tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post6293360132400396533..comments2024-03-12T08:04:47.314-07:00Comments on Naming His Grace: About the Church: dying or dying in Christ?Viola Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-7755183199954035682013-10-03T19:53:58.602-07:002013-10-03T19:53:58.602-07:00Greg,
I believe I've heard the term Eurocentr...Greg,<br /><br />I believe I've heard the term Eurocentrism to describe the kind of thing you describe. <br /><br />Craig Norton<br />Twin Cities, MNCraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149415942585847184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-79010669379441729552013-10-03T18:02:25.240-07:002013-10-03T18:02:25.240-07:00Good words Clay. Yet, some times it is important t...Good words Clay. Yet, some times it is important to speak truth to power if God asks that of us. Viola Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-75797665851302955572013-10-03T10:38:22.435-07:002013-10-03T10:38:22.435-07:00Death is the necessary prelude to resurrection in ...Death is the necessary prelude to resurrection in Christ. There is also a new orthodox church rising in the US, on the fringes of almost every denomination. <br />Orthodox Christians of these generations are planting a tree under whose shade they will never sit. But in time, it will blossom. I'm tired of talking about what's dying. I'm giving the rest of my life to what's rising. Christ will not abandon a world He has already reclaimed by rising from the dead.<br />Let's do the duty that lies nearest to us and see what the Lord will bring next.The Right Side of the Trinityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535434206474799402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-62225184742250033672013-10-01T07:42:57.681-07:002013-10-01T07:42:57.681-07:00Greg, I have thought about that for a long time. I...Greg, I have thought about that for a long time. I believe a new study of 19th century mission connected to the rise of the liberal Church might be interesting. I think we might find all kinds of interesting divisions and connections. Viola Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-61235062280786849282013-10-01T05:39:29.277-07:002013-10-01T05:39:29.277-07:00Here's a thought I haven't fully developed...Here's a thought I haven't fully developed yet. I've seen a lot of progressive Christians dismiss the orthodoxy of Africans and Asians as primitive, even tribal. They disdain these cultures every bit as much as the old colonialists did. Where once Africans were too primitive for self-governing, now they are too primitive for Christian witness. Exact same racism in a different package.<br /><br />Now many Christians in the West are actually looking to Africa and Asia for spiritual leadership. Wow! This is a profound breakthrough in the relationships of God's children.<br /><br />Greg Scandlen<br />Waynesboro, PAGreg Scandlennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-19054044155020240682013-09-30T10:28:15.515-07:002013-09-30T10:28:15.515-07:00Yes, the pro-life community does need to address t...Yes, the pro-life community does need to address this horrific problem but not compromise on life. I would like to know more about all of the Christian groups in that area. How do they respond to the issue. But I most admit I have no information. Viola Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-86770968424532040162013-09-30T08:48:55.737-07:002013-09-30T08:48:55.737-07:00We had a long and emotional Session meeting last n...We had a long and emotional Session meeting last night where we discussed abortion. One of our session members from Camaroon described the plight of African women living in a culture that does not disapprove of abortion who are systematically raped as an act of war by Muslim men. If they are pregnant, they are outcasts with no hope, or sometimes stoned to death. If they have abortions, they are allowed to re-enter their community. The pro-life community needs to come together with the church everywhere to address these kinds of things, but if we celebrate death and look for the easy answer in abortion, we are precluded from even recognizing where we can be light.Martha Leathermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06476647157740808272noreply@blogger.com