tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962813280464774110.post6447827495372203656..comments2023-04-26T07:49:22.904-05:00Comments on A Cold Day in Hades: This is the PCA - Are you in, or are you out?Tom Cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305828765156496811noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962813280464774110.post-88773902572932858122013-06-21T21:48:38.946-05:002013-06-21T21:48:38.946-05:00When anything gets our adrenaline, it can become a...When anything gets our adrenaline, it can become a distraction from living the Christian life by the ordinary means of grace. Our own sanctification feels like a bore in comparison with "taking a stand" or "fighting the good fight." Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09029791752163714090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962813280464774110.post-35560823897337781562013-06-13T22:33:21.411-05:002013-06-13T22:33:21.411-05:00Perhaps another perspective that might not stand a...Perhaps another perspective that might not stand a chance in the PCA is that the gospel is the gracious announcement of the kingdom of God received by faith. All else is implication. No rule or principle or even truth can save us any more than jesus has in his historical thwarting of Empire on our behalf.William McLellanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05397678829733294007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962813280464774110.post-28006105165510199302013-06-13T18:11:11.261-05:002013-06-13T18:11:11.261-05:00This is a really insightful perspective. This tend...This is a really insightful perspective. This tendency to "catastrophize the future" not only has the utility of preserving/justifying the respective groups at either end of the spectrum. It also, sadly, dismembers normal Christian life. Living on "red alert" is another way of trying to invest our Christian experience with more meaning and higher stakes, than the constant, patient, engaged, charitable life by faith that is normal Christian existence. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962813280464774110.post-6222812019980409652013-06-13T17:33:58.993-05:002013-06-13T17:33:58.993-05:00"It's allowing the dysfunctional [to] def..."It's allowing the dysfunctional [to] define and, in a way, control us. I'm getting tired of that." Thankful for your voice of sanity in this wilderness. btw, that sermon you gave this past Sunday - you're a superhero. without a cape. Rock on Pastor Tom!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09823944093655227417noreply@blogger.com