tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585134877503047781.post8320393952003797642..comments2023-07-21T08:31:52.663-07:00Comments on Angina Pectoris: CynicismJohn Paullinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286709775482914784noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585134877503047781.post-23497253543540669312010-02-10T18:23:43.417-08:002010-02-10T18:23:43.417-08:00amen, brother. that PRAYING LIFE is really good.amen, brother. that PRAYING LIFE is really good.jim thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07007618921884871637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585134877503047781.post-65199107071770884902010-01-24T14:18:50.638-08:002010-01-24T14:18:50.638-08:00Good post David.
I remember when Cliff Beddell to...Good post David.<br /><br />I remember when Cliff Beddell told our Romans class that the Church already has one Accuser and doesn't need us to do it. That always stuck with me.Jon Fursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11224414515875067495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585134877503047781.post-88362538903877701552010-01-24T13:58:10.508-08:002010-01-24T13:58:10.508-08:00You're right PD, there is a duality in underst...You're right PD, there is a duality in understanding Christ's "reputation". In salvation he draws prostitutes and tax collectors to himself, and in Corinth's case, calls them sanctified, saints, guiltless, and in fellowship with Christ.<br /><br />As his bride he longs for intimacy and warns Christians who resist. <br /><br />So Christ rejects cynicism (stand-offish critique) and naivete (blissful unawareness) in his pursuit of us.david gentinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04682161542505476663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585134877503047781.post-51008204633083294612010-01-24T12:29:32.367-08:002010-01-24T12:29:32.367-08:00Great post, very piercing. I wrote something a whi...Great post, very piercing. I wrote something a while ago about the difference between cynicism and skepticism. I think cynicism is doubt that comes from objective knowledge... Skepticism is, when possible, an acknowledgment that we never know the whole story; the precursor to faith.<br /><br />Julie, I was wondering about this as I read your comment what about when Paul says why take the Body of Christ and join it to a prostitute? Paul's language of church discipline seems to imply that Christ's reputation is at stake... thats a question, not a rebuttal.P.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430750539812333029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585134877503047781.post-7076855285368178982010-01-24T11:14:43.052-08:002010-01-24T11:14:43.052-08:00This morning I read Exodus 1-3 and noticed how God...This morning I read Exodus 1-3 and noticed how God re-introduces himself to Moses and the Hebrews and Pharaoh as "the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob", "your God", "the God of the Hebrews".<br /><br />He doesn't just say "the God of mankind", he names names because he is God of real people.<br /><br />The one being in all of time who sees what's really going on, who really is over and above everything, who deserves to be cynical, is the antithesis of cynical. <br /><br />He casts his lot with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and with the Israelites - who are all a mess.<br /><br />Now he casts his lot with Christians who are all a mess.<br /><br />Doesn't he know that this hurts his reputation? Doesn't he want to stand at a distance and point out our flaws and hypocrisy to other people and roll his eyes and throw up his hands?<br /><br />No, he doesn't. He loves us. He wants to walk with us.<br /><br />For me to be cynical is to be in direct opposition to the character of God. It is to portray a false god to my brothers and sisters in Christ and to a watching world.<br /><br />Oh Father, please forgive me.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344624747788377400noreply@blogger.com