Comments on: Healthy Critique http://stephenmurray.co.za/2008/06/healthy-critique/ light conversations of a church planter... Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:25:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jonathan http://stephenmurray.co.za/2008/06/healthy-critique/comment-page-1/#comment-1158 Jonathan Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:09:22 +0000 http://stephenmurray.wordpress.com/?p=645#comment-1158 is this not in some ways 'the scandal of the evangelical mind' (to borrow from noll, in that as soon as hard questions are asked, many peopel are afriad of actually thnking. thus, it seems that it is farv easier to hide behind the "this is God's will*, so it will be blessed, and dont you oppose it" view than actually realising that there is often a struggle to find God's will. reading some of the comments, i was intrested to see that most who supported the hillsong jsut said that is was God's will. as soon as someone immediatly claims to beGod's spokeperson, i do belive that danger is around the corner. Thats why I really respect your blog and thoughts Stephen,and pelase keep it up, as we need to continually examine our lives and see if we are actually near God's will or not. *Also, there are so many vierws to what God's will is, and how it is found, things like thas cannot be rashly dismissed, but need to be deeply engaged. is this not in some ways ‘the scandal of the evangelical mind’ (to borrow from noll, in that as soon as hard questions are asked, many peopel are afriad of actually thnking. thus, it seems that it is farv easier to hide behind the “this is God’s will*, so it will be blessed, and dont you oppose it” view than actually realising that there is often a struggle to find God’s will. reading some of the comments, i was intrested to see that most who supported the hillsong jsut said that is was God’s will. as soon as someone immediatly claims to beGod’s spokeperson, i do belive that danger is around the corner.
Thats why I really respect your blog and thoughts Stephen,and pelase keep it up, as we need to continually examine our lives and see if we are actually near God’s will or not.
*Also, there are so many vierws to what God’s will is, and how it is found, things like thas cannot be rashly dismissed, but need to be deeply engaged.

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