tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post5423980190105926441..comments2023-11-03T04:50:42.128-05:00Comments on Confessional Gadfly: A Philosophical QueryRev. Eric J Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-90216411776246534542011-07-18T20:03:10.759-05:002011-07-18T20:03:10.759-05:00"Bad behavior and a lack of repentence in my ...<b>"Bad behavior and a lack of repentence in my life happens, not when I think too much about God's grace, but when I think too little of it. It is the kindess of the Lord that leads us to repentance."</b><br /><br />-Tulian Tchividjian<br />From White Horse Inn Interview<br />17 JULY 2011Mike Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09202275259518132834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-48528806221587279132011-07-16T18:50:15.659-05:002011-07-16T18:50:15.659-05:00Culturally I think we want the deeper and more hid...Culturally I think we want the deeper and more hidden things. We delude ourselves as the young man who came to Jesus and said, "All these I have done since my youth" did. We think if we can check off the major things, i.e., did't murder, fornicate, steal etc... today so I'm good; not looking at our hearts to see we harbor it all there. <br /><br />That leads to the second thing listed and to keep ourselves occupied in doing good, we must find new and novel ways to express our higher way of living. From Finneyesque revivalism to eastern mysticism we paint our spiritual selves with a broad stroke. Like the ancient Egyptians who, loathe to lose some portion of their worship that might have still be authentic....kept it all as they added more and more ritual to the days activities until they did nothing but ritual. We're getting close to that point I think.Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09337019503451500138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-46852526727508513352011-07-13T09:56:33.427-05:002011-07-13T09:56:33.427-05:00I preached Sunday that another aspect of 1 is that...I preached Sunday that another aspect of 1 is that we see no real danger to the "roaring lion". To us, he's a bad dog or maybe rattlesnake, but we have antivenom, after all.<br /><br />I agree with Mike. It's both, though I would call #2 ennui, not boredom. :)Christopher D. Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906949438584923588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-31304597615655960122011-07-12T18:27:26.682-05:002011-07-12T18:27:26.682-05:00I think that it is both.
I think that the second ...I think that it is both.<br /><br />I think that the second one is the more obvious and common, but the first one causes it all.<br /><br />...because once you understand sin, the Gospel isn't boring and there is no substitute for it.Mike Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09202275259518132834noreply@blogger.com