tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post8907416786851750257..comments2023-05-26T10:55:27.696-04:00Comments on Jc_Freak: OrthosJc_Freak:http://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-89462588827579164212009-04-01T09:17:00.000-04:002009-04-01T09:17:00.000-04:00Mason,To me, that is more of a polity issue. Someo...Mason,<BR/><BR/>To me, that is more of a polity issue. Someone like that should not be in leadership. I'll be getting more into this in my next post, been when it comes to recieving a position within the church where you can teach and lead, you need more than just the right heart. Just like you need more then a desire to help people to be a doctor. You need skills and training, and in America evangelicalism and its antiintellectualism, we often promote people for the wrong reasons, setting them up to fall.Jc_Freak:https://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-27671049480833648662009-04-01T09:06:00.000-04:002009-04-01T09:06:00.000-04:00JC, while I can’t say I’ve ever heard people use t...JC, while I can’t say I’ve ever heard people use the term orthopathy I like the direction you are taking it. <BR/>The intention behind someone’s beliefs and practices is incredibly important, and looking at their faith in this way allows a more charitable assessment of places we might feel they fall short of what Christianity is about, so long as we can see they are trying to get there.<BR/><BR/>I wonder though how you would respond to a teacher who, though possessing an amazing passion for living for God and a real desire to understand his Word rightly, is teaching something clearly unorthodox (like denying the deity of Christ) or living in a way clearly outside the bounds of orthopraxy (marital infidelity or something like that). <BR/>Couldn’t they have all the best intentions and still end up posing a threat to those under their teaching?Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12865044615971862266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-33277920032422956142009-03-31T22:00:00.000-04:002009-03-31T22:00:00.000-04:00I think the problem was in acknowledging your joke...I think the problem was in acknowledging your joke ;) (jk)Jc_Freak:https://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-52620725298053069942009-03-31T19:35:00.000-04:002009-03-31T19:35:00.000-04:00Mine was pretty dumb, yours couldn't have been any...Mine was pretty dumb, yours couldn't have been any worse. :)Kevin Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472900037134045450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-73440537617987206882009-03-31T16:11:00.000-04:002009-03-31T16:11:00.000-04:00Ok, for all those that didn't know, I made a refer...Ok, for all those that didn't know, I made a reference to Kevin that right fruit had to be mangos. I then thought this wasn't very funny, so I deleted before anyone read it, or so I thought. Apparently Dan read it, and made a funnier joke.<BR/><BR/>Lesson, don't edit comments. Now I'm off to shower to get egg off my face.Jc_Freak:https://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-2401208283947187892009-03-31T15:57:00.000-04:002009-03-31T15:57:00.000-04:00Oh, man, JC, if it's mangos I have to concede I re...Oh, man, JC, if it's mangos I have to concede I really <B><I>am</I></B> anathema! ;{)Dan Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01635080266346679464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-58446460771578303722009-03-31T15:20:00.000-04:002009-03-31T15:20:00.000-04:00How about orthofruit? :)How about orthofruit? :)Kevin Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472900037134045450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-70246430979256224442009-03-31T12:16:00.000-04:002009-03-31T12:16:00.000-04:00Actually, I might say the same about your blog. I ...Actually, I might say the same about your blog. I believe today is the first time I've commented on it, and I've always loved your thoughts over at Mason's.Jc_Freak:https://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-39583564036413662632009-03-31T11:51:00.000-04:002009-03-31T11:51:00.000-04:00JC, I appreciate the nuance you are describing her...JC, I appreciate the nuance you are describing here. It is a struggle, and as long as approached <B>with</B> humility and <B>in</B> community, it's a necessary struggle. It's when we get the metrics of orthodoxy, orthopraxy, and orthopathy out of balance (and IMHO most of the time they ARE out of balance) that nasty things start happening.<BR/><BR/>Your reminder of the nuance between infallible and authoritative is also useful. I might (or might not) draw the line differently than you, but it's a line that needs to be recognized.<BR/><BR/>Peace!<BR/><BR/>Dan<BR/><BR/>ps, I don't know why I haven't been following your blog more faithfully before now--an oversight on my part given your useful dialog on mine and Mason's. Consider it rectified! ;{)Dan Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01635080266346679464noreply@blogger.com