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"Pastor Dave" |
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22 Nov 2007 08:14:05 AM |
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Are You Getting Tired of This Yet? |
Are You Getting Tired of This Yet?,
by Steve
I’ve always rolled my eyes when I encountered
the “Revelation” nuts in the church: obsession
with the day’s headlines, thinking that they
elucidate the details of the fulfillment of end-times
prophecy. This bugs the ever-loving stew out of me!
I realize I’ve been talking a lot of eschatology lately.
I don’t want to give the impression that I'm a one-trick
pony, or that I'm unhealthily devoted to discussion of
this particular doctrine. I thought I’d dedicate a post
explaining why I’ve been talking about this, and why
I am not likely to completely stop posting about
eschatology in the future (although I’m sure it will
slack off here and there).
I never could stomach codswallop, and especially widely
celebrated codswallop. It’s always been natural for me
to be critical of things handed to me to believe, even
when I understand that the majority believes it. And
then sometimes I discover that I have unquestioned,
inaccurate presuppositions on a subject. Now, when
I realize that I have been eating food with a hair in it,
I make absolutely sure that I have purged my mouth
by rinsing it with drink and stuffing it with a prodigious
amount of uncontaminated food. So it was with my
eschatology. Having long since rinsed my mouth out
and cleared away the *bunk* I believed before, for the
last few years I have been on the mission of preparing
and chewing up the replacement meal.
Although my interests are by no means limited to one
or two topics, I do bury myself in one or two at a time
until:
1) I reach a dead end.
2) I’m distracted by the luster of another topic.
3) I obtain a measure of comfort with what
I believe on that topic.
And when this last is achieved, the teacher in me makes
me dig just a bit deeper so that I can explain it to others.
This is where I am with eschatology. I am fully aware
that there are some divisive topics which do not request
to be voiced abroad, or if so, more as a heads-up full
disclosure than a “Repent of your contrary belief!” sort
of thing. Christianity can tolerate a lack of homogeneity
of belief on a number of peripheral topics.
But eschatology is different. Not only does Futurism
needlessly make Christianity a laughingstock with its
endless failed predictions, it’s based solely on a ludicrous
hermeneutic for Scripture interpretation that undermines
even our Lord’s own credibility! Moreover, my eschatology
needs to make substantial gains in acceptance within the
Church if its chief implication, the victory of Christianity
throughout the world, is to be realized any time soon!
So please don’t roll your eyes when you see me writing
about this particular topic, and please do make sure that
you’ve tried to understand why it means so much to me
and that you are satisfied that you have given it the level
of importance that it deserves!
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Healing after abortion:
http://www.rachelsvineyard.org/
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| User: "Mark T moi@home000whatever37" |
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| Title: Re: Are You Getting Tired of This Yet? |
22 Nov 2007 06:07:59 PM |
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"Pasta Dave" <ananias917_@_gmail.com> wrote:
Are You Getting Tired of This Yet?,
I'm getting tired of you and your spam.
You're boring.
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| User: "Barry OGrady" |
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| Title: Re: Are You Getting Tired of This Yet? |
22 Nov 2007 09:36:10 PM |
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On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:07:59 +1100, "Mark T" <moi@home000whatever37> wrote:
"Pasta Dave" <ananias917_@_gmail.com> wrote:
Are You Getting Tired of This Yet?,
I'm getting tired of you and your spam.
You're boring.
Not as boring as you.
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My Blog - MARK T - my thoughts on Christianity & links
I see no evidence of you thinking.
Barry
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I do not represent atheists or atheism
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