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rossfadeinout
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Posted 8/11/2004 7:21 AM (GMT -6)

www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0406/articles/reno.htm

Hey all,

I came across this article on the "First Things" website and I thought it was a very good read. When I read it I thought of the discussion that was had on Icon's thread "did Jesus die to grow you a new leg." Reno's article seems to support Icon's view that the problem in redemption is not with God, but with our accepting God's redemption.

The article also deals with an issue that I have been somewhat stumped on. The issue surrounds human desire for authentic life, and how submission to God's will seems to be a rejection of living from who we are (supported by Reno's comments on Rousseau and Emerson). I guess that the distinction draws on whether we are living from the "false self" that we have created apart from God or if we are going to become our "true selves" living as children of God...

So check this article out, and if you want to post I would love to hear thoughts, criticisms, etc.

Ross

"Let us remember how common the folly is of going from one faulty extreme into the opposite." -Thomas Reid

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