tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.comments2012-03-10T09:07:38.106-08:00Life In ProgressKEVIN DOIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06585250255089002614noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-24767408841924448872012-03-10T09:07:38.106-08:002012-03-10T09:07:38.106-08:00Thanks Kevin, I'm considering pursuing a DMin ...Thanks Kevin, I'm considering pursuing a DMin as well and these words speak to my concerns.<br /><br />Grace upon grace.MELandJELhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12747889323765588320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-4537990948959290212011-01-14T13:10:32.181-08:002011-01-14T13:10:32.181-08:00"And so rock bottom became the solid foundati..."And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life."Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12761364934829763103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-85406375199972913852010-12-21T19:08:00.749-08:002010-12-21T19:08:00.749-08:00thanks for this great analogy of discipleship and ...thanks for this great analogy of discipleship and growth as a conventional way of cooking!<br />LOve it! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-49031477558800070422010-08-22T17:33:11.144-07:002010-08-22T17:33:11.144-07:00What a good looking family. :)
You should talk to...What a good looking family. :)<br /><br />You should talk to Ingrid. There's this technique where you get super vibrant colors in your photos, but I forgot what it's called. I'm sure she knows.Darylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-67819761406567344102010-05-13T17:41:13.710-07:002010-05-13T17:41:13.710-07:00I second Erin's Amen with a tired sigh.I second Erin's Amen with a tired sigh.Child of Wonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103418834239521491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-41721311559686482532010-05-13T13:10:59.289-07:002010-05-13T13:10:59.289-07:00A-freaking-menA-freaking-menErinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13301222412563398458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-7446031176335957932010-01-16T00:11:08.405-08:002010-01-16T00:11:08.405-08:00"transformation happens through encounter wit..."transformation happens through encounter with Jesus. That's why it's hard to change with just more or better information. We need a genuine experience with God that captures our whole selves."<br /><br />great reminder...Child of Wonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103418834239521491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-83608292050011144902010-01-15T20:45:34.454-08:002010-01-15T20:45:34.454-08:00Yoga is a way of life, a conscious act, not a set ...Yoga is a way of life, a conscious act, not a set or series of learning principles. The dexterity, grace, and poise you cultivate, as a matter of course, is the natural outcome of regular practice. You require no major effort. In fact trying hard will turn your practices into a humdrum, painful, even injurious routine and will eventually slow down your progress. Subsequently, and interestingly, the therapeutic effect of Yoga is the direct result of involving the mind totally in inspiring (breathing) the body to awaken. Yoga is probably the only form of physical activity that massages each and every one of the body’s glands and organs. This includes the prostate, a gland that seldom, if ever, gets externally stimulated in one’s whole life. <br />www.coomararunodaya.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12713436995600153836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-25619562436641703582009-12-24T22:32:24.012-08:002009-12-24T22:32:24.012-08:00Everything is for you ,merry christmas!
