tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post4502246649097507536..comments2024-03-02T08:27:42.344+00:00Comments on Theological Scribbles: The dangers of apologeticsRobin Parryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856329564156757485noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-67232084687072403752014-01-22T00:16:41.089+00:002014-01-22T00:16:41.089+00:00Robin,
Interested in reviewing "The End of A...Robin,<br /><br />Interested in reviewing "The End of Apologetics: Christian Witness in a Postmodern Context?" <br /><br />shoot me an email kent.sanner@logos.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711027808039379704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-56667449206292218872014-01-22T00:16:27.247+00:002014-01-22T00:16:27.247+00:00Robin,
Interested in reviewing "The End of A...Robin,<br /><br />Interested in reviewing "The End of Apologetics: Christian Witness in a Postmodern Context?" <br /><br />shoot me an email kent.sanner@logos.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711027808039379704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-53601518325960998292013-10-24T11:28:29.055+01:002013-10-24T11:28:29.055+01:00Myron
Thanks v. much.
I do plan to read your bo...Myron<br /><br />Thanks v. much. <br /><br />I do plan to read your book. It looks fabulous.<br /><br />RobinRobin Parryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08856329564156757485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-5181776067832895082013-10-23T17:58:23.739+01:002013-10-23T17:58:23.739+01:00i could not have said it better myself, my friend,...i could not have said it better myself, my friend, altho i tried: http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/the-end-of-apologetics/285610<br /><br />peace...Myron Pennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07462423898563581903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-28330842689008936682013-09-06T21:07:51.799+01:002013-09-06T21:07:51.799+01:00Hey Robin,
I appreciate your points on this.
Als...Hey Robin,<br /><br />I appreciate your points on this.<br /><br />Also, consider the follow tactics that are typical among evangelical apologists:<br /><br />T1. Defending the justice of God irrevocably damning billions of lost souls who suffer forever.<br />T2. Defending the justice of God commanding his old covenant saints to devotionally slaughter pagan women, children, and infants.<br />T3. Defending that Christians must reject the evidence of evolutionary science for a so-called natural reading of Genesis 1-11.<br /><br />I suppose there are other tactics, but perhaps evangelical apologists could try these alternative tactics:<br /><br />A1. Explaining the God never gives up on a single lost soul despite death and hell.<br />A2. Explaining that old covenant herem passages might not be entirely literal and archeological evidence suggesting the the conquests in Joshua are not entirely literal might be helpful to Christianity instead of hurtful.<br />A3. Explaining how the Bible and evolutionary science can be compatible.<br /><br />I suppose that I already spoke too much. In any case, as you say, all of this needs to be wrapped in Christian love.<br /><br />Peace,<br /><br />JimJames Goetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02412501436355228925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-89661615779542463522013-09-06T16:27:39.374+01:002013-09-06T16:27:39.374+01:00What I really meant to say was "thank you&quo...What I really meant to say was "thank you" for putting into words some of the vague thoughts I've had from time to time.<br /><br />re your sentence: "Communities of faith that embody the kindness of God in cruciform ‘works of love’ are deeply attractive ..."<br /><br />It's a wonderful coincidence that a perfect "cross-shape" can be formed by writing GOD across the way, and LOVE down the way. And even more amazing that AMAZING down the way, and GRACE across the way, also forms a perfect cross.<br /><br />The Biblical word for God's kindness is of course "grace".<br /><br />CROSS (across) and WORD (down) does the same<br /><br />Just had to share!Tom Nicholsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-44580512906401516322013-09-06T15:31:58.455+01:002013-09-06T15:31:58.455+01:00Good point, Ken, it's like faith seeking under...Good point, Ken, it's like faith seeking understanding -- after we believe, we seek to understand as well.<br /><br />But beware of the word "orthodoxy" which each man (or faction) claims for itself. <br /><br />Don't read the Bible only through the eyes of Augustine, or whoever. Read and re-read the Bible itself!<br /><br />And, who knows? You may just find that universal reconciliation is Biblical after all!Tom Nicholsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-51197648594282287182013-09-02T21:58:05.042+01:002013-09-02T21:58:05.042+01:00I think that apologetics are better used in the co...I think that apologetics are better used in the context of protecting believers who already believe. Nit very many people are evangelized by apologetics initially.... But MANY people leave the faith due to not having answers to a secular worlds challenges. I have also found apologetics useful in calling believers BACK into the fold after they had their faith shaken.... Number one reason to study apologetics is so that one doesn't fall into a heretical position like universalism or some such.... With out apologetics how can we protect orthodoxy? :)Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822568578074296499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-25056053661181940352013-09-02T06:00:51.448+01:002013-09-02T06:00:51.448+01:00Well-said, Robin. Reminds me of George MacDonald ...Well-said, Robin. Reminds me of George MacDonald in his <i>Unspoken Sermons</i>, 'Justice':<br /><br />"But I would do my utmost to disable such as think correct opinion essential to salvation from laying any other burden on the shoulders of true men and women than the yoke of their Master; and such burden, if already oppressing any, I would gladly lift. Let the Lord himself teach them, I say. A man who has not the mind of Christ—and no man has the mind of Christ except him who makes it his business to obey him—cannot have correct opinions concerning him; neither, if he could, would they be of any value to him: he would be nothing the better, he would be the worse for having them. Our business is not to think correctly, but to live truly; then first will there be a possibility of our thinking correctly. One chief cause of the amount of unbelief in the world is, that those who have seen something of the glory of Christ, set themselves to theorize concerning him rather than to obey him. In teaching men, they have not taught them Christ, but taught them about Christ. More eager after credible theory than after doing the truth, they have speculated in a condition of heart in which it was impossible they should understand; they have presumed to explain a Christ whom years and years of obedience could alone have made them able to comprehend."Micahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-2595918360499639742013-09-01T20:47:22.295+01:002013-09-01T20:47:22.295+01:00Wholeheartedly agree with your post, Robin. If the...Wholeheartedly agree with your post, Robin. If the answers in apologetics books don't satisfy Christians, how will they satisfy others? Mike Crowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823415769823932104noreply@blogger.com