tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722186.post4670421265655566783..comments2024-01-22T10:03:54.063-06:00Comments on .: CONVERSATIONS AMONG HERETICSJonathonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05754345540431565703noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722186.post-14674182922612976472007-06-13T05:18:00.000-05:002007-06-13T05:18:00.000-05:00Enjoyed this post...came across it when searching ...Enjoyed this post...came across it when searching Google images for Orthodoxy (weird hey). I have linked your post on my blog, hope you don't mind...check it out www.thefridgeelf.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>CheersThe Fridge Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16204832514127887775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722186.post-8108815153912934252007-01-06T19:27:00.000-06:002007-01-06T19:27:00.000-06:00But I would suggest that Orthodoxy AND Paradox is ...<i>But I would suggest that Orthodoxy AND Paradox is what we need in our theological conversations, doctrinal conversations, and how we live together in the world.</i><br />Been reading Chesterton lately? You reflect an insight I first ran into in Chesterton's "Orthodoxy", chapter 6. True Christian balance is often "The collision of two passions apparently opposite", as G. K. put it. If you're not prepared to deal with paradox, you're likely to only see one side and miss the fragile balance required to see both sides properly.Olorynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17042191530693591797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722186.post-11384255224945360112006-12-22T08:38:00.000-06:002006-12-22T08:38:00.000-06:00however, God also redeems our rationality by the s...however, God also redeems our rationality by the same spirit. likewise, God works through people and structures. this doesn't negate any Spirit-baptism experience--in fact, it enhances it, magnifying the scope of grace beyond simply the interior workings of our personal lives. you seem to be flirting with an unwarranted dichotomy between body and soul/spirit, preferring the latter. if that preference is indeed the case, then you are too close for comfort (at least for my comfot) with gnosticism, which is a heresy.Lenny Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907566803627708028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722186.post-54557863551702268562006-12-22T00:07:00.000-06:002006-12-22T00:07:00.000-06:00It seems to me the church in Rome became a politic...It seems to me the church in Rome became a political structure based on political expediency and cultural perspectives that included interest in Christian writings, Judiasm and Paganism. The Church's focus on the politics of religion did not clarify Christian Life but distorted the teachings of Christ and in a real sense blocked the possibility of guidance by the Holy Spirit in the lives of many Believers. Why? Perhaps Orthodoxy became a replacement for an authentic experience of the mystery of the indwelling of and transformation by the Holy Spirit. Perhaps, Church leaders became a replacement for the less rational reality of the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Again why? Because the Mystery of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit requires complete surrender to God's will. Such surrender is irrational. It is hard to believe or surrender to all that is beyond reason. What I am learning is only by God's grace can we believe in Christ without a doubt and become active parts of the Body of Christ.<br /><br />Is such thinking heretical?Michelle Coderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12316402835728522840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722186.post-63583916531266335262006-12-20T09:12:00.000-06:002006-12-20T09:12:00.000-06:00an interesting parallel translation study note is ...an interesting parallel translation study note is that the word "faction" in the NASB is translated "heresy" in the KJV. there is something to be said about the divisive nature of heresy. and many who have beat the "dialogue" drum did so as a distraction to push their agenda (case in point the Episcopal debacle). in principle i'm with you, but good luck getting some honest table talk going.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com