Comments on: Drowning In A Sea Of Metaphors http://www.christandpopculture.com/featured/drowning-in-a-sea-of-metaphors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drowning-in-a-sea-of-metaphors Where The Christian Faith Meets The Common Knowledge of Our Age Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Russ Shaw http://www.christandpopculture.com/featured/drowning-in-a-sea-of-metaphors/#comment-137168 Russ Shaw Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:41:48 +0000 http://www.christandpopculture.com/?p=4896#comment-137168 If you don't open your mouth and effectively, lovelingly communicate with your neighborers and Christians, your culture. You are telling your community they can all go to hell. Check this out Read... Acts 17;16-36 Paul's heart and attitude tword the Greeks at Mars Hill. My Podcast. current Episode. Episode 106 – The 7th Commandment (Part 1) – The Vampire Metaphor (Part 1) The first of the 7th Commandment series… Vampire Metaphor God Smack - Vampires Lyrics Few creatures of the night have captured our imagination like vampires... What explains our enduring fascination with vampires? What is it about the vampire myth that explains our interest? Is it the overtones of sexual lust, power, control? I attempt to answer this question as well as so history of the Vampire Myth. Repentance is putting to death the life draining, blood sucking vampire nature in all of us. Gen 1:3, Acts 17:16-32, Mat 10:26-27, 1st John 1:5-10, John 3:19, John 1:4-5, John 12:46, John 9:5, Job 24:13,15,17, Isa 29:15-16, Ps 139:7,11-12, Jer 23:24 Ps 90:8 (NIV) You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. Job 12:22 (NIV) He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light. Job 28:11 (NIV) [God] ... brings hidden things to light. Dan 2:22 (NIV) He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him. 1 Cor 4:5b (Phi) He will bring into the light of day all that at present is hidden in darkness, and he will expose the secret motives of men's hearts. If you don’t open your mouth and effectively, lovelingly communicate with your neighborers and Christians, your culture. You are telling your community they can all go to hell.

Check this out Read…
Acts 17;16-36 Paul’s heart and attitude tword the Greeks at Mars Hill.

My Podcast. current Episode.

Episode 106 – The 7th Commandment (Part 1) – The Vampire Metaphor (Part 1)

The first of the 7th Commandment series… Vampire Metaphor

God Smack – Vampires Lyrics
Few creatures of the night have captured our imagination like vampires…
What explains our enduring fascination with vampires?
What is it about the vampire myth that explains our interest?
Is it the overtones of sexual lust, power, control?

I attempt to answer this question as well as so history of the Vampire Myth.
Repentance is putting to death the life draining, blood sucking vampire nature in all of us.

Gen 1:3, Acts 17:16-32, Mat 10:26-27, 1st John 1:5-10, John 3:19, John 1:4-5, John 12:46, John 9:5, Job 24:13,15,17, Isa 29:15-16, Ps 139:7,11-12, Jer 23:24

Ps 90:8 (NIV) You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
Job 12:22 (NIV) He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light.
Job 28:11 (NIV) [God] … brings hidden things to light.
Dan 2:22 (NIV) He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him.
1 Cor 4:5b (Phi) He will bring into the light of day all that at present is hidden in darkness, and he will expose the secret motives of men’s hearts.

]]> By: D Anderson http://www.christandpopculture.com/featured/drowning-in-a-sea-of-metaphors/#comment-55152 D Anderson Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:06:19 +0000 http://www.christandpopculture.com/?p=4896#comment-55152 A very important post, indeed, David. There are way too many slogans without much substance. Be wary of those that begin: It's about this not... A false dichotomy will often follow. May the Lord lead all saints into all truth. A very important post, indeed, David.

There are way too many slogans without much substance.

Be wary of those that begin: It’s about this not… A false dichotomy will often follow.

May the Lord lead all saints into all truth.

]]> By: Zach Trimble http://www.christandpopculture.com/featured/drowning-in-a-sea-of-metaphors/#comment-53998 Zach Trimble Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:53:25 +0000 http://www.christandpopculture.com/?p=4896#comment-53998 I really am resonating with you right now in that in churches all around...I sit and listen to sermons that repeat catchy phrases over and over and I will be sitting there taking notes...by the end...I have nothing to actually hold onto. In all fairness...this isn't just the emergent church's problem. I have seen this for years, and literally all over the country - in many church groups. I think it's a larger problem in that we don't do our due diligence to get into God's word and find those "diamonds" of truth...those biblical messages (that actually don't change...I disagree with Hipps) that if you give them a chance and actually study and think about them deeply and broadly...could fill hours and hours of content. Instead...I hear a bible verse...some fluff that doesn't actually apply to the verse...and then several repeated sayings (many of which are good and true but may not apply to the verse at hand). I do think Hipps has a good point in that we are to be gardeners...only in that we need to go digging and find sweet nuggets of truth in the Bible...but I would say we need to be both "gaurds" and 'gardeners"...we need to go "gardening" for the truth of the scriptures...and then we need to "gaurd" the UNCHANGING truths we find...defending them against distortion and proclaiming them daily. I really am resonating with you right now in that in churches all around…I sit and listen to sermons that repeat catchy phrases over and over and I will be sitting there taking notes…by the end…I have nothing to actually hold onto. In all fairness…this isn’t just the emergent church’s problem. I have seen this for years, and literally all over the country – in many church groups. I think it’s a larger problem in that we don’t do our due diligence to get into God’s word and find those “diamonds” of truth…those biblical messages (that actually don’t change…I disagree with Hipps) that if you give them a chance and actually study and think about them deeply and broadly…could fill hours and hours of content. Instead…I hear a bible verse…some fluff that doesn’t actually apply to the verse…and then several repeated sayings (many of which are good and true but may not apply to the verse at hand).
I do think Hipps has a good point in that we are to be gardeners…only in that we need to go digging and find sweet nuggets of truth in the Bible…but I would say we need to be both “gaurds” and ‘gardeners”…we need to go “gardening” for the truth of the scriptures…and then we need to “gaurd” the UNCHANGING truths we find…defending them against distortion and proclaiming them daily.

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