tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post7785592409213483131..comments2024-03-27T08:37:26.489-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: They Promise Them Freedom, but They Themselves Are Slaves... (2 Peter 2:19)Undergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-66208460359772017612011-01-21T09:44:34.513-05:002011-01-21T09:44:34.513-05:00Every time hear the "God is love" canard...Every time hear the "God is love" canard without mentioning judgment, I want to throw stuff. It is the existence of Judgment, which makes His love and grace so profound.<br /><br />(BTW, the few of God in the OT as a big meanie ignores numerous stories where some of the people of Canaan repented and acknowledged Him as God, only to be recipients of His mercy. From Rehab at Jericho to the Assyrians of Jonah's day, the examples are legion. The dichotomy of Wrath v. Love you mention implies that with the resurrection, the rule book has been completely eliminated, an assertion debunked in the Sermon on the Mount, among other places.)<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-70933504086529081852011-01-20T22:25:51.667-05:002011-01-20T22:25:51.667-05:00Randall,
I think it comes from the idea that the...Randall, <br /><br />I think it comes from the idea that the God of the O.T. has changed from a God of Wrath to a God of Love and that we are now only subject to the God of Love. <br />Who is, in this case, Eros.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-77016728246670321212011-01-20T13:43:51.379-05:002011-01-20T13:43:51.379-05:00One wonders where the "no longer subject to a...One wonders where the "no longer subject to a disciplinarian" comes from? Query, has he not heard of the whole "bond servant of Christ" thing of which St. Paul speaks? I thought we, as Christians, were supposed to be dead to ourselves in order to allow Christ to live through us. Not that we impose our own desires on Christ and hope that by His death and resurrection he simply grants His<br /><i>imprimatur</i> to whatever we want to do.<br /><br />(BTW, I find it interesting that his life-long inability to feel like a "real" Christian is chalked up to Christianity's failures and not conviction by the Holy Spirit.)<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-17650369609133705482011-01-20T09:01:12.294-05:002011-01-20T09:01:12.294-05:00Thanks Andy.Thanks Andy.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-46688460961993307962011-01-19T20:39:25.522-05:002011-01-19T20:39:25.522-05:00Ya know, in my old circles as a Holy Roller, there...Ya know, in my old circles as a <i>Holy Roller</i>, there was an expression that went "That'll preach!" Well said.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03516444685469895837noreply@blogger.com