Why the boxes?
JUDGING RIGHT FROM WRONG - How can I decide whether a particular activity—such as smoking, gambling, etc.—is wrong?
GARDEN OF EDEN - Was it a real place? If so, where is it today? THE POPE - Is he the true "Vicar of Christ"? If not, who is?
EXISTENCE OF GOD - Are Christians relying on ancient hearsay evidence from fallible people?
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These are questions posted by Anonymous, which I think are real important for discussion. Do we as Christians need to have answers for these questions? Do we simply say, "Because the bible said so," which may enable some to seek answers, but also may prohibit others from an understanding that God cares for "all" of humanity, not just those who have formed logical conclusions in their mind about what they think scripture is saying.
Forming propositional conclusions can be dangerous sometimes, because it places God's truth, not within the confines of the historical context, but places truth in the context of what the human mind thinks about what God is saying, rather than in the "I-Thou" encounter with God. There are people who have their reason, or rational ability to think twisted, distorted, and perverted because of their sinful existence. Drugs, addictions, etc. do not allow a normally rationally thinking person to make logical decisions, thank goodness for Jesus, who continually in scripture untwisted peoples reason, to allow them the ability to "see" clearly who he was.
Many of the above mentioned questions have extreme difficulty being answered outside of the historicity of why the story was told in the first place. Was it the point of the writer to give a scientific basis for the existence of God, or was the writer through the inspiration of God attempting to redefine the belief structure around the one true God, who revealed himself as YHWH to Israel? Salvation history taken out of context will not have a 'feel which is real', but will resort back to a philosophical context, which will only look "inward" for answers to the problems of the human condition.
The gospel is the "good news" that God had broken into humanity radically, and brought what was supposed to be an "end times" scenario to the present time in Jesus of Nazareth. If Jesus truly rose from the dead, then this meant God affirmed everything Jesus said as the truth. If Jesus touched what was thought to be "unclean" and cleansed it, then what does that mean I am supposed to do?
Corey wrote in his blog about human sex trafficking, but a lot of Christians would be afraid to get involved, because it is considered "unknown" territory. This is why I talk so much about the resurrection, because it is the event that allowed humans to "never fear death again." A lot of what we do in this life is to preserve our lives, i.e. new clothes, new cars, new houses, new fill in the blank. Jesus said, "sell all you have and follow me", more than once to the disciples, what does that mean for us?
2 comments:
Can more than one person reply as Anonymous? I'm not sure I want my name attached to this kind of heresy.
Which part is heresy? Ending human trafficking or God loving humanity? You weren't specific, so it leaves me to wonder. Oh, you were actually referring to the Steve Nash surprise video, because you are a Lakers fan, I get it. Thanks.
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