Comments on: Of Buckets, Football and Selective Theology http://www.fishingtheabyss.com/archives/160 Living close enough to the edge to matter... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:41:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: CRN.Info and Analysis http://www.fishingtheabyss.com/archives/160/comment-page-1#comment-8513 CRN.Info and Analysis Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:27:49 +0000 http://www.fishingtheabyss.com/?p=160#comment-8513 [...] I had held off Reposting/Linking this article from my personal blog over here, as I wasn’t sure that it fit the conversation at that moment.  In light of a number of conversations and having to point others (and myself) back to the underlying message, it seemed like it made sense to add to our conversation.  My apologies if you a) have already read it, or; b) could care less. _______________________________________ [...] [...] I had held off Reposting/Linking this article from my personal blog over here, as I wasn’t sure that it fit the conversation at that moment.  In light of a number of conversations and having to point others (and myself) back to the underlying message, it seemed like it made sense to add to our conversation.  My apologies if you a) have already read it, or; b) could care less. _______________________________________ [...]

]]> By: CRN.Info and Analysis http://www.fishingtheabyss.com/archives/160/comment-page-1#comment-7831 CRN.Info and Analysis Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:31:58 +0000 http://www.fishingtheabyss.com/?p=160#comment-7831 [...] Now, before I am accused of not taking the Bible seriously, perhaps I should suggest that there is something else going on in Leviticus 19 - something that is still relevant to us, but not something in which we play a game of literalist pick and choose. [...] [...] Now, before I am accused of not taking the Bible seriously, perhaps I should suggest that there is something else going on in Leviticus 19 – something that is still relevant to us, but not something in which we play a game of literalist pick and choose. [...]

]]> By: Fishing The Abyss http://www.fishingtheabyss.com/archives/160/comment-page-1#comment-7090 Fishing The Abyss Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:40:03 +0000 http://www.fishingtheabyss.com/?p=160#comment-7090 [...] Of Buckets, Football and Selective Theology [...] [...] Of Buckets, Football and Selective Theology [...]

]]> By: Tim Reed http://www.fishingtheabyss.com/archives/160/comment-page-1#comment-6977 Tim Reed Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:32:44 +0000 http://www.fishingtheabyss.com/?p=160#comment-6977 I used to freak out over verses that didn't jive with what I had been taught, or wanted to be true. Then I realized that if I'm going to place authority in the scriptures, that means I have to place authority in all of the scriptures, not just the ones I like. Part of the process has been separating what was only tradition, and what was not. Coming from a tradition that claims "where the bible speaks I speak, where the Bible is silent I am silent" has been a blessing and a curse. A blessing in that it has given me a respect for the Bible that needs to be there, and a curse in that it has confused tradition with scripture in some cases which makes things kind of sticky sometimes. I used to freak out over verses that didn’t jive with what I had been taught, or wanted to be true. Then I realized that if I’m going to place authority in the scriptures, that means I have to place authority in all of the scriptures, not just the ones I like. Part of the process has been separating what was only tradition, and what was not.

Coming from a tradition that claims “where the bible speaks I speak, where the Bible is silent I am silent” has been a blessing and a curse. A blessing in that it has given me a respect for the Bible that needs to be there, and a curse in that it has confused tradition with scripture in some cases which makes things kind of sticky sometimes.

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