Comments on: Six: justice, kindness, humility – part one. http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/03/six-justice-kindness-humility-part-one/ a dialog about authentic faith Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:11:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: viralJesus.org » I’m down with mercy…as long as a few people get what they’ve got comin’… http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/03/six-justice-kindness-humility-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-395 viralJesus.org » I’m down with mercy…as long as a few people get what they’ve got comin’… Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:39:18 +0000 http://www.viraljesus.org/?p=139#comment-395 [...] NOTE: Here’s where this particular sub-thread began - it’s kind of a serial-blogging (or serial killing of the concept of blogging), so I like to [...] [...] NOTE: Here’s where this particular sub-thread began – it’s kind of a serial-blogging (or serial killing of the concept of blogging), so I like to [...]

]]> By: viralJesus.org » Justice vs. fairness, why I can’t get on American Idol, and other existential rants. http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/03/six-justice-kindness-humility-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-393 viralJesus.org » Justice vs. fairness, why I can’t get on American Idol, and other existential rants. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:55:03 +0000 http://www.viraljesus.org/?p=139#comment-393 [...] a thread about what I think we oughta be thinking about (See this post for the intro to this section). This is a direct follow-up to the last post (aren’t they all?). I seem to have painted [...] [...] a thread about what I think we oughta be thinking about (See this post for the intro to this section). This is a direct follow-up to the last post (aren’t they all?). I seem to have painted [...]

]]> By: Jon Arnold http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/03/six-justice-kindness-humility-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Jon Arnold Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:58:52 +0000 http://www.viraljesus.org/?p=139#comment-389 Well hello there! Yes, balance is the key - the more I learn, the more I find that the Bible is very balanced - it's us who get obsessive, fixating on what we want to see or hear. If you take it as a whole, you can find helpful, applicable truths. But if you fixate on one detail, you get out of whack. Reminds me of a time I was trying to explain a doctrinal conept to someone and they kept wanting to only talka about what the exact words found in one single verse meant. I insisted that you have to consider context, history, original laguage, target audience, and the rest of the Bible to understand what is being said in that one verse. He said I was just bluffing because I didn't really know what it meant. Maybe I was :-). But you have to look at the whole mosaic to understand where the pieces fit. Very good to hear from you - let me know if you're ever around this way... Well hello there!

Yes, balance is the key – the more I learn, the more I find that the Bible is very balanced – it’s us who get obsessive, fixating on what we want to see or hear. If you take it as a whole, you can find helpful, applicable truths. But if you fixate on one detail, you get out of whack. Reminds me of a time I was trying to explain a doctrinal conept to someone and they kept wanting to only talka about what the exact words found in one single verse meant. I insisted that you have to consider context, history, original laguage, target audience, and the rest of the Bible to understand what is being said in that one verse. He said I was just bluffing because I didn’t really know what it meant. Maybe I was :-) . But you have to look at the whole mosaic to understand where the pieces fit.

Very good to hear from you – let me know if you’re ever around this way…

]]> By: April http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/03/six-justice-kindness-humility-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-388 April Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:12:57 +0000 http://www.viraljesus.org/?p=139#comment-388 Oo me! I'll be the reader! ("me" being April... the weird girl who haunted your house for a while. Hi! ) But dude... seriously? Jabberwocky doesn't even phase that weird cat thing. I think you have a special gift for finding random things. And you use it well :) I was so excited when I found this site a couple days ago! I saw the link on your Facebook page and now I can’t stop reading. I feel it’s a “productive” form of procrastination :) And I can't believe you guys just had another baby girl! Congratulations!! Four girls... you're totally in trouble, Jon! I hope all is going well and you guys aren't too exhausted! It’s so weird, I was just ranting about this yesterday (and I don’t really rant about this stuff anymore, so the timing is notable to me). This idea of “obsessing” is SO relevant. At least it is to me. I always just thought I went completely overboard with this stuff because I’m neurotic… I didn’t realize it applied to other people lol. Don’t you find that you obsess over both sides though? If, “It’s all about balance,” is the justification for some of the crazy extremes there are in the Bible, then there’s got to be a balance between the legalistic side and the all grace all the time side. And finding that balance was what I always ended up stuck in. It confuses me. Which admittedly isn’t hard to do! Oo me! I’ll be the reader! (“me” being April… the weird girl who haunted your house for a while. Hi! )

But dude… seriously? Jabberwocky doesn’t even phase that weird cat thing. I think you have a special gift for finding random things. And you use it well :) I was so excited when I found this site a couple days ago! I saw the link on your Facebook page and now I can’t stop reading. I feel it’s a “productive” form of procrastination :) And I can’t believe you guys just had another baby girl! Congratulations!! Four girls… you’re totally in trouble, Jon! I hope all is going well and you guys aren’t too exhausted!

It’s so weird, I was just ranting about this yesterday (and I don’t really rant about this stuff anymore, so the timing is notable to me). This idea of “obsessing” is SO relevant. At least it is to me. I always just thought I went completely overboard with this stuff because I’m neurotic… I didn’t realize it applied to other people lol. Don’t you find that you obsess over both sides though? If, “It’s all about balance,” is the justification for some of the crazy extremes there are in the Bible, then there’s got to be a balance between the legalistic side and the all grace all the time side. And finding that balance was what I always ended up stuck in. It confuses me. Which admittedly isn’t hard to do!

]]>