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A Questioning Faith A Questioning Faith

Derek Webb calls us to conversation, not conversion.

Russ Breimeier | posted 6/11/2007 08:49AM

Since leaving acoustic band Caedmon's Call in 2003, Derek Webb has been remarkably prolific as a solo artist—seven releases in just four years. Even more impressive, he reinvents his sound with every ...

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Dennis

Posted: June 23, 2007 1:27 PM

I don't know if it is because of Russ Breimeier's take on it, or Derek Webb's inattention to accuracy, but if you read through Ecc 3, you find several mentions of killing: a time to "kill", a time to "hate" and a time for "war." But there is no mention of a time to "suffer." Further, in Romans chapter 13, we are told that governmental authority "does not bear the sword in vain; for it is a servant of God, a revenger for wrath on him who does evil." It is fine for us to have a conversation, as long as in it we include the Lord. To do that, we have to consider all His counsel, and that we get it accurately -- i.e. that we "rightly divide the word of truth."

pedro

Posted: June 21, 2007 8:57 PM


American Christians are pretty quick to criticize someone like Webb who questions many of the things they hold dear. Yet this is what Jesus did frequently.

Jay	Posted: June 12, 2007 11:06 PM

The Beatles want us to Imagine there is no Heaven and no Hell and John Lennon said God is dead. Dylan said he sold his soul for rock and roll and he can't sell his soul to God. Are those the kind of people one would want to be associated with as a Christian? A Savior on Capitol Hill - to say "we've never had a Savior on Capitol Hill" is to say Jesus never died on the cross for our sins unless of course one is looking for a savior of this temporal world like the Jews in Jesus time were. They weren't looking for the spiritual Savior that was prophecied. I won't be buying this masterpiece.

kingdomcitizen

Posted: June 12, 2007 2:04 AM

Regardless of the countless things Christ didn't say (to a Roman Centurion or otherwise) it seems counter intuitive to quote Jesus when trying to come up with arguments for going to war. Jesus was decidedly unpolitical in his mission. He was not overly concerned with either the secular government (the Romans) or the religious powers of the day (Sanhedrin, Pharisees, etc.). Rather, he was about his Father's business; establishing the Kingdom of God. As followers of Christ, it seems we should be much more concerned about our citizenship and its requisite responsilibites in God's kingdom than being overly concerned with one political agenda or another.

Anonymous

Posted: June 11, 2007 5:30 PM


Commenting on the review it is rather a teaser and I wonder if it does the artist reviewed justice as a sincere review should. It seems the reviewer wanted to be provocative rather than really informative or do the work genuine justice.

temsmail

Posted: June 11, 2007 4:09 PM

Conversations can go on forever, and never lead to the ultimate change that Jesus told Nicodemus is required: "You must be born again." Psalms 51:13 certainly seems to require conversion: "Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You." And, Acts 15:3 uses that term to describe the winning of the Gentiles: "Therefore, being sent on their way by the church, they were passing through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and were bringing great joy to all the brethren." Conversations are great, but they must lead to conversion!

Chris

Posted: June 11, 2007 12:41 PM


Kudo to Webb for speaking out when few Christians will. We must question what we know of American Christianity and look to Biblical Christianity. I don't think Webb is saying war is bad. He is asking us to question why we go to war.

Mommynator

Posted: June 11, 2007 12:11 PM

I think Mr. Webb is oversimplifying and ignoring a couple of thousand years of traditional Christian thinking about war. I think he should be reminded that Jesus NEVER told any Roman soldier or centurion to give it up. In fact, He commended the centurion for knowing the right use of authority which included war and executions. And maybe he should remember that Iraq was liberated from a murderous dictator who raped, shredded and experimented upon the people he was supposed to protect. If liberating the oppressed isn't Christian, then I'm a tomato.

Mark	Posted: June 11, 2007 11:27 AM


Just a mere question... what does the little header to the review have to do with the message of the album? I would think that it misrepresents Mr. Webb in that he believes that we certainly should have conversion in mind as Christian (see his first solo disc), even though that is not stressed in his last two albums. The title to this particular seems quite misleading.

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