Comments on: We Are/Were The Grapes of Wrath http://www.byfarthersteps.com/?p=768&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-arewere-the-grapes-of-wrath Reformed and Reforming, semper reformanda to Christ's glory. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:03:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tim Etherington http://www.byfarthersteps.com/?p=768&cpage=1#comment-17467 Tim Etherington Thu, 22 May 2008 14:46:42 +0000 http://www.byfarthersteps.com/?p=768#comment-17467 Thanks for the input Bill, I think you're exactly right! That thing about the new believer not reading their Bible for a year being seen as a good thing really troubled my heart as well. Shouldn't a Christian's, especially a NEW Christian's, understanding of God be shaped by the Bible and not by absorbing it from the church culture? Thanks for the input Bill, I think you’re exactly right!

That thing about the new believer not reading their Bible for a year being seen as a good thing really troubled my heart as well. Shouldn’t a Christian’s, especially a NEW Christian’s, understanding of God be shaped by the Bible and not by absorbing it from the church culture?

]]> By: Bill Stroud http://www.byfarthersteps.com/?p=768&cpage=1#comment-17465 Bill Stroud Thu, 22 May 2008 13:51:47 +0000 http://www.byfarthersteps.com/?p=768#comment-17465 Since she is a songwriter, I can kind of see how she views God on a more emotional type of relationship, I guess God's wrath isn't a big song seller . She would have better off saying that in each story one can see the various attributes of God such as justice, mercy, and holiness and from these flow love and anger. In today's post-modern society, we pick and choose our theology much like going to a grocery store to buy fruit, we take this because it looks good and put down that because it doesn't feel right. Another observation I saw in the article is the impact pastors have the young of the church and the importance it plays in the role of developing a person's theology. What an awesome responsibility our pastor's have, they deserve our prayers. Since she is a songwriter, I can kind of see how she views God on a more emotional type of relationship, I guess God’s wrath isn’t a big song seller . She would have better off saying that in each story one can see the various attributes of God such as justice, mercy, and holiness and from these flow love and anger. In today’s post-modern society, we pick and choose our theology much like going to a grocery store to buy fruit, we take this because it looks good and put down that because it doesn’t feel right.
Another observation I saw in the article is the impact pastors have the young of the church and the importance it plays in the role of developing a person’s theology. What an awesome responsibility our pastor’s have, they deserve our prayers.

]]> By: Tim Etherington http://www.byfarthersteps.com/?p=768&cpage=1#comment-17421 Tim Etherington Sat, 17 May 2008 17:06:34 +0000 http://www.byfarthersteps.com/?p=768#comment-17421 Oh, thanks for that Bill. I didn't have a clue who she was. But her article kind of provoked me. Oh, thanks for that Bill. I didn’t have a clue who she was. But her article kind of provoked me.

]]> By: Bill B http://www.byfarthersteps.com/?p=768&cpage=1#comment-17420 Bill B Sat, 17 May 2008 16:13:10 +0000 http://www.byfarthersteps.com/?p=768#comment-17420 I know of Carolyn Arends as a singer and songwriter. I have three of her albums. I have not read the article yet, but plan to - especially now. I know of Carolyn Arends as a singer and songwriter. I have three of her albums. I have not read the article yet, but plan to – especially now.

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