Comments on: Here we go again… http://pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/here-we-go-again/ pursuing holiness, following politics Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:14:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Diane R. http://pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/here-we-go-again/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Diane R. Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:33:14 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/02/here-we-go-again/#comment-267 Very good questions you bring up. Here is the dilemma for Christians as I see it. If we rant and rage every time something like this happens, the true gospel gets clouded by our "moral arguments." But if we don't object, then unbelievers might tend to think that we don't care and anything goes with us...in other words, they might think we have lax morals too. It's a big dilemma which I don't hear our Christian leaders tackling well at all. To sumarize, where is the fine line-boundary between objecting so much that the gospel gets lost; and not objecting at all thus not standing up for the moral values contained in the gospel? A very difficult dilemma indeed. Very good questions you bring up. Here is the dilemma for Christians as I see it. If we rant and rage every time something like this happens, the true gospel gets clouded by our “moral arguments.” But if we don’t object, then unbelievers might tend to think that we don’t care and anything goes with us…in other words, they might think we have lax morals too. It’s a big dilemma which I don’t hear our Christian leaders tackling well at all.

To sumarize, where is the fine line-boundary between objecting so much that the gospel gets lost; and not objecting at all thus not standing up for the moral values contained in the gospel? A very difficult dilemma indeed.

]]> By: Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print http://pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/here-we-go-again/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:24:15 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/02/here-we-go-again/#comment-262 <strong>A Fundamentalist Who Gets It...</strong> It is heartening to see this sort of reflection by Laura, who writes from a fundamentalist Christian perspective: Well, The Book of Daniel is closed, but NBC is stepping up to the plate for another swing at Christianity. Britney Spears will guest star... A Fundamentalist Who Gets It…

It is heartening to see this sort of reflection by Laura, who writes from a fundamentalist Christian perspective:
Well, The Book of Daniel is closed, but NBC is stepping up to the plate for another swing at Christianity. Britney Spears will guest star…

]]> By: Laura http://pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/here-we-go-again/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Laura Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:48:17 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/02/here-we-go-again/#comment-260 That last line, Daniel - very, very well put. I'll be quoting you in future posts. :-) That last line, Daniel – very, very well put. I’ll be quoting you in future posts. :-)

]]> By: Daniel http://pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/here-we-go-again/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Daniel Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:14:48 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/02/here-we-go-again/#comment-259 Excellent! I couldn't have said it better myself with my mouth duct-taped (kidding about the tape part). Christians need to be more concerned how they are affecting society rather than how society is affecting them. Excellent! I couldn’t have said it better myself with my mouth duct-taped (kidding about the tape part). Christians need to be more concerned how they are affecting society rather than how society is affecting them.

]]> By: RightFaith http://pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/here-we-go-again/comment-page-1/#comment-258 RightFaith Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:51:19 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/02/here-we-go-again/#comment-258 <strong>Islamicists Conquer by Force...</strong> I suggest the difference is that of internal versus external pressure. Every nation, within the bounds of world safety, has the right to determine its own culture. Concurrently, the people within that culture have a right to effect change within it. No... Islamicists Conquer by Force…

I suggest the difference is that of internal versus external pressure. Every nation, within the bounds of world safety, has the right to determine its own culture. Concurrently, the people within that culture have a right to effect change within it. No…

]]> By: Laura http://pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/here-we-go-again/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Laura Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:22:10 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/02/here-we-go-again/#comment-257 I agree that being overly demanding is not biblical and I certainly agree we have the right to complain. However I don't appreciate what's coming from Muslims (i.e CAIR) these days and I don't think we ought to emulate it. But aside from a need to protect our witness, we are fortunate enough to live in the most free country in the world. For the most part we can say what we want and practice our faith as we please. We need to keep it that way, and that means having to tolerate being offended by people who frankly don't know any better, or even those who know exactly what they are doing and are being deliberately provacative. Every time something offensive like this comes up, we should balance our outrage with the knowledge that we have the legal right to proclaim the gospel, which deeply offends the type of people who think it's amusing to mock Christianity. The more we are attacked, the more we should step up our efforts to daily live out our faith and to evangelize. I agree that being overly demanding is not biblical and I certainly agree we have the right to complain. However I don’t appreciate what’s coming from Muslims (i.e CAIR) these days and I don’t think we ought to emulate it. But aside from a need to protect our witness, we are fortunate enough to live in the most free country in the world. For the most part we can say what we want and practice our faith as we please. We need to keep it that way, and that means having to tolerate being offended by people who frankly don’t know any better, or even those who know exactly what they are doing and are being deliberately provacative.

Every time something offensive like this comes up, we should balance our outrage with the knowledge that we have the legal right to proclaim the gospel, which deeply offends the type of people who think it’s amusing to mock Christianity. The more we are attacked, the more we should step up our efforts to daily live out our faith and to evangelize.

]]> By: Thomas McIntyre http://pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/here-we-go-again/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Thomas McIntyre Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:50:23 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/02/here-we-go-again/#comment-256 Excelent post,We as Christiand are not to be directly confrontational, or in tour face type of people! We but live our lives in the maner that Christ laid forth, and allow our lives to be a testimony to his sovrenty! We are to teach the word not shove it down peoples throats! We are to be the salt of the earth, the light upon the hill shining the light of truth out for the world to see. We can however let it be known that we are not pleased about the way we are depicted, and the oft times negative portraials of christians in the media.This latest afront by ABC is but one in a long line of attacks upon the Christian way of life. To Charlotte Yes; Christ spoke the words "Father forgive them for they know what they do" while he was on the cross! This was a prayer for the father to forgive those who had crucified him,mocked hin, spurged him, etc! Excelent post,We as Christiand are not to be directly confrontational, or in tour face type of people! We but live our lives in the maner that Christ laid forth, and allow our lives to be a testimony to his sovrenty! We are to teach the word not shove it down peoples throats! We are to be the salt of the earth, the light upon the hill shining the light of truth out for the world to see.
We can however let it be known that we are not pleased about the way we are depicted, and the oft times negative portraials of christians in the media.This latest afront by ABC is but one in a long line of attacks upon the Christian way of life.
To Charlotte
Yes; Christ spoke the words “Father forgive them for they know what they do” while he was on the cross! This was a prayer for the father to forgive those who had crucified him,mocked hin, spurged him, etc!

]]> By: Charlotte http://pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/here-we-go-again/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Charlotte Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:23:49 +0000 http://www.pursuingholiness.com/2006/02/02/here-we-go-again/#comment-255 Laura, Commenting specifically on your final paragraph in boldface: I agree! Jesus says, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. Laura,
Commenting specifically on your final paragraph in boldface: I agree! Jesus says, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.

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