tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post7983572595074222562..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-51078698199597721942012-11-24T22:44:06.542-06:002012-11-24T22:44:06.542-06:00Thanks for the article and the comments.Thanks for the article and the comments.Timothy Buelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054736557370216427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-13480121857990318182012-11-24T10:36:50.476-06:002012-11-24T10:36:50.476-06:00The Golden Calf is an appropriate icon. Many or m...The Golden Calf is an appropriate icon. Many or most of evangelicals (and many Lutherans) have the business/pop-psych/social justice/life-guide model at their center. The name of God is used/abused. As Aaron called the calf he made the god that had led Israel out of Egypt so today. It was likely a close copy of one of Egypt's false gods.<br /><br />God's name is never more blasphemed than in this similar current situation.<br /><br />Indeed, Anonymus. The spread of the Gospel in it's indicative is the imperative.Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-39606553573441634542012-11-24T09:31:46.231-06:002012-11-24T09:31:46.231-06:00Our pursuit with management is reflective of our l...<i> Our pursuit with management is reflective of our love affair with earthly success and tangible signs of our effectiveness at what we do as well as our desire to dominate. Our love affair with therapeutic endeavors is testament to our desire to fix things -- to fix people, to fix families, to fix neighborhoods, and to fix communities -- and our denial of suffering as a part of daily life.</i><br /><br />While the motivation behind such actions could spring from Christian mercy and charity, the confidence that we can actually effect such change has its roots in Enlightenment thinking. I like vaccinations and the green revolution as much as the next guy. However, ultimately these things don't solve, they delay the day of an individual's destiny. As palliatives, they are salutary, as cure of souls, worthless. <br /><br />We remain in the same condition we have been in since the garden, fallen. We have fallen and we can't get up. We must be lifted up. Therefore the spread of the Gospel is the only real imperative. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com