Comments for Metamorpha http://metamorpha.com Explorations in Evangelical Spirituality Thu, 17 May 2012 06:32:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on The Trial Separation by Olivier http://metamorpha.com/blog/2012/05/08/the-trial-separation/#comment-3925 Olivier Thu, 17 May 2012 06:32:23 +0000 http://metamorpha.com/?p=156355#comment-3925 I feel the same thing, Always checking if a "friend" sent a message... I consider the lost of time to sit in silence and pray like a whirlwind consuming my will and clarity :( I feel the same thing, Always checking if a “friend” sent a message… I consider the lost of time to sit in silence and pray like a whirlwind consuming my will and clarity :(

]]> Comment on Election and the Dark Night by Alka http://metamorpha.com/blog/2010/01/18/election-and-dark-night/#comment-3755 Alka Tue, 15 May 2012 15:36:40 +0000 #comment-3755 Hi Ben,That wasn't the focus of the paper, I state twice that that is different paper and arenugmt. That's a paper on theodicy. I do plan to write on that subject. In any case, if compatibilism obtains, that goes some way—though not all the way—to getting God off the hook. I don't spend any time defending the culpability of human beings, I take that as datum. I do spend some time exploring various models of *how* one can be culpable given determinism, pulling from two models atheists hold to (e.g., Daniel Dennett is a classical compatibilist and John Fischer is a semi-compatibilist).The paper is meant to *introduce* the contemporary discussion primarily to *Reformed* Christians, explaining what their confessional commitments commit them to. I also briefly cover libertarians views on free will and some problems this view faces.I am sorry you're disappointed, but I sense you were thinking the paper different than what I explained at my blog or even the blurb James gave here. Hi Ben,That wasn’t the focus of the paper, I state twice that that is different paper and arenugmt. That’s a paper on theodicy. I do plan to write on that subject. In any case, if compatibilism obtains, that goes some way—though not all the way—to getting God off the hook. I don’t spend any time defending the culpability of human beings, I take that as datum. I do spend some time exploring various models of *how* one can be culpable given determinism, pulling from two models atheists hold to (e.g., Daniel Dennett is a classical compatibilist and John Fischer is a semi-compatibilist).The paper is meant to *introduce* the contemporary discussion primarily to *Reformed* Christians, explaining what their confessional commitments commit them to. I also briefly cover libertarians views on free will and some problems this view faces.I am sorry you’re disappointed, but I sense you were thinking the paper different than what I explained at my blog or even the blurb James gave here.

]]> Comment on The Work of Love by The Trial Separation | Metamorpha http://metamorpha.com/blog/2012/01/09/the-work-of-love/#comment-3682 The Trial Separation | Metamorpha Tue, 08 May 2012 20:49:13 +0000 http://metamorpha.com/?p=156163#comment-3682 [...] little while ago I wrote about my Christmas gift to my wife, a deck of cards with nice tasks I would do for her throughout [...] [...] little while ago I wrote about my Christmas gift to my wife, a deck of cards with nice tasks I would do for her throughout [...]

]]> Comment on Identifying the Snares of Ministry: Do You Know How to Care for Yourself? by Megan http://metamorpha.com/blog/2012/05/05/identifying-the-snares-of-ministry-do-you-know-how-to-care-for-yourself/#comment-3648 Megan Sat, 05 May 2012 20:34:26 +0000 http://metamorpha.com/?p=156279#comment-3648 Great insights. I would add that anyone working in the field of behavior science needs to read this too. As a behavior therapist participating in the daily life of so many different families, I've learned that a rhythm of rest is essential. I actually believe part-time work in this field is God's provision for me; I need the extra time to prepare mentally for what is ahead. I am absorbing it all even if I don't want to, which has altered my prayer life a little--often I ask for daily bread, the provision to get through it one day at a time. Great insights. I would add that anyone working in the field of behavior science needs to read this too. As a behavior therapist participating in the daily life of so many different families, I’ve learned that a rhythm of rest is essential. I actually believe part-time work in this field is God’s provision for me; I need the extra time to prepare mentally for what is ahead. I am absorbing it all even if I don’t want to, which has altered my prayer life a little–often I ask for daily bread, the provision to get through it one day at a time.

