Mike Wittmer

Month: March 2011

  • the tax man cometh

    I’m in the middle of an intense four week writing assignment–more on that later–so I haven’t had time to blog as much as I’d like. But in case you missed it, Christianity Today has an interesting article on the precarious position of the ministerial housing allowance. Senator Charles Grassley’s investigation of the alleged improprieties of televangelists has…

  • Meadors’ Video

    Last night at the GRTS banquet we enjoyed this video put together by the students to honor Gary Meadors, who is retiring and taking his talents to South Beach. If you ever had Dr. Meadors in class, you will enjoy this. If you haven’t, then you probably won’t. By the way, the soundtrack is Gary’s…

  • separated at birth

     As a loyal GRTS employee but also a snake bit Cleveland fan, this may be more than I can bear.  One of these brothers recently came out of retirement to take a front office job, and with his Christian quarterback and big play offense, intends on leading his team to the Promised Land. The other is John…

  • let it go

    I was watching the evening news last night, because I love to go against the grain, and I saw this perfect, and a bit funny, sermon illustration that should immediately replace that tired one about the monkeys who won’t unclench their fists so they can take their hands out of the jar. That’s a good one, but…

  • More from Martin

    If you were encouraged by Martin Bashir’s interview of Rob Bell on MSNBC, you will appreciate his elaboration of the interview and overall impression of “Love Wins” from his interview on the Paul Edwards radio show. If you have or will read Rob’s book, or if you won’t but you happen to live in West Michigan, you will…

  • justice wins, now on audio

    Many of you linked to Jeremy’s Grinnell piece of satire yesterday, and a few of you missed the point that this was not an expression of his complete view, but an example meant to show how lopsided Rob’s point was. I hope you catch on soon, or I may ask Martin Bashir to explain it to you.…

  • the canary

    Here’s my latest entry for Our Daily Journey. Feel free to give me any constructive feedback you may have before I turn it in at the end of the week.          A friend of mine left his wife and three children. Although he knows better—he was a seminary professor—he continues to lie to his family and…

  • justice wins

    My creative colleague Jeremy Grinnell (Asst. Prof. of Systematic Theology) has not read Rob Bell’s book (though he has agreed to review it for JETS), but he was troubled by the lopsided rhetoric in Rob’s promo video. He noted that the video will persuade many people, not because of its content but because of the power…

  • hello, world

    I realize that I have been away from blogging for a couple of months and will now have to work hard to get both of my readers back. But I can explain: I stopped blogging in January in order to meet a publisher’s deadline for my inspirational book on death–it won’t be out until next January,…