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RL
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| Posted 8/9/2005 9:32 PM (GMT -6) |   | | Two people on another kind of board asked "What is a Christian?"
What say you all here?
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Truth Aficionado
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| Posted 8/9/2005 11:01 PM (GMT -6) | | |
"And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth." (John 1:14.)
People should see a Christian and see what Jesus was like, filled with grace and truth. If we fail the grace test we fail to be Christlike. If we fail the truth test, we fail to be Christlike. If we pass both test, we're like Jesus we're a Christian.
Contradictions if well understood and managed can spark off the fires of invention. Orthodoxy whether of the right or of the left is the graveyard of creativity. | | Back to Top | | |
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| Posted 8/22/2005 11:38 AM (GMT -6) | |
RL said...
Sparknheart, that's a great verse. Thanks.
To make another step, can you unforld the word "grace" a bit? The reason I'm asking is I'm interested in what people might say about 'inner' versus 'outer.' I can explain that by poitning to how somone can do much moral things and still not have love (1 Cor 13). But I'm making this distinction upon what I only think you mean by grace. If you'd unfold that word a bit I'd enjoy it. Thanks.
"inner versus outer" we talking bellybutons? 
Grace? Hmmm... how about the Lamb as the epitome of grace. But let's not dilute grace by overlooking the "truth" that's forever present in the Lamb.
Then the kings of the earth and the magnates and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?" Rev. 6:15-17 (NRSV)
If you’re going to error falling from the tightrope of grace and truth, it’s usually best to fall on the side of grace,
Mark
Contradictions if well understood and managed can spark off the fires of invention. Orthodoxy whether of the right or of the left is the graveyard of creativity. Post Edited (sparknheart) : 8/22/2005 2:30:42 PM (GMT-5) | | Back to Top | | |
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