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Wouldn't that go against the inerrancy of the bible doctrine? Jesus is the son of God, how can the son be the 'truest & fullest' description of the father? <br /><br />The "Sovereignty of God" stance would seem to provide people comfort that God is in control, even if he chooses to allow evil to happen vs. the theory that the world is under satan's & randomness's control, where you're in danger at a whim of anything. <br /><br /><i>'I don’t interpret that passage to say that all things are good, only that God can bring about good in all things. ... The passage gives hope that in all things good can emerge because God does this for those who love him.'</i> <br /><br />This passage though often quoted, can seem quite inadequate to explain global tragedies or even personal tragic losses. How is a person supposed to see how God can bring about good, in the face of a loved one being killed from a act of nature or from a random act of violence? <br /><br /><i>'What’s fascinating (or frustrating) is that God offers no explanation for suffering and evil.'</i><br /><br />There may be some wisdom in the fact that God offers no explanations, while everyone and many religious leaders always try to explain just how involved or not involved God is concerning bad things. But somehow he gets credit for all the good things. (It is easy to keep an image of a benevolent God with that assumption)<br /><br />....<br /><br />As a continuation of the parent/child analogy. Look at all the medical procedures that parents allow their babies to endure. There is a lot of controversy about vaccinations. Baby boys get circumsized for no real significant medical benefit. In the eyes of the baby, those painful experiences are 'BAD', yet the parent actively allows them to happen. <br /><br />A parent also actively limits the freedom of a child/baby. Puts it in a crib, confines it to car seat, limits access to electrical outlets. The child just wants freedom and to explore, yet is often held back (restricted) by the parent. <br /><br />A parent can even use physical restraint or punishment. If child doesn't listen when told not to run into the street, the parent must physical hold the child, or even cause emotional or physical pain to the child to protect the child from his/her own ignorance. <br /><br />A parent who gives in to every one of their child's wishes ends up spoiling the child, which in the long term harms the child. However in the child's eye, getting what they want is 'Good', vs. not getting their wants is 'Bad'. <br /><br />In this analogy, God is like the parent, we are like the child. Too ignorant to know what is really good or bad, and unable/incapable of seeing/understanding things from God's perspective.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747596328993238129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-5035854385635642642009-10-06T13:50:24.890-07:002009-10-06T13:50:24.890-07:00Hi Eddie,
Thanks for your comments, I take it you...Hi Eddie,<br /><br />Thanks for your comments, I take it you disagree with me =) The questions you raise are valid ones. I’ve attempted to respond to them here:<br /><br />You point out that I may be biased and may need to meet a “benevolent image” of God instead of accepting God the way he is or isn’t. I admit I have biases. I also think we all have our biases. None of us, no matter how careful, can come to Scripture unbiased. I wonder if you may be biased by your own need to fit your beliefs into some sort of “sovereignty of God” image? <br /><br />In Romans 8:28, I don’t interpret that passage to say that all things are good, only that God can bring about good in all things. Not all things are good simply because God ultimately brings about good from them. We don’t have to make horrible things good. The passage gives hope that in all things good can emerge because God does this for those who love him. In my opinion, the sovereignty of God is not his power to manipulate all things so they have meaning, but that despite the presence of suffering and evil in this world, we can be assured that God will ultimately bring about his purposes for us. This is the hope Paul speaks of here. As for Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, this is a descriptive passage not a prescriptive one, which seems to reinforce my viewpoint that life is filled with both good and evil, wonderful and terrible. It does not say that God causes all these things nor that all things happen for a reason. <br /><br />You are right, there are passages that suggest God strikes people dead. This is fair. In my interpretation, I have to ask myself, “ Is Jesus is the truest and fullest description of God or what other’s experience of him as written in the Old Testament?” In the end, we can conjecture about God’s intentions in passages of the OT that are admittedly troubling and disturbing. I am not suggesting that we dismiss them, only that they be held up against what we do know to be true about God: That Jesus is the concrete reality of God’s being, the beginning and end of understanding of who God is and what he is like. (John 1:18; John 1:7; Colossians 2:9). The question is, “Which do we believe to be truer about God? Jesus or what we see in passages of the OT?” Jesus reveals God’s heart to turn the other cheek, to not repay evil with evil, that love and healing are God’s intention for humanity. This is the tension. I admittedly give more weight to what is revealed in Christ.