tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19126730.post2481977305435997893..comments2023-09-29T04:46:23.253-04:00Comments on ChosenRebel -- my cultural engagement blog: Media perceptions and the people of GodChosenRebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06938339625623946598noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19126730.post-55474250152513441892008-01-02T22:55:00.000-05:002008-01-02T22:55:00.000-05:00i think these are good thoughts for the new year a...i think these are good thoughts for the new year and for election time. thanks pastor mary.<BR/><BR/>this is part of what impressed me about mars hill in grand rapids. they were not concerned with sounding or looking liberal or conservative, they just wanted to look like jesus. <BR/><BR/>as far as media perceptions...i'm not sure they are too far off. i think our church is unique in what it Raising Cainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487289894282635846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19126730.post-60782472525539239372008-01-02T11:53:00.000-05:002008-01-02T11:53:00.000-05:00Great post and comments...so true, and a good remi...Great post and comments...so true, and a good reminder to all of us.Llama Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354122767693691797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19126730.post-60282536427584290302008-01-01T21:45:00.000-05:002008-01-01T21:45:00.000-05:00Yes, not only do we have inherited western blinder...Yes, not only do we have inherited western blinders, we have our own counter-cultural rebellious blinders layered on top of our personality blinders and our favorite teacher blinders, etc. It is important to bathe our whole process of thinking in prayer, asking the Holy Spirit to saturate our thoughts, purify our motives and scrape clean all our pretensions.<BR/><BR/>We never graduate from the ChosenRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06938339625623946598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19126730.post-18802249418742653812008-01-01T11:49:00.000-05:002008-01-01T11:49:00.000-05:00"If the NT makes anything clear it is that attachi..."If the NT makes anything clear it is that attaching Jesus to your already formed worldview is going to distort what he said and who he is."<BR/><BR/>This sounds a lot like what I learned in one of my classes this semester. The Bible is an integrated story, but we try to break it up into little pieces that we can fit into our preferred Western story without disturbing our already formed worldviewDan Lemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473171081346276515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19126730.post-66655170675116361392008-01-01T10:21:00.000-05:002008-01-01T10:21:00.000-05:00Yes, I agree Marty. Interesting thoughts.I feel p...Yes, I agree Marty. Interesting thoughts.<BR/><BR/>I feel pretty comfortable being at a church that is accused of being liberal by the conservative camp and conservative by the liberal camp. Sounds like God is helping us to be on the right track for his Kingdom. :)<BR/><BR/>And Lord, direct us on a different path if we're not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19126730.post-51954775943528342532007-12-31T12:07:00.000-05:002007-12-31T12:07:00.000-05:00Wow! As always, you nailed it in a convicting and ...Wow! As always, you nailed it in a convicting and thoughtful way. I pray that you and Newsong have a great 2008. Thanks Marty!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com