that’s a familiar line in traditional evangelicalism; many “sinners” hated it; i wonder though if some are now trying to “love the soldier but hate the war”? either way…
(and i’m not saying that only “sinners” hate the war; i think war is bad too, and i think of myself as a “saint”!)
in the mission field (or any cross-cultural context, like in most cities around the world), a church leader might feel pressured to distinguish between cultural issues and spiritual issues; for instance, senior missionaries might suggest that believers can do this (eg, eat meat sacrificed to idols) but not that (eg, eat food cooked in blood), and so on.
that’s how i was trained; but right now, i’m not sure if these distinctions or dichotomies help us to love our neighbor and stand for the “truth” of the gospel; i’ll have to think more on it, but i wouldn’t be surprised if this “rational” way of thinking has done a lot of harm in the mission field.
Matt Pierce said,
May 11, 2007 at 8:44 pm
Cool page! Congrats on finishing language school. Here is a link to my blog:
http://www.kirkseyboy.com
Matt Pierce said,
May 11, 2007 at 8:44 pm
Cool page! Congrats on finishing language school. Here is my blog address:
http://www.kirkseyboy.com
BR Bhatta said,
May 18, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Yea, its much better than your Xanga. I Sorry that I will not be here when you come to Korea. We will be in Nepal during that time. May the Lord lead you and guide you in making proper decisions. BR
paul said,
May 20, 2007 at 10:01 am
glad that you like it– thanks; i thought my pastor friends would like to hear my thoughts than to see my random photos on xanga.
Matt Pierce said,
June 1, 2007 at 10:05 am
One of my good friends at home gave me the server space for free, but you can pay to have the domain name and server space with a wordpress blog. It’s pretty easy:
http://wordpress.org/hosting/
Yes, my time is almost up in Thailand. I will be going home July 5th and plan to begin studying at Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky this January.