heresy, authority, humanity

my comments on two comments copied from comments posted on someone else's blog. (i cut and pasted them into this draft several weeks ago, so don't remember where they come from)

Furthermore, to allow others to teach heresy would result in many being led astray.

i wonder how we go about dis-allowing others to teach? do we, as humans, have the "authority" to "dis-allow" others to teach?

our Theology is our description of God, our thoughts on the creator of the world.

i wonder if God is as sure as we are of our understanding of him?

For God so loved the world, He created the English language

Here is an interesting site. (English is GAWD's first language, you know.)

www.biblebelievers.com/churches/churches_statement.html carries the following statement at the top of its FAQ section:

We believe the King James "Authorized Version" Bible to be the perfect and infallible word of God. We believe the Bible was inspired in its origination and then divinely preserved throughout its various generations and languages until it reached us in its final form. By this we mean that the Authorized Version preserves the very words of God in the form in which He wished them to be represented in the universal language of these last days: English. [italics mine]

For Christ's sake,

...please stop signing your mean-spirited, confrontational, authoritarian posts with phrases professing some kind of kinship with Jesus which your words do not reflect!

These last few days I have ben exploring the Christian blog world of (what I consider)extremely conservative types.

What a querulous lot!

I place such a high value on nurturing the brain chemistry which keeps me optimistic and open that it's almost dangereous to go snooping around these sites, which are overwhelmingly negative, nit-picky, argumentive, confrontational and, in many cases, just plain mean. To add insult to injury, many authors sign off with something along the lines of "In Christ's love."

prayer request

ok, so i am getting older and, due to a congenital condition now manifesting itself, get to jump to the front of the line to see a cardiologist tomorrow.

prayer request: quick, easy, cheap, simple fix. no medication. no open heart surgery. many long, happy, healthy, active years ahead.

i'm not scared of dying. i figure that must be because i don't really think i will.

but, hey, i am happy. i am trusting (that means 'counting on') my assertion that God honors our best efforts. i don't have that overwhelming sense of fear for my family without me.

is it because i have learned that they are responsible for themselves, no matter how high or low the quality of my parenting skills? is it because they are all pretty much grown up?

for whatever reason, i have found the capacity for joy. i credit God for this.

does it go back to i really think i will be ok? or do i really, truly believe that there is something — God — beyond this moment?

emerging church congregation

a few weeks ago i saw a billboard ad for a church with the three r's of emergent fellowship: real, relevant, relational.

bemused, i visited

and enjoyed it the worship service. brought my honey along the next two times. he wants to join, so, of course, my oppositional nature has sprung into action.

me: join? why? are you sure? not me.

he: yah. i'd like to.

me: you're not gonna get all involved and stuff like that are you? 'cause i'm not. no way. i mean, i enjoy the service and stuff. but. like. join?

he: yah. join. we don't have to get too involved.

me: ok. you join. you won't get too involved? i mean, i really like the way we've arranged our life. i don't want church eating up all that we have built since quitting the church your family attended for generations.

he: ok.

me: so when you join, don't you dare tell them they can include me on their membership rolls.

he: ok.

me: ...like you did last time. i still remember that, you know. i'm not joining, ok?

he: ok.

we actually do converse at deeper levels, and on a regular basis.