DISQUS

the Jesus Manifesto: The "Influencers"

  • Anna · 2 years ago
    That durn Churchinfo blog popped in the comment before me....

    How do I get rid of that rascally thing?

    Anyhow, I posted a contribution to the list.
  • jim · 2 years ago
    I've added my contributions to your list.
  • jim · 2 years ago
    Upon further reflection, I changed my answer to the first one from Joyce Meyer to Max Lucado...
  • Bruce Reyes-Chow · 2 years ago
    Hope you get some good results. It will be interesting to see what folks think. Posted my opinions [here].
  • Julie Clawson · 2 years ago
    I've posted my thoughts here.
  • Mike Clawson · 2 years ago
    I've posted my votes here.
  • Scot McKnight · 2 years ago
    Tuesday I will post this on my blog and hope to get a bundle of folks linking to you.
  • dlw · 2 years ago
    Here's a local event coming up to support action wrt Darfur, in case you're interested or want to republish it.
    http://www.savedarfur.org/page/event/detail/glo...

    dlw
  • jason · 2 years ago
    interesting list...i've added it to my site. thanks!
  • Bryan · 2 years ago
    Hey I added this to my blog, thanks it was fun!
  • Todd · 2 years ago
    Just completed your survey on my blog. Interesting!
  • Bill · 2 years ago
    I completed posted the poll with my answers to my blog Full Blast. Very interested in seeing the complied results.
  • bbaltrus · 2 years ago
  • tripp · 2 years ago
    Which two churchy or theological blogs have influenced you the most?
    Faith and Theology Only Jesus Creed gets near this quality. Of course Ben, unlike Scot, gives credit when blogger part 2 chimes in. Just check out Kim's lists.
  • John L · 2 years ago
    Shouldn't we be focused on those who have no voice, no influence - the marginalized, the disenfranchised? Didn't Jesus scold his closest friends for concerning themselves with thoughts of "status" and "influence?"

    We live in a culture built and saturated on celebrity. Let's be different, for Christ's sake.
  • markvans · 2 years ago
    I agree, John. I'm hoping to post some concluding thoughts about this informal poll at a future day. My point in asking people to add to this list wasn't to prop up celebrity, but to subvert it. My suspicion was (and I think it has been somewhat confirmed) that we are often not influenced by the celebrities--but by other, lesser known, folks. We often get so caught up in talking about celebrity leaders that we don't stop and think about the people whose lives and stories have made the biggest impact in our lives.