matt n.'s Page

Birthday

October 3, 1975

How do you describe being an emergent baptist?

Being an Emergent Baptist is about focusing on Theology, the Trinity, grasping to understand a gospel of hope and paradox, seeking to live life as ministry which is inherent in the Misso Dei, living the law of love, participating in the community of the Spirit, and enabling our understanding of Baptist tradition to release us to be the church ahead of us.

What do you love to do?

I love to read, write, play, and listen to music, travel the world, and just have good conversations.

What books have meant the most to you?

They are too numerous to list but here are a few...

An Emergent Theology for Emerging Churches by Ray Anderson.

Exiles by Michael Frost

The Continuous Conversion of the Church by Guder

Anything written by NT Wright and Norman Kraus and David Bosch

Life on the Vine by Phillip Kenneson

What music best articulates your soul?

U2, Lenny Kravitz, Train, Indigo Girls, Wilco, I love America rock/country/folk stuff and I like classical also

Who are the historical baptist personalities you identify with most?

Great question! Maybe they are all AnaBaptists?

Who are the theologians, philosophers, teachers, etc. that you live in dialog with?

NT Wright, Bonhoffer, Ray Anderson, Barth, Brunner, Norman Kraus, David Bosch, Donald Bloesch, Richard Mouw, Alan Hirsh, Michael Frost, JR Woodward, David Gushee, Charles Van Engen, Lesslie Newbigin, Vincent Donovan, Hunsberger, Van Gelder, Guder