tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11680626.post4180420864126948091..comments2023-07-11T09:06:52.226-04:00Comments on The UmBlog: American evangelical chaffJohn Umlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06403644529498645914noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11680626.post-34540680900848030742014-01-19T18:59:54.628-05:002014-01-19T18:59:54.628-05:00One more thing lol..
The Young Earth Creationists...One more thing lol..<br /><br />The Young Earth Creationists used to not bother me. Until I realized alot of them think you can't be a christian unless you hold this view. <br /><br />This creates a House Of Cards faith. Lots of kids who grew up with Young Earth theory abandon their faith as they start to question this theory.<br /><br />The solution isn't to hammer in one theory over another.. but to say "you can believe either and still know jesus!"<br /><br />Guilty pleasure but I secretly wanna watch the big Ken ham / bill nye the science guy debate coming up..<br /><br /><br />(I commented so much b/c your blog really struck some good chords w/ me!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11680626.post-66710132825217731782014-01-19T18:52:04.004-05:002014-01-19T18:52:04.004-05:00I remember at PITs when you taught it was "OK...I remember at PITs when you taught it was "OK" to view scripture as infallible.. NOT necessarily inerrant. You said this was not immediate grounds for going to hell. This was huge for me. Since then scripture has come ALIVE to me as I've been allowed to wrestle with it. (jesus is non-negotiable.. and you said the Apostles creed). Greg boyd calls this an Israel faith as God wants us to wrestle with him as jacob did. He writes the purpose of the book of Job was to was Job questioned the actions of God. His friends acted like Know-it-alls who tried to explain God. <br /><br />While scripture has become boring for some people, I've found this approach has made scripture more exciting because almost anything can be questioned (not jesus or god's love).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com