tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28444732.post4185777290986390068..comments2023-10-19T01:13:55.984+11:00Comments on Biblio-File: Back to the New TestamentKara Dekkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371757486444178312noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28444732.post-35738556514781283672012-07-17T22:00:30.486+10:002012-07-17T22:00:30.486+10:00I would have given it 0 stars if I had a "0 s...I would have given it 0 stars if I had a "0 stars" icon: http://radagast3.blogspot.com/2012/07/pagan-christianity-book-review.htmlRadagasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15008107925553904609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28444732.post-28447906419993150932012-06-01T08:19:46.990+10:002012-06-01T08:19:46.990+10:00Thanks for your comments, people.
Nick, I have a ...Thanks for your comments, people.<br /><br />Nick, I have a copy of Radical, but I haven't read it yet. Probably by the time I review it it will have gone the way of The Shack.<br /><br />I guess I have been thinking about how to have greater congregational participation and mutual edification even in the church service. I went to a Pentecost service last Sunday evening in which people were given an opportunity to say (in two sentences) what Pentecost means to them. Of course, <i>felt</i> like there were no right and wrong answers - how do you correct people in a setting like that? I was thinking about saying something outrageous like, "The Holy Spirit makes the grass grow," but I kept silent.John Dekkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127084907802954563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28444732.post-56457242195329069762012-05-29T18:49:18.960+10:002012-05-29T18:49:18.960+10:00After searching ye olde blog, I didn't see a r...After searching ye olde blog, I didn't see a reviews on the book Radical, by David Platt. Seems everyone has read Radical these days. Any plans to review it?Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13878691500812901835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28444732.post-64113184342452147312012-05-29T18:36:23.998+10:002012-05-29T18:36:23.998+10:00I started reading this, but never finished. Sound...I started reading this, but never finished. Sounds like you disagreed more than you agreed. But that's part of the point I think: to be controversial to help spark discussion and thinking. It made me think. <br /><br />Your review was well written, though I find it almost equally interesting you picked this books to read in the first place. <br /><br />Do you think there is anything you will change in your own church as a result of something you were challenged by in the book? Maybe sit in a circle instead of pews? lol.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13878691500812901835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28444732.post-79976018995686711562012-05-27T01:08:07.103+10:002012-05-27T01:08:07.103+10:00I note that Mark Driscoll has also reviewed the bo...I note that Mark Driscoll <a href="http://theresurgence.com/2010/02/10/pagan-christianity-critique" rel="nofollow">has also reviewed the book</a>.Radagasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15008107925553904609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28444732.post-32886828792184036252012-05-24T12:06:30.817+10:002012-05-24T12:06:30.817+10:00John, thank you for providing the book review on &...John, thank you for providing the book review on "Pagan Christianty." I have not read the book but have noticed it on several Christian blogs and in bookstore ads of late. Very good food for thought.<br /><br />This concept is actually something I have wrestled with in the past and still do in some regards, but within a different context of applying Biblical principles to living.<br /><br />I guess my main question I keep coming back to is: "Where do we draw the line between culture, as in the culture that existed during the time the Bible was written, and adhering to a Biblical culture that would be required of God?" Not an easy question to answer and even harder to understand proper orthopraxy. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the book.Lydia H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14719110749827634156noreply@blogger.com