tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422841.post414058587274005910..comments2023-05-22T03:18:18.107-06:00Comments on Gotthammer: Mike Perschon's Online Asylum: Have I Run Too Far to Get Home?Mike Perschonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09335943113292616702noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422841.post-26746359157478352802011-02-25T09:18:31.178-07:002011-02-25T09:18:31.178-07:00Michael-always glad to have your perspective - it&...Michael-always glad to have your perspective - it's good to know I've got company!<br /><br />Leslie - well said, although I'm still a strong advocate for Christian community (not religious authorities, although sometimes those can become one and the same). We need the ecclesia, the gathered believers, as part of our journey.<br /><br />Calvin - thanks. I'm just glad to finally be able to be this honest.Mike Perschonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09335943113292616702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422841.post-52771013642968215252011-02-24T22:45:37.150-07:002011-02-24T22:45:37.150-07:00Mike, I really appreciated the honesty what you sh...Mike, I really appreciated the honesty what you shared here, as I find that it reflects to some extent where I have been walking recently.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10971628936623296943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422841.post-50726716748210667602011-02-24T22:09:11.107-07:002011-02-24T22:09:11.107-07:00In my sixties I'm rejecting the trappings of c...In my sixties I'm rejecting the trappings of church culture and Christianity, which is just a religion; but that makes Jesus (the Living Word) and the Bible (the written word) all the more precious to me. At the same time I see that congregations struggle similarly to the way individuals like me struggle, and I want to be part of that struggle with my brothers and sisters to "throw off everything that hinders" and get to what is actually Jesus instead of us. <br />Jesus knew scripture and He talked to His Father constantly (wisdom has got to come from somewhere). And in His wisdom, He rejected what the religious authorities had turned worship into. Following Jesus, not the culture of the church, is the way to get wisdom.<br />By the way, the early church was mainly Jewish. They memorized scripture, prayed 3 times a day and saw God do a lot of miracles among them. The church kind of lost its power and became a political entity around the time of Augustine and the other church fathers.Leslienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422841.post-7374866706656816902011-02-23T10:33:31.030-07:002011-02-23T10:33:31.030-07:00Amen, Mike.
By the way, Augustine (and other Chur...Amen, Mike.<br /><br />By the way, Augustine (and other Church Fathers) didn't believe in the complete inerrancy of the Bible or a literal seven-day creation, and for most of Christian history, daily devotional reading and extemperanous prayer were generally unheard of. By not holding to a modern conception of Christian faith, you're in good company - at least I hope so, because that's about where I fall also.Michaelhttp://beyondthesecularcanopy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com