tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563824793508138123.post1821551259579867165..comments2009-05-14T22:41:52.573+01:00Comments on Faith Seeking Understanding...: Can we ever make the effort?thechangingmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092678529716868673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563824793508138123.post-43439987910986040682009-03-21T10:45:00.000+00:002009-03-21T10:45:00.000+00:00Couldn't agree more hermeneutica! There are, in my...Couldn't agree more hermeneutica! There are, in my opinion, very few more pernicious 'doctrines' out there at the moment.thechangingmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11092678529716868673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563824793508138123.post-48059858050323093542009-03-21T04:11:00.000+00:002009-03-21T04:11:00.000+00:00The 'prosperity gospel' only came to my awareness ...The 'prosperity gospel' only came to my awareness mid last year (how poor my knowledge of the Church is!), and since then I have had a deepening concern to challenge it and show it to be what it is, a self-satisfying replacement for the true dying-to-self gospel of Jesus and the Apostles.<BR/><BR/>Why are these things so often accepted with little effort made to check them out carefully? Probably because that requires careful study of the scriptures, study which we are not willing to undertake anyway. <BR/><BR/>How can we guard against this? By becoming people who read the scriptures together, talk theology together, and be responsible by making use of the vast body of literature produced by those who have spent their lives reading the scriptures and talking theology. The originators or popularizers of these bad theological movements usually show no awareness or interest in biblical scholarship. This is simply irresponsible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com