tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post115025515404877390..comments2024-01-29T14:24:46.852-05:00Comments on Wes Ellis: bloging my mindwellis68http://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-1150767551425433262006-06-19T21:39:00.000-04:002006-06-19T21:39:00.000-04:00Maryellen, There are interesting implications to w...Maryellen, <BR/>There are interesting implications to what you say. If Jesus is "Truth" then perhaps Jesus is present in some of the most unlikely places. When we disregard any truth in any place we are rejecting Jesus himself. After all truth is availabl;e to everyone, no matter how little they may know about the Bible. <BR/><BR/>Great thoughts,<BR/>-Weswellis68https://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-1150687580924440002006-06-18T23:26:00.000-04:002006-06-18T23:26:00.000-04:00exploring the blog world can be dangerous business...exploring the blog world can be dangerous business...some ideas are harmful and some are hurtful...yet being able to share ideas and tell stories and converse is one of the ways that humankind is made in their Creator's image. Truth is truth...a person not a concept and surely not realitive. However we do not know. We will never know. Not completely, not until we come face to face with Truth Himself. When one thinks he knows the truth the whole truth and that there is no other truth, he might stop seeking, and it's never good to stop seeking.Arthur Brokop IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15347223269423770913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-1150426368718057212006-06-15T22:52:00.000-04:002006-06-15T22:52:00.000-04:00Man that was good. I need to think about that som...Man that was good. I need to think about that some more because I tend to be pretty simple-minded, which is a lot different than a teacher I greatly respect. Maybe I need to get better at explaining things with long answers - kind of like politicians do, which actually irritates me - instead of just giving simple yes or no answers, etc.<BR/><BR/>Man that was good. I need to think more about that. Thanks for your thoughts on this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-1150417804466857172006-06-15T20:30:00.000-04:002006-06-15T20:30:00.000-04:00I agree that it's good to speak out on what is tru...I agree that it's good to speak out on what is true. But I want it to be heard correctly, I want it to be understood not just categorized. truth doesn't fit into black or white, yes or no, for or against. It's bigger than that, it transends the argument. Truth isn't just about sitting on one side of the fence or another it's about understanding, really understanding, the whole argument and affirming the truth on both sides. Rarely is there a real argument that doesn't have truth on both sides. <BR/><BR/>Even the heaven/hell thing you brought up. Do you know how much there is to that? There's stacks of books and hoards of great theologians who've debated the subject. No one really has the nature of heaven and hell nailed. But let me tell you every perspective I've read has something I can hold on to, something for us to take and learn. <BR/><BR/>Let me give you an example. Some people say that heaven and hell are present realities here on earth and that they are not eternal destinations (at least not the way we understand them) but they are here and every once in a while we see a glimpse of one or the other. When all things are right that's a glimpse of heaven. When everything sucks that's hell. Now weather you agree with this view or not you can still acknowledge that things are either right or wrong and God once it to be good. This view, right or wrong, gives us the respomdsebility to do something in this world (a concept that's all over the pages of scripture), to bring heaven here in all that we do.<BR/><BR/>As you can see there is truth in this view though it is debateable how some the particulars in it hold up theologically. <BR/><BR/>keep in mind, the point here is not for us to debate the nature of heaven and hell. My point is that truth is not black and white or even gray. Truth isn't confined by our simple answers. Even things that seem so obviouse in scripture are often much more complex than at first sight. <BR/><BR/>-Weswellis68https://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-1150378876418204632006-06-15T09:41:00.000-04:002006-06-15T09:41:00.000-04:00You know - it's one thing for ME to have MY black ...You know - it's one thing for ME to have MY black and white opinion that I tart about as if I have all the answers... but it's a completely different thing to actually speak out as to what the BIBLE clearly teaches... Black and White is a GOOD thing in most cases... I'm glad I EITHER go to heaven or hell - I'm grateful Christ dies for ALL (black and white) my sins - not just the meaty ones... <BR/><BR/>Christians who won't STAND UP and SPEAK OUT about what the BIBLE clearly teaches are NOT being "tolerant" - they are being weak. <BR/><BR/>The problem with blogging is NOT "black and white" - the problem with blogging is that many don't really take the time, nor have the courage, to actually speak the truth - in love, or otherwise...Dan McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09523180205289209777noreply@blogger.com