tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post7117250697148754073..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: All of the RemediesPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-11185381177244422462015-01-28T13:02:12.781-08:002015-01-28T13:02:12.781-08:00I read it in Frank's voice and it didn't s...I read it in Frank's voice and it didn't sound angry.<br /><br />I read it again in Phil's, and now I'm kind of hiding in the corner.David Regierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09766862583586784668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-63440984227472269252014-10-08T11:46:52.023-07:002014-10-08T11:46:52.023-07:00Sorry...overreacted to the reaction to anger and f...Sorry...overreacted to the reaction to anger and forgot to comment on the post. Honestly, I think this phrase from the correction of the first error captures everything we really need to do:<br /><br /><i>you personally need to behave in such a way that shows you clearly want to be judged by your own character, and you must judge others only by their character and not (for example) by their job or their neighborhood</i><br /><br />If we <i>really</i> live like this, everything takes care of itself. I can't just rest on the fact that I have a nice job and hang out with "the right people". Probably the only thing I would add (although it is implied) is that we have to change our mindsets (repent) in order to do this. And that means admitting we are wrong...which we all are in some respect. <br /><br />Slightly off-topic, but along the same lines of that last sentence. I like that DJP tweeted that he wonders what error he (and I'd add all theologians of our age) has that people in the future will shake their heads about (he was referring to paedobaptism).<br /><br />Thanks, Frank, for calling us to self-examination again. Hopefully all of us can admit that we all have work to do in this area and (as you mentioned previously) we need to be approaching each other as people on the same side and not creating enemies. There are enough <i>real</i> demons running around without us trying to create ones from our own imaginations.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987985549747283669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1327687348332004632014-10-08T11:14:50.095-07:002014-10-08T11:14:50.095-07:00Angry? Where in the Bible is it OK to be angry? ...Angry? Where in the Bible is it OK to be angry? I mean Jesus (reads Matthew 23)...err, Paul (reads Galatians)...hmmm, well it just sounds so angry, you know?Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987985549747283669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-55324472710572302122014-10-08T08:38:57.460-07:002014-10-08T08:38:57.460-07:00It does sound angry, Frank. And when I read it and...It does sound angry, Frank. And when I read it and realize that I'm trying to solve my problem non-Gospelly, I should be angry as well. Then humbled. Then repentant. Because there are some things worth being angry about.<br /><br />These posts have been good all around, and have affected more than just my views on racism. Thanks for sticking with it 6 weeks in a row, for scaling walls I didn't realize were there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503722879309000364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-76428317641261404492014-10-08T07:59:15.586-07:002014-10-08T07:59:15.586-07:00It has been brought to my attention that this post...It has been brought to my attention that this post sounds angry.<br /><br />When what is done is to propose that somehow there is an ignorance or indolence toward the sin of racism on my part, it makes me angry. I will be posting a post-script about this later today.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-78414253808717641612014-10-08T07:11:20.170-07:002014-10-08T07:11:20.170-07:00So...you're saying "be Christ-like and co...So...you're saying "be Christ-like and continue to grow in godliness"?<br /><br />This is beginning to sound a whole lot like "go and dip yourself in the Jordan 7 times". And Frank, I know of 7 rivers that are cleaner and way cooler than the Jordan...<br /><br />Too often I don't hear "go and do what the Master has already told you" because I'm all tuned into the "do great things for God" station.<br /><br />As you say, big problems are little sins run amuck, so put those things to death.<br /><br />Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-82893659034747977532014-10-08T02:33:29.402-07:002014-10-08T02:33:29.402-07:00I get it, Frank. Well done.
We all harbor some le...I get it, Frank. Well done.<br /><br />We all harbor some legalism in our hearts as long as we carry the corrupt flesh. Maybe that explains our craving for more detailed instruction.Michael Coughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151414777657994736noreply@blogger.com