tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post115461145277285284..comments2023-11-05T02:14:11.957-08:00Comments on L'chaim: My Scarlet LetterHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11470283761189392205noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1155570743889074182006-08-14T08:52:00.000-07:002006-08-14T08:52:00.000-07:00Ya like that "what how"? Nice.Ya like that "what how"? Nice.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11470283761189392205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1155570478312088172006-08-14T08:47:00.000-07:002006-08-14T08:47:00.000-07:00I agree with a hatred of the term "cheap grace." N...I agree with a hatred of the term "cheap grace." No matter what how we misuse it (which Paul predicted in Romans), it cost God everything.<BR/>I think that there is a danger in some churches in the emergent movement becoming just a happy-go-lucky lukewarm spit-it-out-of-your-mouth milk. But that is the case in any church denomination or movement. That is always a danger. There are many Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11470283761189392205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1155526538744356202006-08-13T20:35:00.000-07:002006-08-13T20:35:00.000-07:00What if emergent turns out to be the same as Laodi...What if emergent turns out to be the same as Laodicean? Just--what if? Like Karl Menninger said in his book titled, _Whatever Happened to Sin_?<BR/><BR/>Yes, we are not called to be happy, we are called to our ministry of reconciliation. Not to be applied with cheap grace, because it was very, very costly.Margo Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04406873560965068584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1155009471882216932006-08-07T20:57:00.000-07:002006-08-07T20:57:00.000-07:00Ha! If I wasn't excluded for the whole 'no womb' t...Ha! If I wasn't excluded for the whole 'no womb' thing, I would have definitely been thrown out for my thelogical views.<BR/><BR/>But then I consider it an honour not to part of her blogging party. I wish her no ill will, she just sounds a bit anal to me.willowtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07005551899202334434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1154716672799093352006-08-04T11:37:00.000-07:002006-08-04T11:37:00.000-07:00Michael,I am sorry that you feel left out and reje...Michael,<BR/>I am sorry that you feel left out and rejected by this movement. I do agree that "relevant" is the catchword of the day and has become idolised at times.<BR/>Though it is the re-evaluation of epistemology and ecclesiology of <I>some</I> of the emergent churches (but really of the larger cultural shift in general) that attracts me, I want to be clear, as I stated above, that I feel Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11470283761189392205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1154637030459231952006-08-03T13:30:00.000-07:002006-08-03T13:30:00.000-07:00As a postemergent, normally seen as a critic of th...As a postemergent, normally seen as a critic of the emerging church, I often find myself being pushed out of conversations. Treating others with "charity" and having a "generous orthodoxy" in practice only applies to those people that we agree with - the emerging church still has much to learn in this regard, which is part of the reason why I continually harp on the gospel as reconciliation.<BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1154617222865059182006-08-03T08:00:00.000-07:002006-08-03T08:00:00.000-07:00An interesting bunch of thoughts here. I'm fairly...An interesting bunch of thoughts here. I'm fairly new to your blog, but some of those links look interesting and I will have to check them out.<BR/><BR/>I will comment on one thing, that you said that "It includes more seeker-sensitive services (which is not how I feel we best incarnate Christ’s love and peace and truth, personally)." I have to say that I agree with this so much. I think that Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789250398792504412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1154615326900909142006-08-03T07:28:00.000-07:002006-08-03T07:28:00.000-07:00Great...just great! I have been reading for quite...Great...just great! I have been reading for quite a while, and NOW I get your comment, lol :). No time to post my thoughts, but you already know I have them. I'll be back to read more, I LOVE your site "dedication". Guess I have the same "necklace" you're sporting these days ;)Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591733577488673442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1154614727447105162006-08-03T07:18:00.000-07:002006-08-03T07:18:00.000-07:00you can email me at:jdh24 [at] duke [dot] eduyou can email me at:<BR/><BR/>jdh24 [at] duke [dot] eduJHearnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938224568383367403noreply@blogger.com