tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post5953608250219095307..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Leaky Canons and moralizing Gospel misfires: an analogyPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-46074500067047181352012-09-12T08:21:17.723-07:002012-09-12T08:21:17.723-07:00P.S.
How do you star a post. I don't see anyw...P.S. <br />How do you star a post. I don't see anyway to do it.joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811833690725966814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-29406824037743819002012-09-12T08:18:44.254-07:002012-09-12T08:18:44.254-07:00I appoligize if this is off topic but it got me to...I appoligize if this is off topic but it got me to thinking about the tendency of some in the moralizing gospel crowd to also cling to specific translations of the bible. The bible simply is not the inherent, binding, revelation of God unless it is in such and such a translation, i.e., King James. When you believe that the bible has only been preserved in 17th century English then the whole idea that biblical principals can be clearly understood and applied just through the reading and careful study of the bible becomes kind of foggy. joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811833690725966814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-58079383226318660792012-09-12T06:38:22.593-07:002012-09-12T06:38:22.593-07:00Thanks, OBM. Your comment heightens the value of t...Thanks, OBM. Your comment heightens the value of the post. And amen: professing sufficiency and living it are two different things, aren't they? Though the latter should surely follow the former.<br /><br />BTW, I think you've also put your finger on why so many are attracted to Leaky Canoneering.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-56304798603330711812012-09-11T23:46:52.423-07:002012-09-11T23:46:52.423-07:00@Jeff Hoots: agreed!
Ok Dan, last week you asked...@Jeff Hoots: agreed! <br /><br />Ok Dan, last week you asked what the ramifications would be if we actually took God's word for what it claimed to be, then this post on top of that....ouch. It's getting uncomfortably convicting hanging arround here.<br /><br />The sad truth is even though I absolutely believe in the sufficiency of scripture - the ammount of time I put into learning and studying it is beyond pathetic. At least the leaky canoners have a wacked out theology to blame. Me? nothing but sheer laziness. And so, duly chastized, I will attempt to better practice what I claim to believe!one busy momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18087795055010641099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-50841854359471724962012-09-11T18:01:21.414-07:002012-09-11T18:01:21.414-07:00I am going to write a longer version of this, with...I am going to write a longer version of this, with more details, as a blog post sometime. For now...<br /><br />The other day I stood in an assembly of about 300 6th graders. The music was loud and familiar and appealing to the students. The speakers were dynamic. The presentations were visually stimulating.<br /><br />But the message was JUST BE NICE. BE NICE BECAUSE WE SAY SO. Boiled down to it's essence, that's the message of the entire hour.<br /><br />And I stood there and thought--my Lord and my God, this is the worst legalism I have ever encountered.<br /><br />Because we are supposed to have freedom FROM religion in our schools, we have given ourselves over to a hopeless legalism. There is no reference point, no reason why for being good. No help for the dead who cannot be good even if they want to.<br /><br />But my guess is that the reason that presentation was even available to be given in a public school was because someone said "God told me to start this ministry..."<br /><br />“Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. <br />Lk 11:46Esther Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355059323559425038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-47390858375927055522012-09-11T16:19:55.141-07:002012-09-11T16:19:55.141-07:00Thanks very kindly, R.C.
One-star hater hated i...Thanks very kindly, R.C.<br /><br /><br /><br />One-star hater hated it, though.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-9610363483478689002012-09-11T14:45:06.157-07:002012-09-11T14:45:06.157-07:00Wow. Hope you can find my blind spots, because you...Wow. Hope you can find my blind spots, because you sure did a number on this one. Thank you. Well and compellingly said brotherR.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13976580613129096869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-67909073119720698832012-09-11T12:39:01.625-07:002012-09-11T12:39:01.625-07:00@Cathy
I live that most everyday, accused of bei...@Cathy<br /><br /> I live that most everyday, accused of being a legalist just because I love His word and hold to sola scripture<br /><br />Pontius Pilate asked Jesus... What is truth?<br /><br />The sad fact was, truth was staring right in his face.<br /><br />For the some professing Christians truth is staring right in there face with the word of God and they don’t even know it!<br /><br />We might as well have a blank bible to fill in anything we want.The Bible Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10950235301070129749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-21858994749433150212012-09-11T12:18:45.652-07:002012-09-11T12:18:45.652-07:00Yes ma'am. Well caught.Yes ma'am. Well caught.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-83182523496394107672012-09-11T10:58:45.972-07:002012-09-11T10:58:45.972-07:00And yet- the great irony is that those who hold to...And yet- the great irony is that those who hold to sola scriptura are often called Pharisees by the ones who add the extra burden of divining new/extra words from God.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780306672607484307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-23406558210168214082012-09-11T10:43:44.795-07:002012-09-11T10:43:44.795-07:00We are called to practice the commands of God, no ...We are called to practice the commands of God, no more, no less. The fact that the majority of the professing church gets it wrong does not change this truth. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07878927990199617228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-28471178955001357872012-09-11T09:28:50.066-07:002012-09-11T09:28:50.066-07:00As a marginally-sentient being who professes Chris...As a marginally-sentient being who professes Christ yet is falling short of studying, learning and practicing the contents of those sixty-six books, <br /><br />if I would just study, learn, and practice what is in there, I would have no need of more words from God.<br /><br />It could be that simple.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627111785689066122noreply@blogger.com