Robert Webber (1933-2007)

My favorite emerging voice from the evangelical world is silent. Robert E. Webber died Friday. His deep understanding and "long view" of church history—and the way it informed his ecclesiology, worship, spiritual formation and missional perspective—will be missed. I had the privilege of hearing him speak in person in California and in Kentucky, where he bought my lunch once (when I only had plastic in a cash-only joint). He embodied the McLarenesque adjective "winsome" and was a uniter. He understood discipleship and rejected cheap soteriology. Bob, you will be missed. I hope to continue conversations with you in the beyond.

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