tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post2776765888765247249..comments2023-10-02T03:39:59.884-05:00Comments on Jeff Meyers: Cool Stuff on Christendom - Part IJeff Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934932107746619375noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post-27300588122758852392007-11-09T06:54:00.000-06:002007-11-09T06:54:00.000-06:00Hey everyone,I am really enjoying this discussion,...Hey everyone,<BR/>I am really enjoying this discussion, so thanks. As to Bobber's question, that is something I have been wondering for several years now. Let me first qualify what I am going to say by stating that I know my family and I are very blessed to be living in America, with all of the freedoms we have, in this time. But as a conservative Christian in America I have had serious concerns about the state of affairs in the church, government, and society. So the question is are we really doing anyone in the world a huge favor by giving them the "great gift" of democracy as it exists in America today? I just don't believe that is what is going to solve the world's problems.<BR/><BR/>Now, establishing a "beachhead" for the church to do the work of the Gospel in those places is what is important. To the extent that any military expedition by our country makes it easier to establish that beachhead, then maybe it is a good thing. But, has that, or is that happening? If it is great, it would be something that I am ignorant to.<BR/><BR/>Just my thoughts,<BR/>JasonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post-62695542892387024222007-11-08T22:16:00.000-06:002007-11-08T22:16:00.000-06:00I haven't read the N.T. piece yet. I'll try to wh...I haven't read the N.T. piece yet. I'll try to when I can get to it.<BR/><BR/>David's comments about the 19th century movement are right on target. Those who came to Lebanon during that time started institutions such as the American University of Beirut. AUB was started by a Presbyterian missionary. Today AUB has gone the way of so many universities that started out so well.<BR/><BR/>There is a lot I could say about Bobber's question. Suffice it to say, it is a VERY good question!<BR/><BR/>Ed PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post-76453369625004096112007-11-06T10:10:00.000-06:002007-11-06T10:10:00.000-06:00Didn't we invade Iraq in order to start a democrac...Didn't we invade Iraq in order to start a democracy in the middle east? It isn't looking too good at this point is it?Bobberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15191758379967819106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post-29361893360208565622007-11-06T08:51:00.000-06:002007-11-06T08:51:00.000-06:00No disagreement on the merits. The problem is when...No disagreement on the merits. The problem is when the church identifies herself with the powers that be, and then is reckoned as an apologist for those powers.<BR/><BR/>The anti-clericalism of much of 19th Century Europe sprung from that source, and we're still living with the remnants of that reaction, via Wright and others, in their perceived need to distance themselves from the world's greatest civil power, even when that power does some good.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484863804749639654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post-14829459110133756352007-11-05T21:16:00.000-06:002007-11-05T21:16:00.000-06:00Though saddened by NTW comments, I am not shocked....Though saddened by NTW comments, I am not shocked. He is, politically, a English socialist. Jim Jordan is right NTW continues to blow it by siding with the UN bureaucrats rather than those who seek liberty.<BR/><BR/>It is fashionable to put down the 19th century missionary movement as imperialism. Yet it brought blessings to those who came under the spread of the gospel.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08764959054994705458noreply@blogger.com