FaceBook Theologues 06-03~16-2010

06-16-10

I became actively Christian back in 1975 at age 13. I'll admit that I was caught up *heh heh* into Rapture Theology, reading Hal Lindsey's The Late Great Planet Earth & being fascinated with how the State of Israel, the European Community, the Soviet Union & Red China all seemed to fit into End-Times Bible Prophecy. That was where I started but I didn't remain there.

I've pretty much abandoned Rapturism but I retained these aspects from my Bible Prophecy studies...

A Wonder at how the Jews have survived and thrived in spite of millenia of persecution even to the point of restoring their nation after 1878 years in exile and their capital city 19 years later (I still believe there is Biblical prophetic significance to the State of Israel & Jerusalem- but not of the Rapturist type);

The Revelation to John gives a perspective to the rise and fall of civilizations in the Christian Era- the 70 AD Siege of Jerusalem, the Fall of the Western Roman Empire to the Northern & Eastern barbarians, the Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire to Arabic & Turkish Islamic armies, the Papacy, the Protestant Reformation, the Enlightenment and the Age of Revolution, and now the Age of Globalization- and how through it all, against the various manifestations of the Beast's Tyranny and the Harlot's Apostasy, The Christian Faith and The Church abide and Jesus Christ reigns as Lord over it all;

As the Scriptures say "The Son of Man cometh at a time you think not" and "The Day of the Lord shall come as a Thief in the Night' and I do believe those passages mainly refer to the Return of Jesus at The End, I also believe they apply to those throngs of people who every minute find that their world has ended and they now facing Christ to account for their lives; Finally,- Jesus brings meaning, significance, and hope in the midst of what seems to be a cold chaotic lonely world. Some may find it easy to believe that all this is mindless matter in motion- I do not. I see Design and therefore a Designer- and of the panoply of Gods offered to us by all the world religions- Jesus is the Epitome' of what I want God to be- One Who makes & keeps Covenant with humanity, One Who takes all the evils we suffer & we perpetrate upon Himself, and One Who offers Eternity to all who throw themselves upon Him.


06-14-10

God is Ever-Kind (Love) and Ever-Fair (Just)- When His Kindness & His Fairness would seem to clash, He put Himself in the Middle of that Collision- on the Tree of Golgotha upon which His Right Hand of Love & His Left Hand of Justice were spiked. It is into Those riven Hands we all shall eventually fall, and it is a Aweful thing to Fall into the Hands of The Loving God.

We sprang out of the Forge of His Love and shall eventually be pulled back into that Eternal Triple-Flamed Love. Let us surrender in Trust to His Refining Remaking Presence.

06-11-10

We are all children of Lord Adam and Lady Eve, and that, to paraphrase Lewis' Aslan, is honor enough to raise the lowliest beggar and shame enough to humble the greatest king- for we are created in God's Image but falter into sin and death. But thanks to God, the "Real Aslan" Christ Jesus rebirths us by His Passion so that we may entrust ourselves to Him and so be raised immortal with Him.

06-07-10

Sun AM Church- Jeff Little spoke on Genesis 26:1-24- God repeats the Promises He gave Abraham to Isaac. Isaac & Co. dwell among the Philistines & dig wells in spite of opposition. Do they give up? No, they move on & keep digging until they come to a place where God's Promises are fulfilled. So whatever comes, we are to Keep Trusting, Keep Moving & Keep Digging!

06-06-10

Gandhi reportedly said "I like your Christ, but I do not like your Christians". Now whether or not he really did like the Biblical Jesus ( Who is both the Prince of Peace and the Righteous Judge and Warrior), he made a good point. In the same way, I fully embrace the historic Fundamentals but I shy from grouping myself among some (not all- maybe not even most) Fundamentalists.

These were the original Fundamentals- Nothing about alcohol, dancing, or Halloween among them! *L*

The inspiration of the Bible by the Holy Spirit and the inerrancy of Scripture as a result of this.

The virgin birth of Christ

.The belief that Christ's death was the atonement for sin.

The bodily resurrection of Christ.

The historical reality of Christ's miracles.

Just to be honest- depending on the issue, I can get just as Fundy as Jerry Falwell (who was a much kinder & personable man than some of his rhetoric would indicate) or as ultra-conservative as 1960s-70s Barry Goldwater.

I mean, I am a member of the Madison Assembly of God and I was a Bircher from 1980-82 & again 1989-90.

I am for the most part an Evangelical Christian, economic libertarian, anti-95%-abortions, America-&-Israel First/Get US out of the UN conservative. I just see a wide range of possibilities within that philosophy & I really hate the rhetoric that comes out of my co-religionists/politicos when they get riled up.

06-03-10

Though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back, into the stillness and the darkness before Time dawned, she would have read there a different incantation. She would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward.~ The Great Lion Aslan, "Narnia Book I"

She would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward.~ The Great Lion Aslan, "Narnia Book I"