tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post5175257508177867221..comments2024-03-01T07:35:49.740-08:00Comments on Come Reason's Apologetics Notes: Christians Cannot be Intellectual SlackersLenny Espositohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04064209669748618955noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-79501817861564224312017-12-29T02:12:32.721-08:002017-12-29T02:12:32.721-08:00The difficulty is to explain the reason for holdin...The difficulty is to explain the reason for holding to faith. Most people are incapable of doing that. So we can say we need to be more intellectual to prove to the unbeliever what we believe. Thoughtful Christian perspectives don't make sense to people who intentionally wish to approach things from a secular (no God) perspective. thinkingalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366105224106451859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-14105082604074548992015-09-05T10:11:22.779-07:002015-09-05T10:11:22.779-07:00You completely misunderstand the reply of Jesus to...You completely misunderstand the reply of Jesus to the Sadducees. The doctrine of the physical raising of a dead body from the grave is a 'god of the dead', Pharisaical doctrine. Jesus taught "the resurrection" as a Doctrine of 'Rebirth', based on the belief in the God of the living (Luke 20:38): http://unsealing-the-seven-seals.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-bread-that-has-come-down-from.html Michael Joseph Cecilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972692944920310650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-53003617977539546892014-06-08T12:42:32.941-07:002014-06-08T12:42:32.941-07:00Yes, excellent. One note that reinforces it:
'...Yes, excellent. One note that reinforces it: <br />'...Jesus was quoting Deuteronomy 6:5, He added the phrase "and with all your mind." Jesus said that loving God must include developing the life of the mind.'<br /><br />Jesus added nothing. This is idea is part and parcel of our confusion today. The mind is essential to the OT understanding of 'heart' and the only reason we do not know that is because we are slackers. http://textsincontext.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/the-great-commandment-heart-and-mind/MikeSnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462825086786614647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-11155430423183976892014-01-03T11:54:22.090-08:002014-01-03T11:54:22.090-08:00Lenny, you might enjoy this book:
"The Scanda...Lenny, you might enjoy this book:<br />"The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind" by Mark A. Noll (a history professor at University of Notre Dame)<br />http://www.amazon.com/Scandal-Evangelical-Mind-Mark-Noll/dp/0802841805<br /><br />It laments the state of mind in modern evangelicalism. Written from a Christian to Christians.Bernie Dehlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03919318328504104290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-28807116453597481522014-01-03T11:29:04.974-08:002014-01-03T11:29:04.974-08:00Excellent! Excellent! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938347298898024198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-39852656127417861392014-01-03T11:28:45.386-08:002014-01-03T11:28:45.386-08:00Excellent! Excellent! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938347298898024198noreply@blogger.com