Neutrality.
I can agree with this statement. While it’s important to have doctrine (See 1 John) it is more important to realize that we sometimes forget the importance of unity as Christians and whether it’s through joking (Ephesians 5:4, Proverbs 21:23) or through attacks (James 1:26) it’s not right…
And I am guilt of it all unfortunately.
teafortanisha:
This will be quick.
Whether I’m a Calvinist or Arminian, it doesn’t matter. I’m so fed up with the whole thing now, I’m just kind of over it. While I may not like the whole “I love Jesus but hate Religion” video, I can agree with the fact that I can’t stand this whole thing. Can’t we just agree to disagree? If I hear one more C/A joke, I might rip out my hair. Just sayin.
Those who read the Bible only from the perspective of their immediate personal circumstances, who forget that the passage was originally written to somebody else, cut short the interpretive process and, thus, miss some of what the text says. They understand the message strictly in terms of the events going on in their own lives and ignore the perspective of the text and its original recipients.
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Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, William Klein, Craig Blomberg, Robert Hubbard
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God, I don’t ask you to make my life easy but make me strong.
Gordon Fee, the Pentecostal Theologian
“Clearly Fee loves the Word, noting that heresies are creeping into the church because of lack of theological understanding and misinterpretation of Scripture. What’s needed, he emphasizes, is Spirit-filled living and sound scriptural interpretation. ‘If I could say one thing to the American church,’ he cautions, ‘it would be this: Keep integrity with Scripture and spiritual experience.’”
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What has God been doing for two thousand years to lead his people into understanding of the truth? Theology is just that - faith seeking understanding God’s truth.
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-Roger E. Olson, The Story of Christian Theology. An excellent book I recommend to anyone looking for a good read on how Theology has evolved over the past two millenniums.
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Blasphemous thoughts
simplyorthodox:
Blasphemous thoughts are like airplanes that annoy us, against our will, with their noise, and we are powerless to prevent them. The heavy anti-aircraft battery is psalmody, because it is both prayer to Christ and disdain for the devil.
-From an Athonite Gerontikon
Forty years of legalized abortion in our country is too long! There have been too many innocent lives lost. Too many men and women wounded in body, mind and spirit. Too many consciences compromised. Too many Rachels weeping. And our culture of abortion continues to cause new threats to the sanctity of human life.
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Archbishop Jose Gomez (Los Angeles)
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