tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post7562666809923731113..comments2024-03-25T19:00:40.046-06:00Comments on The Constructive Curmudgeon: An Evangelical ManifestoDouglas Groothuis, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-32189585970591043442008-05-08T14:08:00.000-06:002008-05-08T14:08:00.000-06:00thanks for bringing some attention to it; post you...thanks for bringing some attention to it; post your reaction to it when you can - i'd like to hear your thoughts.<BR/><BR/>i had some hesitations and misgivings before reading the document, but was actually quite impressed and invigorated after taking in the whole of what it addressed.<BR/><BR/>they chose <I>not</I> to say that creationism and inerrancy were non-negotiables - i liked that. for the first, there's very little biblical justification anymore behind whatever the latest flavor of anti-natural-selection dessert is being served up; for the latter, somehow we can admit that we can't prove the existence of God, but goshdarnit we have a golden egg this unprovable God laid right here. kind of stupid when you think about it ... not that thinking is a pre-requisite course in any of these endeavors.<BR/><BR/>more than anything, i was motivated and energized by the very positive nature of the piece - that it wasn't yet another "here's everything we're <I>against</I>" rant but an effort to make the gospel again a message of <I>good news</I>. imagine that - the gospel being <I>good news</I>. American Christianity has lost this defining characteristic ever since it embraced the neo-con's Jesus bobble-head doll.<BR/><BR/>and, maybe i missed it, but there didn't seem to be great emphasis on <I>evangelism</I> in this <I>Evangelical</I> Manifesto. was that intentional? i didn't see a single chick tract referenced in the bibliography...<BR/><BR/>perhaps one unintended benefit of the proposal is a clear opportunity to take this EM (Evangelical Manifesto) and align it with the other EM (<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FEmergent-Manifesto-Hope-emersion-communities%2Fdp%2F080106807X%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1210257943%26sr%3D8-2&tag=mwc04-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" REL="nofollow">Emergent Manifesto</A>) and finally have all our EM & EMs in a row without demonizing the other side.<BR/><BR/>one can only hope...<BR/><BR/>mike rucker<BR/>fairburn, georgia, usa<BR/><A HREF="http://mikerucker.wordpress.com" REL="nofollow">mikerucker.wordpress.com</A>spud tooleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921322553025339949noreply@blogger.com