<br /><br />You raise legitimate questions too regarding why God seems to “allow bad things to happen.” I present no good answers. This seems to be the point of Job. Job tells us of the reality of good and evil through use of literary device. And even when evil comes with full force, God still triumphs over evil. Interestingly, it is Job’s friends who have a need to explain and justify why bad things are happening to Job, but who in the end are judged. What’s fascinating (or frustrating) is that God offers no explanation for suffering and evil. Neither do Jesus or Paul. Both assume suffering and evil in the world. To claim that all things happen for a reason or to assume that all bad things have at its core a lesson from God is to make the mistake of Job’s friends. It occurs to me that a weakness of the sovereignty of God doctrine is that it can be an attempt to explain evil and suffering in a way that God himself refuses to offer. I do not know if God can stop all suffering or not; all I can say is that this is not his ultimate provision. In the end, God does not stop all suffering. He offers resurrection. The ultimate enemy is death as a consequence sin. This is to what God speaks and acts in human history. Death has been overcome through Jesus Christ. <br /><br />As for analogies, I am not the first to compare human traits to God. Not since God became human in Jesus Christ! There are valid descriptions because God became human. <br /><br />Again, thanks for writing. We probably have some differences, and that’s OK! Just wanted to elaborate on what is some of my underlying theology.KEVIN DOIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06585250255089002614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-14138449270420920802009-10-01T20:47:32.482-07:002009-10-01T20:47:32.482-07:00Good information here - thanks for sharing!Good information here - thanks for sharing!Kristinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-6100946315288302672009-10-01T15:07:17.640-07:002009-10-01T15:07:17.640-07:00"I am saying that God does not cause bad thin...<i>"I am saying that God does not cause bad things to happen so that I can learn something good.<br />....<br />I don't believe the popular platitude that, "All things happen for a reason." I don't believe it because it's not true. It's nowhere to be found in Scripture."</i><br /><br />How does this match up with the many interpretations of Romans 8:28 or Ecc. 3:1-8? <br /><br />How's that fit with the Sovereignty of God? Even if he doesn't directly cause bad things to happen, but allows them to happen. He can still effect bad things to happen by not doing anything (or withholding protection). <br /><br /><i>"This would make God a horribly sadistic deity and I'd have to find some other line of work"</i><br /><br />Aren't there many examples in the old testament where God strikes dead many people? What about the great flood & Noah? What about the trials of Job? <br /><br />Seems part of your logic is that God needs to meet some sort of 'benevolent image', instead of accepting him for the way he is or isn't. <br /><br />Tying your line of work to your beliefs could tend to create biases. Then your brain would try to force and mold the truth to match their beliefs, instead of seeing the truth for what it is.<br /><br /><i>"Like any good parent, we don't have to cause bad things to happen to our children in order to teach them something good."</i><br /><br />This analogy gets used often, however would a parent of 2 billion people (Christians), or 7+ billion people, have the same type of perspective as a parent of just a few children? Also isn't it backwards to be comparing human traits to God, shouldn't it be the other way around?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747596328993238129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-5526342844323412102009-09-15T22:48:19.170-07:002009-09-15T22:48:19.170-07:00Hi Chelsea, I love your comments! It's been s...Hi Chelsea, I love your comments! It's been so great to meet you and your husband. At Epic, we believe a church must be measured by how well it makes disciples, and disciples are made through relationship. I'm an apostolic by gifting, and have too often used people to accomplish other things. I've had to learn, often the hard way, that people are not just a means, but also the goal. Thanks for the return reminder =) Here's to the adventure of relationship, and your getting to Europe as part of that! Much favor on the artists!KEVIN DOIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06585250255089002614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-7944381896301443582009-09-15T22:40:52.522-07:002009-09-15T22:40:52.522-07:00Hey Lori, thanks for the reply, hope you are doing...Hey Lori, thanks for the reply, hope you are doing well! I just finished a series on Hosea, and was completely struck by how many people couldn't get over that "God was for them." Their whole life experience led them to believe otherwise, and that is a worldview that is difficult to overcome except by the grace of God. It is a complete leap of faith to believe that the gospel starts not with "I'm a sinner/loser" but with "I am loved." But it makes all the difference. Here's to us framing all of life in his grace. Thanks for sharing!KEVIN DOIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06585250255089002614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-68200998135121501152009-09-15T22:33:16.543-07:002009-09-15T22:33:16.543-07:00Thanks for leaving a comment Small World Wonder! I...Thanks for leaving a comment Small World Wonder! I can relate, it's such a contrarian view in most places that you can feel all alone in the world - glad we can be kindred spirits on this one. May mean nothing to you, but I'm influenced greatly by Ray Anderson, former professor of theology at Fuller Seminary. Thanks again!KEVIN DOIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06585250255089002614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-11691773495757802742009-09-14T22:46:19.969-07:002009-09-14T22:46:19.969-07:00Wow, thank you for saying all that. I am so with y...Wow, thank you for saying all that. I am so with you on that interpretation of rough experience. I think I needed to hear/read someone else say it though. =)Child of Wonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103418834239521491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-14746930603833623742009-09-10T09:46:57.764-07:002009-09-10T09:46:57.764-07:00Amen!
