tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post6071977591319755960..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: I disagree with JesusPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-57110723932766082242017-07-14T08:53:31.950-07:002017-07-14T08:53:31.950-07:00Good post!Good post!Michael Coughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151414777657994736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-10850171441416659032011-06-25T21:41:54.727-07:002011-06-25T21:41:54.727-07:00Thanks Dan!Thanks Dan!Tyronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17970123049581654914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-43671133768124679982011-06-25T14:23:49.805-07:002011-06-25T14:23:49.805-07:00The title was a calculated risk only for those who...The title was a calculated risk only for those who don't read you regularly, Dan. I saw the title on my feed and knew from the beginning where you'd be going.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285043747501470199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-51502404579030631712011-06-25T08:53:28.546-07:002011-06-25T08:53:28.546-07:00This reminds me of a time before I submitted to th...This reminds me of a time before I submitted to the Bible's testimony concerning God's sovereignty in salvation. I opened my Bible up to Ephesians 1 read a few verses and then saw the word "predestination." What did I do? Stopped abruptly, read not a word further, and retreated to Psalms (for some reason I thought I was safe there), and pretended I never saw it. Pretty scary in retrospect!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-6025709150791716062011-06-25T08:13:56.414-07:002011-06-25T08:13:56.414-07:00Thanks for sticking with it, Deb. The title was a ...Thanks for sticking with it, Deb. The title was a calculated risk, and I counted on my readers' goodwill.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-12633150663848666502011-06-25T07:37:46.274-07:002011-06-25T07:37:46.274-07:00Excellent post! I started off pretty skeptical abo...Excellent post! I started off pretty skeptical about where you were heading, but amen by the end. Thanks!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987103463669929569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-59325730037463001652011-06-24T21:31:51.188-07:002011-06-24T21:31:51.188-07:00Perhaps, part of taking up our cross is not leanin...Perhaps, part of taking up our cross is not leaning on our own understanding, but seeking God for His knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. Sometimes, when we try to crucify our flesh without seeking God for the "whys" and the "how-tos," our efforts can backfire and things can get worse. Christ paid a tremendous price to give us personal access to our loving Father--let's take advantage of it.patriciazellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11173836694277236395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-16682302301216008172011-06-24T07:47:30.558-07:002011-06-24T07:47:30.558-07:00Dan, thank you so much for posting this yesterday....Dan, thank you so much for posting this yesterday. This morning, as we were discussing James 2:18-26 your post came to mind as we discussed why faith without works is dead and what exactly those works are. By the end of the discussion, I realized that if I don't then live out what I say I have submitted to, then I STILL have the math wrong. I STILL haven't agreed with Jesus if what I've "agreed" with isn't doing something in my life. I realized how information driven my walk has been, and how little practice there has been, and how that flies in the face of John 14 where Jesus said if you have my word and don't obey it, you don't love me. <br /><br />Your post yesterday was used for God's glory, and I just wanted to let you know.Webster Hunt (Parts Man)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04631846083790242392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-78843209367272303742011-06-23T17:17:26.841-07:002011-06-23T17:17:26.841-07:00LOL. I had to rib you a little bit.LOL. I <i>had</i> to rib you a little bit.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285043747501470199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-2652025560059546942011-06-23T17:08:36.379-07:002011-06-23T17:08:36.379-07:00There y'go.<i>There</i> y'go.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-35912948154639653942011-06-23T17:07:36.697-07:002011-06-23T17:07:36.697-07:00Great post, Phil.
;)Great post, Phil.<br /><br />;)Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285043747501470199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-44516422813064273702011-06-23T16:02:27.258-07:002011-06-23T16:02:27.258-07:00You brought to mind this excerpt from Piper's ...You brought to mind this excerpt from Piper's biographical sketch of Charles Simeon:<br /><br />He said that his invariable rule was "to endeavor to give to every portion of the Word of God its full and proper force, without considering what scheme it favours, or whose system it is likely to advance" (Moule, 79). "My endeavor is to bring out of Scripture what is there, and not to thrust in what I think might be there. I have a great jealousy on this head; never to speak more or less than I believe to be the mind of the Spirit in the passage I am expounding" (Moule, 77). <br /><br />He makes an observation that is true enough to sting every person who has ever been tempted to adjust Scripture to fit a system. <br /><br />Of this he [speaking of himself in the third person] is sure, that there is not a decided Calvinist or Arminian in the world who equally approves of the whole of Scripture . . . who, if he had been in the company of St. Paul whilst he was writing his Epistles, would not have recommended him to alter one or other of his expressions. <br />But the author would not wish one of them altered; he finds as much satisfaction in one class of passages as another; and employs the one, he believes, as freely as the other. Where the inspired Writers speak in unqualified terms, he thinks himself at liberty to do the same; judging that they needed no instruction from him how to propagate the truth. He is content to sit as a learner at the feet of the holy Apostles and has no ambition to teach them how they ought to have spoken. (Moule, 79)doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156720074003429137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-26774831264373616982011-06-23T16:00:40.650-07:002011-06-23T16:00:40.650-07:00Exhorting with the obvious is always commendable. ...Exhorting with the obvious is always commendable. Basic math is never nullified by greater math. May you keep exhorting with such basics.Alex A. Guggenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04534710796711749227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-12974493710830357572011-06-23T14:12:02.254-07:002011-06-23T14:12:02.254-07:00Dan... I've been reading Pyro for a long time,...Dan... I've been reading Pyro for a long time, though I seldom comment... this was short, powerful and to the point.<br /><br />We change or we change the Word.<br /><br />I with you, will take the former option and put on the Lord Jesus Christ<br /><br />Romans 12:1-2The Bible Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10950235301070129749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-55055678674632263012011-06-23T13:28:36.921-07:002011-06-23T13:28:36.921-07:00Excellent pastor-teacher Dan.
