tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post4761167676521542879..comments2024-03-28T09:52:15.415-04:00Comments on Common Denominator: HumilityKen Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-80980662257165539092010-09-30T04:13:40.777-04:002010-09-30T04:13:40.777-04:00Such a healthy reminder... I so often think the th...Such a healthy reminder... I so often think the things I have and am are because of my own doing. I'm praying for total surrender and a heart that understands that I can only boast that I have known God and he has given me all that I have. Thanks for the reminder.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763047350242244873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-7848934144153186722010-09-29T10:38:20.686-04:002010-09-29T10:38:20.686-04:00Reading some of the writings of the early Celtic c...Reading some of the writings of the early Celtic church, one can see how humility played such a big role in their ministries.Ricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-86766685922678985382010-09-29T06:38:35.378-04:002010-09-29T06:38:35.378-04:00My denomination has no official position on total ...My denomination has no official position on total depravity but Wesley and the Wesleyan-Arminian tradition in general has held to it (see Roger Olson's book on Arminianism). Having said that, I think the Wesleyan tradition in general is more sympathetic to something more like what I might call the "thorough depravity" of the Eastern tradition than the classic Protestant denominations are.Ken Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-79809178234098297262010-09-29T00:54:00.871-04:002010-09-29T00:54:00.871-04:00So what is the Wesleyan take on Total Depravity? O...So what is the Wesleyan take on Total Depravity? On which end of the "human beings born evil/pure" scale are you?Marchttp://criticalBelief.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-24859859828015151422010-09-28T18:16:11.035-04:002010-09-28T18:16:11.035-04:00I'm proud to be everything you say I am :-)I'm proud to be everything you say I am :-)Ken Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-79168790297659285682010-09-28T17:08:21.690-04:002010-09-28T17:08:21.690-04:00As a person, you live this one out better than mos...As a person, you live this one out better than most.<br /><br />As a scholar (a tribe not known for their humlity), you're practically a specimen of humlity, Ken.<br /><br />Thanks for your example.David Druryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11935888468388634009noreply@blogger.com