tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post740069660659676549..comments2023-05-25T09:14:35.702+01:00Comments on The Vernacular Vicar: You Hate Nothing That You Have MadeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-1625455609604407102011-03-14T23:43:53.657+00:002011-03-14T23:43:53.657+00:00Thanks, David. A good thoughtful post!
AnitaThanks, David. A good thoughtful post!<br />AnitaDreaming Beneath the Spireshttp://theoxfordchristian.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-10140726020077991142011-03-14T22:55:35.250+00:002011-03-14T22:55:35.250+00:00As I listened to your sermon yesterday it put into...As I listened to your sermon yesterday it put into perspective my own grieving. My Father-in-law had died on the 10th, but what about all those who died in Japan a lot will have had no one to individually think of them with the families and communities wiped out. Whatever their faith (or if they have no faith at all) may their God be with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-28002741429479282742011-03-14T19:26:42.207+00:002011-03-14T19:26:42.207+00:00I agree wholeheartedly with the last paragraph.
Ho...I agree wholeheartedly with the last paragraph.<br />However, the reason our planet has earthquakes is the result of the entrance of corruption into the once-perfect Creation when Adam and Eve disobeyed God. <br />The original earth had only one land-mass and therefore no tectonic plates. During the world-wide flood the land-mass was broken up and the tectonic plates were formed, moving the still-pliable newly-laid sedimentary layers swiftly into new positions, causing great mountains to rise up, etc. These plates are still moving and pressure-points inevitably build up and cause earthquakes when the energy in them is released.<br />The escalation in the frequency and power of earthquakes in modern times is to be expected if we believe what Jesus himself said would be one of the signs of the end-times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-24880326646731179822011-03-14T19:10:47.465+00:002011-03-14T19:10:47.465+00:00The problem of suffering is always a difficult one...The problem of suffering is always a difficult one to deal with. I like the way you've put this and this way of thinking about life and God seems to make a lot of sense to me.<br /><br />It does raise a couple of questions as well though. Most Christians believe that after they die they will either:<br /> a) Die and go to heaven or<br /> b) Be resurrected to a new earth (less traditional, but in my opinion more Biblical)<br /><br />Either way though, do you see a place for this kind of suffering in eternity? If not, will we all just stagnate in the interminable "safeness" of it all? Or if it's possible to be safe and to flourish in eternity, then why not here? Or does our present fallen nature somehow make suffering a prerequisite for growth?<br /><br />Do you have any thoughts on any of this...?Dan Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065774459407620529noreply@blogger.com