{"id":5180,"date":"2014-10-15T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2014\/10\/15\/wll-noahs-ark-hiring-policy-engaging-non-singers-rob-bells\/"},"modified":"2014-10-15T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T08:00:00","slug":"wll-noahs-ark-hiring-policy-engaging-non-singers-rob-bells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/wll-noahs-ark-hiring-policy-engaging-non-singers-rob-bells\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah&#8217;s Ark Park Hiring Policy; Engaging the Non-singers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday I raked leaves and collected links; you could call it my own little <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sukkot\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">feast of ingathering<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>Apparently, if a conservative family wants to block their daughter from going to college, they can <a href=\"http:\/\/homeschoolersanonymous.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/03\/preventing-your-daughter-from-going-to-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">refuse to sign off on her financial aid package<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>That Noah&#39;s Ark theme park in Kentucky may not qualify for state tax credits if <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/faithworld\/2014\/10\/09\/kentucky-warns-noahs-ark-theme-park-over-hiring-practices\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">they only hire people who believe in the flood<\/a> after which the park is named.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Many Evangelicals distance themselves from Joel and Victoria Osteen, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiancentury.org\/blogs\/archive\/2014-10\/are-osteens-evangelical-outliers\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">their views may be more common that we think<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>On the issue of <em>election<\/em>, this writer states you must choose between two extremes, <a href=\"http:\/\/dbts.edu\/blog\/why-you-must-be-a-calvinist-or-an-arminian\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">there is no middle ground<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Worship Leader&#39;s dilemma: Wanting to continue to use a song by [name of worship leader] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worshipideas.com\/should-you-sing-good-songs-by-bad-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">after a revelation of moral or doctrinal issues<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>You can file this one under the category of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creedcodecult.com\/two-years-a-catholic\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Most Counterproductive Conversion Stories Ever<\/a>. (Author&#39;s words!)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>If there are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/le\/2014\/october-online-only\/broke-but-not-broken.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">people in your church who have simply run out of money<\/a>, it may be that whatever approach you take to help them may not be helpful.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Scot McKnight&#39;s blog has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2014\/10\/09\/vanishing-grace-rjs\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">sneak preview of Philip Yancey&#39;s new book<\/a>, <em>Vanishing Grace<\/em> &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\t<li>&#8230; A different type of book is coming October 27th: <em>Unwelcome<\/em>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfcclabs.org\/unwelcome\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">collection of church visitor horror stories<\/a>. #DoNotDoThis (You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.churchmarketingsucks.com\/2014\/10\/church-visitor-horror-stories-whats-worst\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">win a copy<\/a> by sharing your own.)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>An update on a September article that went viral, in which a woman describes <a href=\"http:\/\/christiannews.net\/2014\/10\/13\/i-refuse-to-be-silent-writer-says-homosexuality-shattered-her-marriage-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the aftermath of her husband&#39;s coming out<\/a>, divorcing her, taking the children, and marrying another man.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>A church mourns <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bpnews.net\/43503\/church-mourns-youth-pastor-wife-and-sons\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the loss of its youth pastor, his wife and teenaged sons<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Zondervan has launched an instructional video that links to a webpage to help parents and grandparents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7GMgTPeeF7E\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">navigate the maze of child and teen Bibles<\/a> currently available.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>If your church uses a bulletin&mdash;print or electronic&mdash;you need to read these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.i4j.org\/2014\/rich-birch-15-lessons-from-17-different-church-bulletins\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">15 observations on church communications<\/a> and look at the links for each one.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>A veteran Christian songwriter on the issue of people who aren&#39;t singing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video.php?v=717691271647167\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">how to get them engaged<\/a> &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\t<li>&#8230; but if you&#39;ve got about eight minutes, here&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/paulwilkinson.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/04\/who-says-youth-groups-wont-sing\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">a church where I don&#39;t think you could <em>not<\/em> sing<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>If you&#39;re reading the Bible purely as a manual or textbook, <a href=\"http:\/\/thinktheology.org\/2014\/09\/30\/reading-bible-manual-handbook-part-1-10-ways-must-read-bible-differently\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">your sermon titles may be similar<\/a> to the ones listed in this article.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Celebrate President Jimmy Carter&#39;s 90th birthday by suggesting that he might go to hell for saying that Jesus wouldn&#39;t discriminate against LGBT people. Or better yet sign a <a href=\"http:\/\/act.faithfulamerica.org\/sign\/jimmycarter\/?t=1&amp;akid=462.407779.ENNmTb\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">petition asking for an apology from the two pastors who made that claim<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Essay of the Week: &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/newsmallchurch.com\/new-thing-old-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">God Has Never Done a New Thing Using Old Songs<\/a>.&quot; (I guess we know on which side of the worship wars this one falls.)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>The next time it&#39;s your turn to make the introductions, instead of introducing people in terms of what they <em>do<\/em>, introduce <a href=\"http:\/\/storylineblog.com\/2014\/08\/12\/a-better-way-to-introduce-your-friends-at-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">them in terms of what they are.<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Celebrity Stalking: It&#39;s interesting how his Christian faith keeps intersecting with Justin Bieber&#39;s journey, but this week it was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/selena-gomez-thanks-td-jakes-for-inspiration-after-attending-his-church-127986\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Selena Gomez photographed with T. D. Jakes<\/a> after attending his church.