tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071048.post115302590859732254..comments2008-01-30T08:29:45.551-06:00Dr. Bruce Prescotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120022296004446232bprescott@mainstreambaptists.orgBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071048.post-52533268100128124902008-01-30T03:32:00.000-06:002008-01-30T03:32:00.000-06:00I am having a phd about this theme. ti is very interesting what you wrote, and I want to ask about other books on this argument.<BR/>Thank youfarhoudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105604756425594537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071048.post-1153174732548062112006-07-17T17:18:00.000-05:002006-07-17T17:18:00.000-05:00Prescott: I join the praise. Proud of you; good stuff<BR/> I would only add to you and your lurkers, the concluding chapters of James Ault's Spirit and Flesh offers practical guidelines as to how wise convictional Baptist christians like yourself may in realpolitik reengage some of our conservative brethren, otherwise good people who have lost their way politically.<BR/> To that wider discussion BRett Buckner had a lengthy article in the Anniston STar with some great quotes from Martin Marty that may help.<BR/> Good stuff, you did here. LIke some others I am going to bring it to the attention of wider audience.foxofbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06232714512400379765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071048.post-1153172872215319012006-07-17T16:47:00.000-05:002006-07-17T16:47:00.000-05:00I am trying to understand your progressive faith. Is this something like New Age? I believe we all can learn from other religions and just as Jews were killed in the holocaust, christians were fed to the lions and today are still killed for their beliefs too. My personal belief is that if you look through the prism of Jesus you will see the world in a very different way. I do hope that your blog will live up to these standards and not become incongruous with the principles that you have laid out. I do enjoy following your thoughts and ideas even though I am not thoroughly in agreement. Also, I hope your blog will continue to allow dissenting views and opinions for educational purposes if nothing else.clinton d. berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903000529034277379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071048.post-1153168470383931642006-07-17T15:34:00.000-05:002006-07-17T15:34:00.000-05:00The Golden Rule is the uniter of people. I couldn't agree more. <BR/><BR/>In an evening discussion over a year ago on "How religions treat women", I stood from the audience and spoke of the "Golden Rule". Those comments I made from the audience had the longest round of applause for the evening!<BR/>I think the world is waiting for us to unite around these words the faithS have in common.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting. Visioning a different day,<BR/>Jodreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12715959306485934510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071048.post-1153154170206595322006-07-17T11:36:00.000-05:002006-07-17T11:36:00.000-05:00Bruce, this is spot-on. I have bookmarked it as I know I will be looking at it again and again. It was a joy to meet you at the conference. Thanks again for being such a super help during worship. <BR/>--ThaliaMata Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04097615918403870130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071048.post-1153097881352072912006-07-16T19:58:00.000-05:002006-07-16T19:58:00.000-05:00Yes, this is wonderful. I tried taking notes as you explained these at the blog-con, but naturally your notes/explanation are better than mine!<BR/><BR/>And in response to your remark at the con that you didn't know if these applied to Zen Buddhism, they most definitely do, especially the one about prog. faith being a questioning faith. Whereas traditional Buddhism contains a lot of doctrine & dogma, *Zen* is a progressive strain that is all about having a "beginner's mind" that constantly seeks to learn & grow.<BR/><BR/>So this weekend & this post was great "food" for my hungry Beginner's Mind!Loriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014539122208460340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071048.post-1153065926954560052006-07-16T11:05:00.000-05:002006-07-16T11:05:00.000-05:00Thank you so much for posting this -- and for your presence here this weekend.Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554094704365579524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071048.post-1153058527685996482006-07-16T09:02:00.000-05:002006-07-16T09:02:00.000-05:00Wow! That is a world changing "kingdom bringing" post. It's the best definition of progressive faith that I have seen. I can end my quest to document my statement of faith because you just did it for me. Thank you! This should be published everywhere things of progressive faith are published.DaNutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15978997781556741350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071048.post-1153050227127569412006-07-16T06:43:00.000-05:002006-07-16T06:43:00.000-05:00This is excellent, thnaks for posting.Faithful Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664579974608517882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071048.post-1153034679225417512006-07-16T02:24:00.000-05:002006-07-16T02:24:00.000-05:00This is SOOO GOOD, Bruce! Rest assured that I am copying this and will use it (with proper attribution) often. This may be one of your most profound theological reflections I've ever read!Michael Westmoreland-Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06343135380354344847noreply@blogger.com