Comments on: “Pro-lifers” for Obama http://www.dennyburk.com/%e2%80%9cpro-lifers%e2%80%9d-for-obama/ A commentary on theology, politics, and culture Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:07:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Darius T http://www.dennyburk.com/%e2%80%9cpro-lifers%e2%80%9d-for-obama/#comment-47609 Darius T Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:04:51 +0000 http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=2991#comment-47609 Have a good Christmas! Same to you! I wasn't trying to say that Christ and the Bible are literally the same thing, but that the truth each speaks and the authority each grants are tied to each other. So when you said that the Bible didn't grant authority but Christ, it sounded like you were setting one over against the other. Have a good Christmas! Same to you!

I wasn’t trying to say that Christ and the Bible are literally the same thing, but that the truth each speaks and the authority each grants are tied to each other. So when you said that the Bible didn’t grant authority but Christ, it sounded like you were setting one over against the other.

]]> By: Russ Ware http://www.dennyburk.com/%e2%80%9cpro-lifers%e2%80%9d-for-obama/#comment-47605 Russ Ware Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:40:47 +0000 http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=2991#comment-47605 Yes, Christ is the <i>logos,</i> the living Word. Yes, the Bible is God's inspired written revelation. Thus, it is also the word of God. Nevertheless, to say that "Christ and the Bible are the same thing" is bizarre. I don't mean to be rude, but this is a problematic statement on any number of levels. Too much for this thread. As for me and my house, we are packing up tonight in the midst of a ferocious wind/snow storm up in the mountains of Colorado. Headed to TX in the morning to visit relatives for Christmas. Thanks for the lively discussion. :-) Merry Christmas, and the peace of Christ to you and yours, Darius! Yes, Christ is the logos, the living Word. Yes, the Bible is God’s inspired written revelation. Thus, it is also the word of God.

Nevertheless, to say that “Christ and the Bible are the same thing” is bizarre. I don’t mean to be rude, but this is a problematic statement on any number of levels. Too much for this thread.

As for me and my house, we are packing up tonight in the midst of a ferocious wind/snow storm up in the mountains of Colorado. Headed to TX in the morning to visit relatives for Christmas.

Thanks for the lively discussion. :-)

Merry Christmas, and the peace of Christ to you and yours, Darius!

]]> By: Darius T http://www.dennyburk.com/%e2%80%9cpro-lifers%e2%80%9d-for-obama/#comment-47602 Darius T Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:17:38 +0000 http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=2991#comment-47602 Umm, Christ and the Bible are the same thing. After all, He is the Word. Umm, Christ and the Bible are the same thing. After all, He is the Word.

]]> By: Russ Ware http://www.dennyburk.com/%e2%80%9cpro-lifers%e2%80%9d-for-obama/#comment-47599 Russ Ware Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:14:35 +0000 http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=2991#comment-47599 <i>"So we in the American church must strongly pronounce that Wallis and Campolo are false teachers."</i> How's that workin' for ya'? The Bible grants the authority??? How about <i>Christ</i> grants the authority? BTW... in case the point of my smiley in the last post was missed... Together, you and I have made my point. Much of postmodernism is just modernism run it's full course, just as much of the emergent church is protestantism run its full course. It's actually pretty fascinating. “So we in the American church must strongly pronounce that Wallis and Campolo are false teachers.”

How’s that workin’ for ya’?

The Bible grants the authority??? How about Christ grants the authority?

BTW… in case the point of my smiley in the last post was missed…

Together, you and I have made my point.

Much of postmodernism is just modernism run it’s full course, just as much of the emergent church is protestantism run its full course.

It’s actually pretty fascinating.

]]> By: Darius T http://www.dennyburk.com/%e2%80%9cpro-lifers%e2%80%9d-for-obama/#comment-47598 Darius T Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:08:34 +0000 http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=2991#comment-47598 Russ, I will give you this... it is eye-opening to me to see so many Christians almost completely taken in by postmodernism. Russ, I will give you this… it is eye-opening to me to see so many Christians almost completely taken in by postmodernism.

]]> By: Darius T http://www.dennyburk.com/%e2%80%9cpro-lifers%e2%80%9d-for-obama/#comment-47597 Darius T Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:05:42 +0000 http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=2991#comment-47597 "Who makes that determination? Who has the authority?" The Bible grants that authority to the body of Christ. So we in the American church must strongly pronounce that Wallis and Campolo are false teachers. “Who makes that determination? Who has the authority?”

The Bible grants that authority to the body of Christ. So we in the American church must strongly pronounce that Wallis and Campolo are false teachers.

]]> By: Russ Ware http://www.dennyburk.com/%e2%80%9cpro-lifers%e2%80%9d-for-obama/#comment-47596 Russ Ware Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:05:14 +0000 http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=2991#comment-47596 <i>"And you would be wrong."</i> :-) “And you would be wrong.”

:-)

]]> By: Darius T http://www.dennyburk.com/%e2%80%9cpro-lifers%e2%80%9d-for-obama/#comment-47595 Darius T Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:03:37 +0000 http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=2991#comment-47595 "Our enemy is Satan. Not Tony Campolo." True, and that is a good clarification to make, but he is a false teacher. Just read his chapter on abortion in "Letters to a Young Evangelical." He openly and bitterly mocks anyone who believes abortion is a major evil. It's quite sad that anyone still thinks of him as relevant to Christianity. “Our enemy is Satan. Not Tony Campolo.”

True, and that is a good clarification to make, but he is a false teacher. Just read his chapter on abortion in “Letters to a Young Evangelical.” He openly and bitterly mocks anyone who believes abortion is a major evil. It’s quite sad that anyone still thinks of him as relevant to Christianity.

]]> By: Darius T http://www.dennyburk.com/%e2%80%9cpro-lifers%e2%80%9d-for-obama/#comment-47594 Darius T Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:55:40 +0000 http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=2991#comment-47594 "I might like to do something about John MacArthur, James White, or Al Mohler." And you would be wrong. “I might like to do something about John MacArthur, James White, or Al Mohler.”

And you would be wrong.

]]> By: Russ Ware http://www.dennyburk.com/%e2%80%9cpro-lifers%e2%80%9d-for-obama/#comment-47593 Russ Ware Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:48:06 +0000 http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=2991#comment-47593 For instance, as far as false teachers go, if it were up to little ol' me... I might like to do something about John MacArthur, James White, or Al Mohler. ;-) See my point? For instance, as far as false teachers go, if it were up to little ol’ me…

I might like to do something about John MacArthur, James White, or Al Mohler. ;-)

See my point?

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