We have really screwed up the way we think a...Amen!<br />We have really screwed up the way we think about power, community and real relationship. The failings are in many ways the inevitable fruit of how we go about things.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13301222412563398458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-19558784962646719222009-09-04T22:26:00.070-07:002009-09-04T22:26:00.070-07:00Sharing the love for Mayer Hawthorne.
Reminds me o...Sharing the love for Mayer Hawthorne.<br />Reminds me of The Delfonics.<br /><br /><br />rickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-31629500166997856412009-08-20T14:50:31.924-07:002009-08-20T14:50:31.924-07:00Thank you for this reflection on Up. I appreciate ...Thank you for this reflection on Up. I appreciate your insight very much. I saw it with my husband and wept uncontrollably for at least the first half hour of the film. The portrait of grief & loss was intense and overwhelming. It touched on many places of abandonment.<br /><br />At the same time, it brought out a deeper repentance--I had been desiring things, "adventures," tasks, even ministry goals, over relationship. For example, I'm an artist, and I want to go to Europe so badly (it's probably the first thing on my list), but each time the car breaks, or we get an unexpected bill, our "jar" gets broken again and our Europe savings get drained. I have been so disappointed, frustrated, and somewhat despairing about this, but seeing Up brought me face to face with a startling truth: relationship is the adventure. I can choose to be "in it" or pursue things that are less important.<br /><br />For that, I can give thanks and be grateful for my marriage and the gift of intimate relationship, whether we make it to Venice or Rome or the Alps. <br /><br />I must say, God is good. I was getting frustrated afresh, and feeling hopeless about this again today. Just stumbling upon your reflection has brought me back to how I felt when I saw Up. Thanks, Jesus!Chelsea Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01825840598100242249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-61448988124919597692009-04-05T18:50:00.000-07:002009-04-05T18:50:00.000-07:00I don't know another Pastor who would brave the Ko...I don't know another Pastor who would brave the Kogi BBQ Truck line at 2am! Next Time, I'll join ya!<BR/><BR/>Delta BoyDelta Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13752463396742642395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-26130409648574437082009-03-24T12:36:00.000-07:002009-03-24T12:36:00.000-07:00Also featured in Fast Company recently.Also featured in Fast Company recently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-23119018103563500972009-03-13T16:44:00.000-07:002009-03-13T16:44:00.000-07:00Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh was giving away their Zappos...Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh was giving away their Zappos Culture book a few weeks ago via Tweetathon. I emailed Tony and got a free one in 2 days!<BR/><BR/>They may still have more available -- Just email tony@zappos.com to get one free, or you could buy one http://cli.gs/6M4b6uAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-70174994698252593312008-12-22T14:19:00.000-08:002008-12-22T14:19:00.000-08:00nice commentary. I like the album, too.nice commentary. I like the album, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906938326558905786.post-82188455968945028442008-11-19T14:39:00.000-08:002008-11-19T14:39:00.000-08:00I saw this and thought it was pretty relevant to t...I saw this and thought it was pretty relevant to the SUV driver with treasures stored in heaven.<BR/><BR/>http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bumper+sticker+activismJessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13754958625712960845noreply@blogger.com