tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post5765456913219467695..comments2023-06-11T03:51:05.671-05:00Comments on Susan's Pendulum: Crux TheologorumSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152213210269075304noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-24734331057503520242013-08-28T00:25:42.864-05:002013-08-28T00:25:42.864-05:00You might also want to study the "Crux Theolo...You might also want to study the "Crux Theologorum" (The Theologian's Cross), which is articulated here (and elsewhere, of course)... http://www.stpaulslutheranchurch.net/cruxtheologorum.html<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-31487029592434637802008-11-18T06:24:00.000-06:002008-11-18T06:24:00.000-06:00We were just talking about this with my mother in ...We were just talking about this with my mother in law (she is a Jehovah's Witness), she kept getting confused with the whole we do nothing to save ourselves but do everything to damn ourselves. She didn't like the thought that we didn't have anything to do with our salvation, that our good works or good behavior had no effect on God. I think once you start thinking of it like you mentioned then it just has to be that way, there is no other way, we can't save ourselves but God can, we certainly can damn ourselves because God won't, he only desires for us to be with him in everlasting life.<BR/>But yeah, anyways, it was an interesting conversation, both Paul and I were like "It's so obvious" and my mother in law was torn in two and so confused and did not want to accept what was there clearly in front of her. But isn't that the way of all of us, we deny a lot of stuff that is obvious (like me being a sinner and I say "I don't sin that badly", well yes I do, sin is sin, just like 1+1=2).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770434324643327781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-39926922218682239682008-11-17T21:02:00.000-06:002008-11-17T21:02:00.000-06:00Well, actually, this wasn't the one I was thinking...Well, actually, this wasn't the one I was thinking of. There's a whole slough of them over at Petersen's blog, from a couple of years back. Some of them are very funny and very Scaer-ian. And profound.<BR/><BR/>But the main ones I'm thinking of are in the second volume of <I>In Christ</I> which I've been meaning to <I>really read</I> ever since last fall when I blew through it fast with my red pen prior to publication. Thing is, when I was in Fort Wayne earlier this month, I was going through some other articles for another project, and found some pieces that absolutely demand me to pay attention to them! So now I'm delayed agaaain from digging into volume-2.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307213773466556564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-31999370535870089032008-11-17T20:25:00.000-06:002008-11-17T20:25:00.000-06:00The promised Scaer quote! (and it's very, very goo...The promised Scaer quote! (and it's very, very good!)Elephantschildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610471467736150461noreply@blogger.com