tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post6843134576509629201..comments2024-03-25T14:27:40.121-05:00Comments on Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: The missing superego: removing religion from the public squareWeekend Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-38079559368460990722010-04-24T00:18:17.362-05:002010-04-24T00:18:17.362-05:00Really? Wow. I must've missed that. It blows m...Really? Wow. I must've missed that. It blows my mind that a Christian who respects the Bible and calls Jesus Lord -- and most evangelicals do -- would go that route. <br /><br />We so need to grow a spine, as a community and as individuals. <br /><br />Thanks for stopping by. <br /><br />Take care & God bless<br />Anne / WFWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-8991765266399535772010-04-23T18:22:07.773-05:002010-04-23T18:22:07.773-05:00"What happens when a number of leading voices..."What happens when a number of leading voices say that the ideas of "right" and "wrong" are meaningless or even destructive?"<br /><br />Even worse, what happens when those "voices" are becoming leading voices in the evangelical community?Diane Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-60821509942493227872010-04-22T12:37:10.737-05:002010-04-22T12:37:10.737-05:00I'll have to check out that book. Thanks for t...I'll have to check out that book. Thanks for the notes. <br /><br />I think we, as Christians -- and our pastors as leaders -- and any public figures in our group who are Christians -- have to be unashamed to publicly quote the teachings of Jesus as our standard for behavior. <br /><br />People will try to shout us down as converting people, but we ought to be at least as unashamed of Christ as (say) the Buddhists are of their Buddha. I'm not talking about standing in the public square asking for everyone to convert. I am talking about standing in the public square and defending the decency of loving your enemies, making peace, and (unpopular as it may seem) having such a thing as responsible sexual ethics. (None of the global religions have a problem with sexual responsibility, but somehow our modern culture does.)<br /><br />I think all of us from the least to the greatest need to be able to defend "do not lie, do not steal, do not murder, do not commit adultery" without the tiniest hint of apology or embarrassment. <br /><br />And I think the reason we've lost the public square is because we backed down on exactly those things. It was ours to lose, and getting it back will take more courage than we've shown so far. <br /><br />There's not really another way, as far as I can tell. That is to say, the only way to cross a street is to cross the street; there's not a Plan B. <br /><br />Take care & God bless<br />Anne / WFWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-56935612482877083642010-04-22T11:00:57.533-05:002010-04-22T11:00:57.533-05:00Quite right. Have you read David F. Wells' Los...Quite right. Have you read David F. Wells' <i>Losing Our Virtue</i>? If not, you ought to; it's right down this line of thought.<br /><br />Now, for the really tricky question: how can one help reinstate a societal superego? What ought we as Christians be doing? We've seen one answer over the last decades, from the "Religious Right"--one that I admire, but which I think ultimately failed to achieve its objectives. We see another now in the emergent-influenced movement toward social justice. I suspect this, too, will peter out.<br /><br />In the end, I think the <i>best</i> way we can go about reforming the conscience of a nation is by carefully, thoughtfully, boldly proclaiming the gospel and all that it entails.Chris Krychohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04987231458069231389noreply@blogger.com