tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post3779875028542989459..comments2024-03-02T08:27:42.344+00:00Comments on Theological Scribbles: Guest Post—James Danaher on "The Saint and the Celebrity"Robin Parryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856329564156757485noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-60736607881887606992014-02-16T20:58:20.895+00:002014-02-16T20:58:20.895+00:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYwmjqA3jaAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYwmjqA3jaAPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12086289465974232268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-68538090718012421632011-08-24T22:15:17.807+01:002011-08-24T22:15:17.807+01:00The scariest bit of the article was where he had a...The scariest bit of the article was where he had a run-in with his mother-in-law -- Yikes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-91441145178421058952011-08-19T09:21:29.267+01:002011-08-19T09:21:29.267+01:00Cody
Flumps of Doom! That is a HEAVY question! I ...Cody<br /><br />Flumps of Doom! That is a HEAVY question! I am afraid I have no authoritative answer on this one. My instinct are to follow T. F. Torrance (he is an amazing theologian). His book "Incarnation" is brilliant.<br /><br />But I find that when I have not kept up with christological reading my Christology gets rusty and I end up all confused . . . like now.<br /><br />Sorry I cannot help.Robin Parryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08856329564156757485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-53519073101176187162011-08-18T23:51:33.463+01:002011-08-18T23:51:33.463+01:00This is totally off the subject, but I would reall...This is totally off the subject, but I would really like your imput on this issue Robin.<br /><br />Me and an Orthodox friend of mine have been discussing Christology, and he doesn't like the emphasis that I put of the vicarious asspect of Christ's life where He does everything even my believing, so his rebutal was that Christ is a Divine Person who assumed a human nature, anhypostasis. He thinks this gets him around that asspect because then what Christ redeemed was just my nature, and not my actions, since He is not a human person, therefor faith is my part.<br /><br />I told him I didn't like the way He said that Christ is a Divine Person who has a human nature, because it was like he wasn't giving full creedance to the humanity of Christ, though I know it is true He is the Logos who took on our humanity, but I stand with Torrance in the enhypostatic asspect where His hypostasis personalized that human nature and He became a real man. Therefor He is both Divine and human. I want to call Him the Divine-human Person, but my friend accuses me of Nestorianism, saying that I am implying that Christ became a human person too. <br /><br />Can you see the problem here, and maybe offer some advice?<br /><br />ThanksCody Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-77974961703698034062011-08-10T21:18:57.788+01:002011-08-10T21:18:57.788+01:00rkwl
Hi. I think that you have misunderstood Jame...rkwl<br /><br />Hi. I think that you have misunderstood James' point (see my reply to Mike above)Robin Parryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08856329564156757485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-34469229296972530602011-08-10T06:12:20.163+01:002011-08-10T06:12:20.163+01:00I agree with you MikeG, not all celebrities are pe...I agree with you MikeG, not all celebrities are person X. We shouldn't be quick judge all celebrities in the way. <br />All I can say is "Don't judge the book by it's cover".raspberry ketone weight losshttp://www.naturalhealthcurereviews.com/weight-loss/raspberry-ketone/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-22247693540058428422011-08-07T11:25:40.399+01:002011-08-07T11:25:40.399+01:00I meant "per se" not "pre se"I meant "per se" not "pre se"Robin Parryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08856329564156757485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-48046047453093461172011-08-07T11:24:36.525+01:002011-08-07T11:24:36.525+01:00MikeG,
I think that you may have missed James'...MikeG,<br /><br />I think that you may have missed James's point. He is not saying that celebrity Christians cannot be saints and I am sure that there are some saintly celebrities. So he is not judging all celebrities.<br /><br />As I understand it, his point is simply that Christians are often more interested in listening to "Christian advice" from person X simply because person X is a celebrity (even though celebrity pre se provides no basis for offering Christian wisdom) and not because person X is a saint (which does provide a basis for offering Christian wisdom).<br /><br />Non-celebrated saints don't moan about not being celebrated but those who have a concern for the health of the church do have grounds to worry when celebrity rather than godliness becomes the prime virtue amongst believers.Robin Parryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08856329564156757485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-8141513581596968752011-08-06T22:47:38.251+01:002011-08-06T22:47:38.251+01:00But there are some "celebrities" who als...But there are some "celebrities" who also live a saintly life... whilst the observations are interesting, we shouldn't be quick to judge all celebrities in the same way.<br /><br />As Alex says, "greater power/status also bring greater temptations." When such a celebrity falls, it runs rife in the media... and these are the people that are representing Christianity to the rest of the world.<br /><br />Maybe it's the non-celebrated "saints" who need to stop moaning and get alongside the "celebrities", encouraging them to live life the Jesus way...?MikeGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443391324082866246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-64431313225880192362011-08-06T02:31:17.878+01:002011-08-06T02:31:17.878+01:00Greatly explained by Dr. Danaher. Intelligent Man-...Greatly explained by Dr. Danaher. Intelligent Man- my former professor.Franchesca De Leonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-90092777577486861592011-08-06T02:29:32.305+01:002011-08-06T02:29:32.305+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Save Me from Acidity- Reveal PH Levelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11697123976464873538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-12537229275038713142011-08-06T00:23:29.613+01:002011-08-06T00:23:29.613+01:00James makes some good observations.
With greater ...James makes some good observations.<br /><br />With greater power/status, should come a greater expectation to be an example, both in godliness/generosity. Unfortunately it doesn't always work out that way, as greater power/status also brings greater temptations.Alex Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03012828252900281919noreply@blogger.com