My wife and I get together with a group of friends on Wednesday nights, and we’re starting to talk about Hebrews, using William Lane’s book to guide us. The writer tries to explan how God speaks, and why Christ is worthy of committment — and the answers aren’t the ones we normally get. Because I’m sensitive to the questions, I’ve been noticing when others are wrestling with them, too. Check out:

Mark Devine’s new book about Deitrich Bonhoeffer wonders whether our focus on knowing God’s will through ‘experience’ is making our churches biblically illiterate. (Via Joe Thorn).

Matt Chandler, pastor of ‘the village’ church in Texas, speaking at Reform & Resurge, talks about the necessity of understanding Christ’s humanity.

Wayne Grudem has turned into a “Getting Things Done” afficianado, [book here] which will no doubt lead to “A REALLY Systematic Theology.”   If you’re new to the party, check out 43folders.com, which is a mac- and GTD-centric blog. I hear good things about Pastorhacks.com, too.

The walk-away rule of thumb from GTD is to do anything that takes less than two minutes now, not later.  It also lays out a good model of workflow, helping you organize your inputs and the actions you can take on them, so you reach “output” efficiently.  I’ve still got paper on my desk, but GTD helps me think about it more clearly…

Covenant Seminary in St. Louis, Mo., is offering free downloads of course lectures and materials.  Do any of the SBC seminaries do the same?  Should some fractional FTEs be tied to public or non-degree-seeking education?  Both seem like good ideas…or maybe I’m just cheap.

New Mexico authorities are starting a new fraud awareness program, aimed at fraud committed by church-goers against others in their church.   “It’s kind of like, loosely termed, fraud among friends,” said securities commission spokesman Andrew Poon. “It’s relying on the element of trust. . . . It’s anybody who has like-affinity, whether it be culture, language, that type of thing, or just even clubs.”

If something like this happened in your congregation, would there be membership consequences before legal action? Even if there is a conviction?  My sense is that many believers would be embarassed to bring it to their church, and that very few pastors have throught through what, if anything, should happen…