tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post6981186000658215760..comments2024-01-22T00:22:46.724-08:00Comments on Bishop Dan's Blog: FAITH SHAKENBishop Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00677552161067636954noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post-43059518884024788422015-06-21T18:17:08.748-07:002015-06-21T18:17:08.748-07:00Thank you John M. That seems right to me. Relation...Thank you John M. That seems right to me. Relationship and pragmatic approaches instead of divisive ideological politics of which we have more than enough. Bishop Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677552161067636954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post-77983399468373270712015-06-21T13:31:37.577-07:002015-06-21T13:31:37.577-07:00Thank you for this insightful analysis. I remembe...Thank you for this insightful analysis. I remember seeing an analysis of newspaper articles published in what was Yugoslavia leading up to the terrible violence and war there. It showed Christian voices on both sides, some increasing the conflict while others were trying to prevent war. Amen to a pragmatic approach to finding solutions focused on Christ and in genuine conversation with political leaders and people of all faiths!Jon Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12043958219358203775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post-31895856286318145882015-06-20T18:14:52.063-07:002015-06-20T18:14:52.063-07:00Well, that is a frequently held view, especially f...Well, that is a frequently held view, especially from the standpoint of Evangelical Protestantism, and there is good authority for it in Ezekiel. But Walter Brueggemann is powerfully persuasive that the Bible shows God saving humanity through a covenant community. E. P. Sanders shows Paul as along the same line regarding community (the Body of Christ) instead of individualism. N. T. Wright is even stronger on putting Jesus in the same community camp. So the individualist perspective is definitely legitimate, but it may be more in sync with modern America than ancient Christianity. Bishop Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677552161067636954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post-66402962625148535752015-06-19T12:26:07.256-07:002015-06-19T12:26:07.256-07:00Bottom line, we are judged as individuals, not as ...Bottom line, we are judged as individuals, not as a group. The sum total of the Reformation was a good thing...it brought the Catholic Church, the only Christian Church (if I have that right?), to heal, more in line with Christian principal and fostered many other denominations to carry the torch, so to speak. All in all, God wins as God always wins, the game is rigged, it is His world, lest we forget. What this or that individual does is between he and His maker, as it should be!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506137402423936807noreply@blogger.com