tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post4104596764502312571..comments2024-03-28T09:52:15.415-04:00Comments on Common Denominator: Introducing HebrewsKen Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-31384069019013947492011-04-12T09:50:40.555-04:002011-04-12T09:50:40.555-04:00Very helpful concise post. Thank you!Very helpful concise post. Thank you!drewhttp://katadrew.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-87462886923872133422011-04-09T15:32:23.802-04:002011-04-09T15:32:23.802-04:00Should Christians believe that such a government, ...Should Christians believe that such a government, such as Nero's, is "sent from God", and submit without question? <br /><br />Biblical Christians do, as government is the authority ordained BY GOD...Protestants believe in resistance, or protest when authority is acting inapropriately. And Protestantism is what our Founding was based upon. <br /><br />There are as many variances of understanding religous conscience, and government as there are people in America. This is what makes "Biblical Christianity" hard to swallow in the modern world, where individuals are valued and there are protections of liberties under law.Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-41894461332379140162011-04-09T12:22:09.304-04:002011-04-09T12:22:09.304-04:00I think that the assumptions cannot but impact how...I think that the assumptions cannot but impact how one understands Hebrews.<br /><br />Would the Gentile believer be encouraged to become a proselyte of mystical Judiasm, returning to the "true faith" in light of undermining of the political temple? (this position has supported the sectarian views of Christian faith and is a good way to affirm theism).<br /> Would the "god fearers" be encouraged to "continue" to fear God, believing in a 'future hope" though Nero held political power over their lives? This is untenuable in free societies where political power is not absolute, and individual have certain rights of appeal or petition.<br /><br /><br />Scriptures have been useful for those under psychological or political tyranny. The question is, should this be the "only hope" that is to be offered to such as these? Isn't the answer much more about how to alleviate psychological damage and political tyranny, to truely help in the real world? And should the Church "be in the business" of furthering such psychological damage and political tyranny, itself under the guise of "the gospel"?Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.com