"..discipleshi...Excellent pastor-teacher Dan.<br /><br />"..discipleship either happens, or begins to collapse"<br /><br />Since 1984-85 I have been encouraged by the Word, and convicted by the Word, and have grown in His grace understanding, and have times of collapsing.<br />But, oh how Christ has been so faithful to this saint, who sins.<br /><br />"Great is Thy faithfulness!"donsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-25587556374783952112011-06-23T12:27:12.124-07:002011-06-23T12:27:12.124-07:00I almost couldn't bring myself to read the who...I almost couldn't bring myself to read the whole post because of the title.<br /><br />But after reading it, not only was I reminded as to why I keep returning to read every day, but also why I usually try to read (and sometimes) participate in the comment thread. Rebuking while at the same time very edifying. <br /><br />(And while I typically offer 4 stars when ranking posts, this one certainly deserves the 5.)Merrilee Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770625841767761025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-29419938582970954372011-06-23T12:04:44.146-07:002011-06-23T12:04:44.146-07:00Hammer-->nail-->--head.
Only being at Gramm...Hammer-->nail-->--head.<br /><br />Only being at Gramma's in Fresno, with Interweb access limited to my IPhone and two thumbs, prevents me from elaborating on how that one idea has been central to my sanctification over the past few years. Much of it has been through your writing.Rachael Starkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10781158372237369417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-77824956935557099712011-06-23T11:25:21.497-07:002011-06-23T11:25:21.497-07:00Dan Phillips:
If we read the Bible with our brain...<b>Dan Phillips:</b><br /><i> If we read the Bible with our brains on, we all run into teachings and thoughts that initially hit us wrong, that offend us, that scandalize something in our customary way of thinking. The issue is: what do we do then?</i><br /><br />Indeed, what <i>do</i> we do then? I think Mark A. Noll, in 'The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind' got it quite wrong when he claims (paraphrasing) that evangelicals have not built a satisfactory intellectual edifice for answering the crucial claims of the skeptic. He questions the perspicuity of Scripture, as if we can't come to right conclusions by reading it ourselves to see what it says. <br /><br />As DJP has said:<br /><i>If conversion is not the result of a clash of worldviews, with God's worldview prevailing, it isn't conversion.</i><br /><br />We have indeed been entrusted with the Teacher's Guide, and option #1 is the way of the true disciple.Steve Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17435371814330595643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-27155406026638841812011-06-23T11:10:36.673-07:002011-06-23T11:10:36.673-07:00One of the best ever, Dan. Thanks for taking the t...One of the best ever, Dan. Thanks for taking the time to take that split-second thought process and map it out for us. It's extremely helpful and instructive.Mike Riccardihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06748453197783538367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-14075592590792325432011-06-23T10:09:25.933-07:002011-06-23T10:09:25.933-07:00Dan,
You really, really must stop stirring the po...Dan,<br /><br />You really, really must stop stirring the pot like that and giving people heart attacks with your opening titles and paragraphs. <br /><br />Nah! Not really. Kidding aside, I think you've hit the nail on the head in more ways than one in terms of dealing with Scripture on God's terms rather than sitting in judgment on it and trying to shoehorn God into our way of thinking and expectations.Solameaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869424956571944997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-88507855117423274772011-06-23T09:45:13.258-07:002011-06-23T09:45:13.258-07:00Thank you so much for this. Yes, this is indeed w...Thank you so much for this. Yes, this is indeed what happens in the process of discipleship.Charlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361921772340278114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-87356358661985778382011-06-23T09:12:39.464-07:002011-06-23T09:12:39.464-07:00Dan,
What? You just summarized your book HERE, i...Dan,<br /><br />What? You just summarized your book HERE, in 20 paragraphs or less, and I ordered the whole thing? ;D<br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br />Honestly, though... right between the eyes, Dan, right between the eyes.<br /><br />I think we don't realize how much we do this. And Daryl has all ready pointed out the treatment - saturating our minds with TRUTH.Herding Grasshoppershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668974245505544238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-59028103385970255732011-06-23T08:24:08.438-07:002011-06-23T08:24:08.438-07:00I think it is instructive that in John 6: 65-71 on...I think it is instructive that in John 6: 65-71 only 11 disciples were willing to "correct their math". Most of the professing believers took off because they wouldn't accept what Jesus was saying. We will definitely be going against the current when we take Jesus at His word.mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00944721261850361610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-69050605958688228432011-06-23T08:03:06.546-07:002011-06-23T08:03:06.546-07:00DJP, great post.
Would you agree that the willing...DJP, great post.<br /><br />Would you agree that the willingness to consciously go with option #2 is a sign of unregeneracy?Gordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527530618839981892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-54208560552548902162011-06-23T07:42:34.884-07:002011-06-23T07:42:34.884-07:00"If conversion is not the result of a clash o..."If conversion is not the result of a clash of worldviews, with God's worldview prevailing, it isn't conversion."<br /><br />Exactly!<br /><br />Nuf said.<br /><br />Can I get a pre-release copy?Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08634946645983836412noreply@blogger.com