tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738328777803637642.post8704774730893541650..comments2023-11-05T01:40:29.449-07:00Comments on We really do need each other.: My God is Sovereign Part 2Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03967889254766964533noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738328777803637642.post-56721027979362597482008-07-10T03:28:00.000-07:002008-07-10T03:28:00.000-07:00Hi Vicki,I see you pulled an article.Done that...;...Hi Vicki,<BR/><BR/>I see you pulled an article.<BR/><BR/>Done that...;)Dr. Russell Norman Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703130625190233670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738328777803637642.post-63783256805623771732008-07-05T20:33:00.000-07:002008-07-05T20:33:00.000-07:00Thanks Russ,I appreciate your thoughts.Thanks Russ,<BR/>I appreciate your thoughts.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03967889254766964533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738328777803637642.post-34790908760825363612008-07-04T18:51:00.000-07:002008-07-04T18:51:00.000-07:00Reply to your comment left on "Journaling For Grow...Reply to your comment left on "Journaling For Growth" July 4, 2008.<BR/><BR/>Here is an example of a "Mature", or "grown" person running out and playing in the dirt:<BR/><BR/>Another blogger talked of her experience in a friend who claims to be a Christian having a party at his home. When this blogger arrived, she found there was alcohol, cigarets, secular music and foul language. The girl said that she disapproved sharply. Then her 'Christian' friend said, "Christians need to shake things up". Then he discussed that the Bible does not say anything about not using profane language. (I can think of a few. How about the requirements of an elder? Or, do not take the name of your God in vain).<BR/>This guy is what I call a periphal Christian. He has been saved and is now living in filth.jeleasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07573831215568628361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738328777803637642.post-43769862315077729122008-07-03T03:28:00.000-07:002008-07-03T03:28:00.000-07:00Yes, Vicki, Remember the phrase, "tree huger". I...Yes, Vicki,<BR/> Remember the phrase, "tree huger". I remember having walked the mall in Washington D.C., probably, fifteen years ago. I would just be facinated with the show "new agers" would make in their ritualistic displays of prostrating themselves on the ground or kissing and wrapping themselves on trees. <BR/> Very odd belief system for this present day. Those poeople either had a lot of faith, or they just plain wanted and enjoyed the attention.jeleasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07573831215568628361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738328777803637642.post-64773326887420421402008-07-03T01:53:00.000-07:002008-07-03T01:53:00.000-07:00...New Age is not new. It is at the root of old pa...<EM>...New Age is not new. It is at the root of old pagan philosophy called pantheism.<BR/>New Age or pantheism states that God, or the gods, were created along with the universe. They are in and part of everything. This means God is in the flowers, in the stars, and part of every human being. Thus we can worship anything and ourselves. We can make up our own rules as long as we are sincere about our beliefs. This sounds so nice on the surface, doesn't it! Yet this system ultimately fails us.</EM><BR/><BR/>True.<BR/><BR/>I wrote on this previously on thekingpin68.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Vicki.:)<BR/><BR/><EM>It can be stated here that the God of the Bible is not pantheistic as the creator is totally independent in nature from his creation. Erickson (1994: 303). God existed before the creation of matter as a purely spiritual being, and was not dependent on matter or anything other than himself for existence. God is not equal to his creation or matter, he is beyond it. God is also not to be considered in a panentheistic context as although the creator does sustain all of his creation through his power he is not the vital force within all he creates. Erickson (1994: 307). God in pantheism may be considered to be equal with a tree. God in panentheism may be considered beyond the tree, but the vital force within it, where as in my view a traditional Christian understanding would be that God is beyond a tree and sustains it, but is not the vital force within it. If God is the vital force within a tree, it could be argued that the tree’s essence is infinite and eternal and I think that this would be error. In contrast I think that God sustains and energizes all of his creation while allowing it existence separate from his own. The tree remains finite although it is sustained by God. When the tree dies so does its essence.</EM><BR/><BR/>ERICKSON, MILLARD (1994) Christian Theology, Grand Rapids, Baker Book House.Dr. Russell Norman Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703130625190233670noreply@blogger.com