It was an interesting discussion… and like most of their positions, it was a bit too black-and-white and matter of fact for most, IMHO. I love their content, but I feel the need to translate a lot of it for lay-level audiences, since their tone and approach is a bit… what? condescending?

As for style of dress in the church: I appreciate Bryan Chapell’s philosophy on it, which is essentially that one should dress for worship in such a way that doesn’t distract others from worship. That may be dressing too casually, or (for some) it might be dressing in very nice, formal clothes.

Following up: I was pleasantly surprised by the tone of this week’s episode. Weren’t you? Taking on the teachings/writings of N.T. Wright (a fairly polarizing figure in most cases), the guys were great about acknowledging where Wright has made many helpful and positive contributions, and also were brotherly (mostly) in the way they discussed his problems.

Maybe it’s a new tone… change we can believe in.

(Oh, yes we can.)

I need to listen to that one. I must admit, I’m not familiar with N.T. Wright other that what I’ve seen in a Lee Stroebel DVD on The Case for Christ and in the pretty much negative comments made in regard to the new perspective on Paul that he apparently espouses.

When I saw the title of this week’s episode, I expected they’d rake him over the coals. Glad to hear a balanced perspective came across. Wright strikes me as a good evidentialist which would fit in with Horton and the other guys pretty well (I have a strong pre-suppositionalist bent). I’ll give it a listen.