Comments on: A New Story http://blog.evergreench.org/2008/08/19/a-new-story/ Worship God, Love People, Restore Creation Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:25:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: lisa wentzel http://blog.evergreench.org/2008/08/19/a-new-story/#comment-441 lisa wentzel Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:16:14 +0000 http://blog.evergreench.org/2008/08/19/a-new-story/#comment-441 my non believing friends would say that grace and sacrifice are not a characteristic that they see in christians. i think if we collectively reflected this Jesus more, than we could start would be more effective at making disciples. yea! my non believing friends would say that grace and sacrifice are not a characteristic that they see in christians. i think if we collectively reflected this Jesus more, than we could start would be more effective at making disciples.
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]]> By: Kerry http://blog.evergreench.org/2008/08/19/a-new-story/#comment-407 Kerry Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:59:39 +0000 http://blog.evergreench.org/2008/08/19/a-new-story/#comment-407 My objection to using the Bible in the literal sense is that it can't possibly be literal. Living in modern times, where we have technology, and (gasp) women voters, it's impossible to live according to the "rules" of the Bible. If we chose to live by all of the rules of the Bible, we would not only have all male speakers at all events, but we would also have no cheeseburgers or pizza (as they are not kosher), we would have to shun our members when a sin is committed and there is no repentance, and all debt would be cancelled every seven years (which wouldn't be half bad). At the same token... YES, grace and sacrifice are an important part of, not only any "Christian" lifestyle, but of being a human being in the world at large. A world without grace and sacrifice would be a disaster. Grace IS a radical concept in our world!! I think that this is one of the realizations that guides my everyday decisions. My objection to using the Bible in the literal sense is that it can’t possibly be literal. Living in modern times, where we have technology, and (gasp) women voters, it’s impossible to live according to the “rules” of the Bible. If we chose to live by all of the rules of the Bible, we would not only have all male speakers at all events, but we would also have no cheeseburgers or pizza (as they are not kosher), we would have to shun our members when a sin is committed and there is no repentance, and all debt would be cancelled every seven years (which wouldn’t be half bad).

At the same token… YES, grace and sacrifice are an important part of, not only any “Christian” lifestyle, but of being a human being in the world at large. A world without grace and sacrifice would be a disaster. Grace IS a radical concept in our world!! I think that this is one of the realizations that guides my everyday decisions.

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