tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post1215233424453300732..comments2024-03-28T09:52:15.415-04:00Comments on Common Denominator: I Love the Bible!Ken Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-82736014474364772762012-08-03T22:38:15.448-04:002012-08-03T22:38:15.448-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-5986621214199108422012-08-03T19:25:00.471-04:002012-08-03T19:25:00.471-04:00Very well put. Thank you (esp. the cleaver re-phra...Very well put. Thank you (esp. the cleaver re-phrasing of the beliefs & actions part... so many asterisks to add but your summation is right).::athada::https://www.blogger.com/profile/09046982982270546995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-87115486520086141542012-08-03T11:02:05.546-04:002012-08-03T11:02:05.546-04:00The issue of free will, a loving and holy God, esc...The issue of free will, a loving and holy God, eschatological justice, and following God's will for us(within the limit of original sin and the Fall) seems, as Ben Witherington and NT Wright say consistent with Scripture. Self set standards have no intellectual or ethical warrant unless they are drawn from some consensual tradition which is ontologically true. CS Lewis stated that he only became a Christian because he believed the Christian faith was true. There are good intellectual and experiential reasons for accepting Scripture(e.g. see Wright's Jesus and the Victory of God, Resurrection of the Son of God, and John Polkinghorne's Faith of a Physicist. Love, holiness, justice, and mercy are packaged together in Arminian Christianity.John C. Gardnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-56230489141781671962012-08-03T02:24:42.044-04:002012-08-03T02:24:42.044-04:00But you can be glad that my theology lets you cont...But you can be glad that my theology lets you continue on in your freedom as long as you don't hurt anyone or the rest of us don't out vote you for the common good within the agreed limits of our social contract.Ken Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-84306585451566216552012-08-03T01:55:49.177-04:002012-08-03T01:55:49.177-04:00I do not appreciate the liberal who loves to use t...I do not appreciate the liberal who loves to use the Bible to justify their "social justice" project...or global goals. Nor do I appreciate the conservative's "herd mentality" toward dogmatic beliefs that define 'who they are' and what they think everyone else "should believe". Both liberals and conservatives have different agenda, but they both believe in a defined ideology that is promoted above individual liberty. Individual liberty is the basis of "leaving others" alone to evaluate, and choose their own purposes,values and commitments.Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.com