]]> Comment on The Most Important Thing Jason Russell Ever Did by Identifying the Snares of Ministry: Do You Know How to Care for Yourself? | Metamorpha http://metamorpha.com/blog/2012/03/17/the-most-important-thing-jason-russell-ever-did/#comment-3646 Identifying the Snares of Ministry: Do You Know How to Care for Yourself? | Metamorpha Sat, 05 May 2012 16:03:25 +0000 http://metamorpha.com/?p=156264#comment-3646 [...] recently posted an article about Jason Russell and his apparent mental breakdown with hopes that it might give some insight into how such a thing [...] [...] recently posted an article about Jason Russell and his apparent mental breakdown with hopes that it might give some insight into how such a thing [...]

]]> Comment on It’s Not Personal, It’s Business by Melody Sharp http://metamorpha.com/blog/2012/04/21/its-not-personal-its-business/#comment-3516 Melody Sharp Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:49:32 +0000 http://metamorpha.com/?p=156317#comment-3516 There wouldn't seem to have been a religion when Jesus was around and, to my mind, he wouldn't have envisioned it in it's mainstream commercial form of present day. If you ask 'what would Jesus do?' I say he would weep. There wouldn’t seem to have been a religion when Jesus was around and, to my mind, he wouldn’t have envisioned it in it’s mainstream commercial form of present day. If you ask ‘what would Jesus do?’ I say he would weep.

]]> Comment on We Don’t Have a Direct Relationship With God by Matti http://metamorpha.com/blog/2012/04/03/we-dont-have-a-direct-relationship-with-god/#comment-3323 Matti Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:54:30 +0000 http://metamorpha.com/?p=156298#comment-3323 This is a helpful rant. We have a covenant relationship with God positionally through faith in Christ but having and experiencing mediated personal FELLOWSHIP with God is a matter of Christ's purifying priestly ministry to us when we confess our sins (1. John. 1:7-9). To me it seems that the defect of Catholics is that they don't have a concept of this positional covenant relationship which is the basis for our security of salvation. This is a helpful rant. We have a covenant relationship with God positionally through faith in Christ but having and experiencing mediated personal FELLOWSHIP with God is a matter of Christ’s purifying priestly ministry to us when we confess our sins (1. John. 1:7-9).

To me it seems that the defect of Catholics is that they don’t have a concept of this positional covenant relationship which is the basis for our security of salvation.

]]> Comment on So What Are We Talking About Here? by Prince http://metamorpha.com/blog/2009/05/28/so-what-are-we-talking-about-here/#comment-3235 Prince Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:08:18 +0000 #comment-3235 no I did not move from it to another endifed one. I guess I am simply trying to discern what is a construction placed upon the Bible and what is actually coming out of the Bible. I guess I can say that N.T. Wright's idea of the covenant theology makes a whole lot more sense without asking me to commit to a systematic schema where everything from Genesis to Revelation must be subsumed under two neat categories. As a principle, if a theological concept seems too neat and well-defined, I get suspicious of it. Historically speaking the concept of covenant is culture and time bound and I have a hard time construing it the way Turretin or Witsius did, that is, with eternal and quite abstract categories that does not take the historical dimension in view. @James, for example hmm well, if you observe the debate between Daniel Fuller vs. Meredith Kline and then John Murray and others, you can see how the categories lead to a very abstract and ahistorical understanding of works, rewards and righteousness. I know I sound very vague here but I can't give a real critique of CT here And the issue is not that it's wrong but holding to it as the only way to understand the Bible, as a hermeneutical grid, can be dangerous. That is the main temptation among those who hold to Reformed Covenant Theology very seriously. It's the minute details of CT that get me worrying and not the overall theme if that makes any sense. no I did not move from it to another endifed one. I guess I am simply trying to discern what is a construction placed upon the Bible and what is actually coming out of the Bible. I guess I can say that N.T. Wright’s idea of the covenant theology makes a whole lot more sense without asking me to commit to a systematic schema where everything from Genesis to Revelation must be subsumed under two neat categories. As a principle, if a theological concept seems too neat and well-defined, I get suspicious of it. Historically speaking the concept of covenant is culture and time bound and I have a hard time construing it the way Turretin or Witsius did, that is, with eternal and quite abstract categories that does not take the historical dimension in view. @James, for example hmm well, if you observe the debate between Daniel Fuller vs. Meredith Kline and then John Murray and others, you can see how the categories lead to a very abstract and ahistorical understanding of works, rewards and righteousness. I know I sound very vague here but I can’t give a real critique of CT here And the issue is not that it’s wrong but holding to it as the only way to understand the Bible, as a hermeneutical grid, can be dangerous. That is the main temptation among those who hold to Reformed Covenant Theology very seriously. It’s the minute details of CT that get me worrying and not the overall theme if that makes any sense.

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