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>What does <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/goatsandsoda\/2014\/10\/13\/354845893\/led-lights-are-a-transformative-technology-in-the-developing-world\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">relief and development in Africa<\/a> have in common with last week&#39;s Nobel Prize winners in Physics?<\/li>\n\n\t<li>From the leading Anglican website in the UK, an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ct100books.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">all-time top 100 Christian books list<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Contest: Here is an illustration desperately needing a sermon to go with it. <a href=\"http:\/\/michaelnewnham.com\/?p=19509\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Which text and application<\/a> would you pick? (Sorry, there are no prizes.)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>People&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/style\/green-burials-are-on-the-rise-as-baby-boomers-plan-for-their-future-and-funerals\/2014\/10\/06\/d269cfbc-3eae-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">expectations for funerals are changing<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Sermon of the Week: Talbot Davis on FedEx, UPS, and <a href=\"http:\/\/talbotdavis.blogspot.ca\/2014\/10\/sermon-recap-what-can-brown-do-for-you.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">why we should embrace obscurity<\/a> in Christian service.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Children blurt out the worst things at the worst times, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rageagainsttheminivan.com\/2014\/10\/tbt-time-kids-and-i-drank-beer-at-target.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">this one has that nightmarish quality<\/a>&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\t<li>&#8230; and speaking of nightmares, a lot of people are terrorized by the thought of being <a href=\"http:\/\/stuffchristianslike.net\/2014\/10\/10\/group-prayer-tos-houdinis\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">picked to do the closing prayer at small group<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Rob Bell&#39;s latest &#39;Surf &#39;N Seminar&#39; conference claims to be targeting &quot;People in business, creatives, entrepreneurs, those who work in healthcare, education, law, media and of course, moms.&quot; In other words, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robbell.com\/2days-biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the &quot;Business Edition&quot; is for everyone<\/a>. (Everyone who has the $700.)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Celebrating new births: Each new faith commitment at Louis Giglio&#39;s Passion City Church is <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/uEze2KO7pO\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">represented by a light bulb<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Video of the Week: This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nMBMX8bintQ\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">live acoustic version of Depths<\/a> from Hillsong&#39;s <em>No Other Name<\/em> album, not to be confused with Hillsong <em>United<\/em>, which brings us to &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\t<li>The band <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/6274271\/hillsong-united-wins-big-at-dove-awards\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillsong United took five awards home from The Dove Awards<\/a>, and the Gospel Music Association also presented an award to satellite radio provider Sirius XM.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>It&#39;s unlikely your boy will want to wear a dress, but if that, or something similar arises, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charismamag.com\/life\/women\/21515-talking-to-your-kids-about-gender-in-a-gender-confused-world\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">this parent&#39;s response is worth filing away<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>The writer of a piece on &quot;The War on Advent&quot; would like to see secular party-planners <a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2014\/10\/09\/forget-the-war-on-christmas-the-war-on-advent-is-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">be more more liturgically minded<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Podcast of the Week: Sorting out the Nephilim from Genesis and Numbers. Or trying to. Actually, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reclaimingthemind.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/nephilim\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">we&#39;re not sure who they were<\/a>. (27 minutes)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>If you want the marriage to last, <a href=\"http:\/\/marriagefoundationblog.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/12\/a-message-about-weddings-that-our-darling-daughters-may-not-want-to-hear\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">have a cheap wedding, but many guests<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Are you a hypocrite? &quot;Being a hypocrite is a <em>human <\/em>condition, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thechurchofnopeople.com\/?p=8084\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">not just for churchy folks<\/a>.&quot;<\/li>\n\n\t<li>There is also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/2014\/10\/13\/jewish-girls-want-read-torah-western-wall-new-bus-ads-proclaim\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">an egalitarian movement in the Jewish community<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Separating church and state collides with the principle that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobaldispatch.com\/new-york-high-school-bans-christian-club-again-29599\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">you can&#39;t exclude on religious grounds<\/a> as a New York high school makes a second attempt to shut down a Christian club.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>KidMin Korner: I wonder if <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/3036607\/this-school-has-bikes-instead-of-desks-and-it-turns-out-thats-a-better-way-to-learn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the Read and Ride concept<\/a> has application for Christian education programs?<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Link List Extra: <a href=\"http:\/\/orthodoxwiki.org\/Photine_of_Samaria\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">The woman at the well had a name<\/a>. (Well of course she did; everyone does.)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Yes, there were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2788830\/pastor-s-estranged-wife-dressed-three-daughters-white-stabbed-two-children-meet-jesus.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">weird news stories this week<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Finally, the latest children&#39;s book from Tyndale House is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tyndale.com\/Willies-Redneck-Time-Machine\/9781414398136#.VDstlFeRMTB\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">one part Dr. Who and one part Duck Dynasty<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><em>Paul Wilkinson&#39;s wisdom and Christian multi-level business opportunities&mdash;&quot;just drop by our house tomorrow night, we have something wonderful we&#39;d like to share with you&quot;&mdash;can be gleaned the rest of the week at <a href=\"http:\/\/paulwilkinson.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Thinking Out Loud<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/christianity201.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Christianity 201<\/a> and in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulW1lk1nson\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitterverse<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday I raked leaves and collected links; you could call it my own little feast of ingathering. 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