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Comment on Father of Mine: A story of interpersonal healing, miracles, and why I can’t get over the idea that God is real. by ryan barkley

ryan barkley — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:48:06 +0000

Thanks for sharing

Comment on Father of Mine: A story of interpersonal healing, miracles, and why I can’t get over the idea that God is real. by Tony Hunt

Tony Hunt — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:12:28 +0000

I love this story, Joey. I believe that God did this for you and I hope you maintain that faith. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Comment on Father of Mine: A story of interpersonal healing, miracles, and why I can’t get over the idea that God is real. by Kimberly

Kimberly — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:55:50 +0000

I love this for so many reasons. Mostly because, to my core I can relate to so many parts of this. But mostly that last part- God shows up. Despite our unbelief, He’s still our merciful Father who loves us kids. Even the doubtful ones.
:)

Comment on Walking Out of Church. by revisingreform

revisingreform — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:51:01 +0000

so glad to find you – although you are hard to read – I must be getting old – but can so relate – great to hear a thinking, engaged, spirit-led questioning person.

Comment on Why Theology Matters – by Kurt Willems by The Charismanglican

The Charismanglican — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:33:33 +0000

Robert, thank you for your visit and comments.

This post is a series of differing perspectives, and if you click the link at the beginning you will see a list of the other posts.

I myself have traveled a very different path than you have, but there is one Lord, one faith, and one baptism, one God and Father of all.

While I don’t always use the word “foundation” (I would prefer people talk about their starting point) I do think the word is most aptly used for Jesus. The same goes for “God’s Word”…as long as we’re using those to reference Jesus, and we have the humility to recognize that Jesus came to us…and chose to come to us!…through the church. Therefore, our vision and understanding of Jesus is always a mix of our own broken perspectives, informed both by the good and faithful saints that went before us, the powers and principalities of this world, the Spirit, and our own brokenness.

Humility is definitely the order of the day. Because even if Jesus is our foundation, we can easily make our understanding of Jesus the foundation. No…our understanding is ever and always subordinate. We operate from trust rather than “knowledge”. That is, until we see face-to-face and know him just as we are fully known.

Peace!

Comment on Why Theology Matters – by Kurt Willems by Robert Leonardo

Robert Leonardo — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:12:56 +0000

Interesting commentary here. I was just looking for a “tight” paragraph or two on why theology matters for a friend of mine. I always thought my brother just sort of made things up as he went along, quoting a verse here and their to keep me on the trail of belief and then boom….odd teachings that are not in the classical belief set. He would always comment, ” we can’t put God in a box.” I would respond, true…unless God puts himself in one–which unless I am missing something (and I do miss things) hold to His Word, which we get to read–The Bible.

So I guess I am one of those Evangelicals that do believe in Correspondence Truth. I do believe in Aristotle’s 3 Laws of Thought, and I see no contradiction. So I am trying to understand some of the thinking above regarding, not really knowing “Truth” or walking a few steps behind it. I would agree if you are thinking “like a rosey coloured glass darkly” we humans don’t get it all for sure.
But we need some foundation, otherwise we operate for no good reason.

I am also a Pre-mill guy.( I guess I am introducing myself) I like the theology, compared to Amill, ( I was raised in ) And I do agree with our brother who seems to imply that this theology can create some issues, as it sees the world winding down and goes polar opposite of lets say Progressive wing Democrats–a wing I used to belong too–now a Right Tea-Party sort of guy in the Independent party.

Have a great day

Comment on Peace on Earth? I’m not feeling it. by The Charismanglican

The Charismanglican — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 07:28:19 +0000

Hi Rachelle. Thank you for your solidarity and wishes of comfort and joy, comfort and joy. <== (sang that last part)

You said in one paragraph and one quote from Dumbledore's video message what took me hours of writing :)

Glad to have you guys as friends.

Comment on Peace on Earth? I’m not feeling it. by Rachelle

Rachelle — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:56:06 +0000

Joey, thanks for your honesty. This fall has been hard for me, adjusting to all the changes, new responsibilities and Joel being gone three days a week, feeling lonely and inadequate. I’m glad to have Advent as ‘permission’ to say “when will things ever get better?” but that doesn’t make misery any less miserable. The end of your post made me think of a Rowan Williams video on Advent that Joel found. He said something like “This seems strange, Jesus has come into the world and by now we ought to know what sort of difference he’s made. But the truth is, we don’t yet know what sort of difference he might make.”

If you haven’t seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzTYPeiiSpU

I hope you receive some comfort (not necessarily from the video. just, in general. from Christ.)
Rachelle

Comment on Who is the Charismanglican? by Bloggy Bloggerstein

Bloggy Bloggerstein — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:51:12 +0000

Diggin’ on your blog… good stuff man. Thanks for finding me out there in Blogland!

Comment on The Human Faces of God: What Scripture Reveals When It Gets God Wrong (and Why Inerrancy Tries To Hide It) – a book review by The Charismanglican

The Charismanglican — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:10:37 +0000

Yeah, Barry…it was a spam comment. Somehow it missed the filter, but it’s gone now.