tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post112771162355517405..comments2023-10-24T05:35:00.084-05:00Comments on SoulPastor: A Tad JudgmentalSoulPastorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16895899771239455942noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-1129597416654222912005-10-17T20:03:00.000-05:002005-10-17T20:03:00.000-05:00At times I am...especially when it comes to yellow...At times I am...especially when it comes to yellow lights and photo radar.....what are the odds that the machine has no film?SoulPastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16895899771239455942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-1129588263317105732005-10-17T17:31:00.000-05:002005-10-17T17:31:00.000-05:00So, you're a betting man eh?So, you're a betting man eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-1129122601528122692005-10-12T08:10:00.000-05:002005-10-12T08:10:00.000-05:00Mark B You said "If you are assuming some distin...Mark B<BR/> You said "If you are assuming some distinction between senses of 'judgemental' like I outlined above, then this is true in three ways and false in one."<BR/><BR/>Those are the odds that I am happy with! 75% is pretty good odds right now!SoulPastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16895899771239455942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-1128679774750484572005-10-07T05:09:00.000-05:002005-10-07T05:09:00.000-05:00Gerry,3-1 odds? Huh?Gerry,<BR/><BR/>3-1 odds? Huh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-1128347251446813962005-10-03T08:47:00.000-05:002005-10-03T08:47:00.000-05:00LIGHTBULB, Love your site! And thanks for the co...LIGHTBULB,<BR/> Love your site! And thanks for the contribution.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Mark B<BR/> Allow me to provide a response to your 3 Pertinent thoughts:<BR/><BR/>In your Pertinent thought 1 you said “we can conclude that there is room for differing” and I obviously agree with you…however it is those who cannot see outside of the aquarium that drive me nuts.<BR/><BR/>Pertinent thought 2: I SoulPastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16895899771239455942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-1128009304472010372005-09-29T10:55:00.000-05:002005-09-29T10:55:00.000-05:00From a 1st time visitor - I agree with your last l...From a 1st time visitor - I agree with your last line "Now go and practice love this week...."<BR/><BR/>If we continue to align ourselves relationally, as Christians, to the character and life of Jesus, I believe the result will eliminate the "brotherly judgement". It may not occur fully while still living on earth, since sin lives here too.<BR/><BR/>What I realize (personally) is that my Douglas Warkentinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840808623412892865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-1127955286420785762005-09-28T19:54:00.000-05:002005-09-28T19:54:00.000-05:00Ah, I have both random and pertinant thoughts (I t...Ah, I have both random and pertinant thoughts (I think that yours--Gerry--are not random, but pertinent). <BR/><BR/>Random thought 1: I have no idea how people can seriously doubt the law of non-contradiction.<BR/><BR/>Random thought 2: There's a blue light on my harddrive.<BR/><BR/>Random thought 3: I'm exhausted.<BR/><BR/>Pertinent thought 1: Gerry, the rhetorical question that you ask--namely,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-1127876689569231692005-09-27T22:04:00.000-05:002005-09-27T22:04:00.000-05:00HELLO ALL!Sorry, I am having a full week. Time to ...HELLO ALL!<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I am having a full week. Time to jump in! <BR/>First...Drew nailed it...thank you for elaborating before I could. Wait, except that Gaither stuff...oh please no....ugghhh<BR/><BR/>Secondly, to protect Rob Bell I did not quote him but rather made a summary statement about one chapter, which I will attempt to expound on shortly.<BR/><BR/>Thirdly, “Choking on small flies SoulPastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16895899771239455942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-1127868675222793262005-09-27T19:51:00.000-05:002005-09-27T19:51:00.000-05:00Let me respond in point form. I think it will be e...Let me respond in point form. I think it will be easier to follow that way.<BR/><BR/>(1) I think that there is a confusion here about what is meant by 'judgmental'. From the last two comments the following sense of 'judgmental' seems to be used:<BR/> <BR/>(i) Some person <I>x</I> is <I>judgmental</I>, if he says of some claim or theory that, that theory is false. <BR/><BR/>This is not the same Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-1127843278380197432005-09-27T12:47:00.000-05:002005-09-27T12:47:00.000-05:00The question is not who is being judgmental, but w...The question is not who is being judgmental, but who is being <I>more</I> judgmental? The danger of telling someone else they are judging us is that we in turn are judging them. And Yes Gerry all they play in heaven is Gospel music (most likely Gaither)! It is impossible to remove yourself from juding others but when you find that you are being judgmental, remember that you will be judged by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-1127839090066971402005-09-27T11:38:00.000-05:002005-09-27T11:38:00.000-05:00Hmm, Mark it seems here that we are getting a bit ...Hmm, Mark it seems here that we are getting a bit judgemental ourselves, you said:<BR/><BR/>It looks like Bell is claiming that no interpretation can be said to be closer to the truth than any other because, after all, they are "essentially opinions"<BR/>If this is what Bell is claiming, then he is wrong.<BR/><BR/>Isnt that a Tad Judgemental, pardon the pun, but if you have to use scare quotes Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-1127824039294993142005-09-27T07:27:00.000-05:002005-09-27T07:27:00.000-05:00It's amazing how some sermons stick with you. 18 y...It's amazing how some sermons stick with you. <BR/><BR/>18 years ago Imbi and I were in Guildford, England with a team from our Toronto church. Bob Roxburgh (a Baptist pastor who lead a church in Winnipeg at one time) was pastoring Millmead Baptist - a charismatic Baptist Union church in the heart of the city.<BR/><BR/>That Sunday morning, Bob was speaking on the signs of the Holy Spirit Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-1127780908058798002005-09-26T19:28:00.000-05:002005-09-26T19:28:00.000-05:00I haven't read the Rob Bell book. I don't know the...I haven't read the Rob Bell book. I don't know the context of that quote. I also don't know how accurate the paraphrase is (I'm assuming that it is a paraphrase because it isn't in quotes. Gerry, you report Rob bell as saying:<BR/><BR/>"Christians...must come to grip with the reality that their interpretations are essentially opinions and that nobody is really objective"<BR/><BR/>I have a problemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-1127756178331888362005-09-26T12:36:00.000-05:002005-09-26T12:36:00.000-05:00Good post, an for once Gerry I think i totally agr...Good post, an for once Gerry I think i totally agree with you, though you are seeming to push the fact that people should be perfect in a judgemental sense. Its a sin that people struggle with, just like porn or lying. Of course we want others to be perfect, its human nature to have people behave in a way that pleases us. <BR/><BR/>The thing ive found at least is when people act the way you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com