tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10223554.post6621611866770328397..comments2023-10-07T07:20:05.624-07:00Comments on Deep Thought Pub: John Shelby Spong and the HereafterMichael Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10829571894675059682noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10223554.post-71454751579548525852015-06-15T08:42:06.566-07:002015-06-15T08:42:06.566-07:00Anonymous, Thanks so much for your comment and kin...Anonymous, Thanks so much for your comment and kind words. In response to your comment: >> With these combined opinions, it seems to make this form of Christianity into a modernists dream religion and something just about everyone would be comfortable with...This makes me a bit nervous since we're assuming God's preferences actually match our own collective ones today...<<<br /><br />I'm not sure how you arrive at the conclusion. A progressive Christianity can also be extremely uncomfortable when one realizes the call to love, forgive, include, and fight evil through nonviolent love. Cheers, Michael Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782448008615189196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10223554.post-71143398270177016632015-06-15T08:38:44.433-07:002015-06-15T08:38:44.433-07:00Angus, sorry your comment fell through the cracks....Angus, sorry your comment fell through the cracks. For me, a believer in Christ is someone who trusts that Jesus' Way of love and life is the solution to the social problems of our world, including one's personal problems. It doesn't mean "believing Jesus took the punishment I deserved on the cross." God was in the business of forgiving and restoring people long before Christ.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782448008615189196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10223554.post-54525890875744727192011-03-02T05:52:14.050-08:002011-03-02T05:52:14.050-08:00Hi Michael,
I'm glad you came to the conclusi...Hi Michael,<br /><br />I'm glad you came to the conclusion that Bishop Spong's core beliefs are too extreme for you as I came to the same conclusion. I'm sure he means well, but he's gone so far outside Christian belief, I'm not even sure he could be consider a Christian at this time by anyone other than new agers and people that don't know any better. <br /><br />I have known about this blog for a while now and I have to say that I respect your opinion and experience as you seem to be very logical in your approach. I'm currently not as liberal as you are on a lot of the issues you discuss, but your stances are about as liberal as I could imagine myself getting. I'm glad you stick to the core beliefs and debate everything else. I do the same thing.<br /><br />You opinions seem to be focused on the belief in a "culturally ideal" Christianity as you seem to combine full preterism, universal reconciliation, law of love sexuality, and core Christian theology (I also think your views on Abortion are the most logical I've seen from a liberal Christian btw). With these combined opinions, it seems to make this form of Christianity into a modernists dream religion and something just about everyone would be comfortable with...This makes me a bit nervous since we're assuming God's preferences actually match our own collective ones today, but that would be great if they did and I will not dismiss that possibility for a second. <br /><br />I'm still not sure all of these combined elements are biblically sound, but I still have more research to do. I've seen a few potential weaknesses in some of the arguments made and eventually I'll comment about them in the article pages. I would like to encourage you to keep blogging your thoughts and always keep an open mind, even for the fundamentalists.<br /><br />In Christ,<br /><br />JRH80Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10223554.post-21686506820363764022011-02-14T15:18:48.499-08:002011-02-14T15:18:48.499-08:00Michael
In your "about me" you define yo...Michael<br />In your "about me" you define yourself as a "believer in Christ". Could you tell me please what that means?<br />Angusangushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371448268252268878noreply@blogger.com