken.” (Donald Miller, To Own a Dragon, p. 107) – Nick Fox

“God may speak to us through Russian Communism, a flute concerto, a blossoming shrub, or a dead dog.” (Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics I.1, p.55) – Shaun

And the now for the totally subjective winner (drumroll, please):

“I say I’m a pacifist because I’m a violent son of a bitch.” (Stanly Hauerwas, quoted in A profile of Stanley Hauerwas by Colman McCarthy, The Progressive, April 2003) – Scott Lenger

Scott has been contacted and will receive his copy of Tony Jones’ The New Christians very shortly. Thanks to everyone who submitted entries into the contest!