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Tucker
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Date Posted: 17:32:14 11/17/02 Sun
>Tucker, thanks for your lucid and provocative posting.
> I have been thinking about it for a few days now...I
>found myself very simpathetic to what I think your
>saying. We need to see Christianity for how it
>affects our lives. If we fail to live up to the
>checklist or "scripts" that we have adopted, we have
>to realize that that is not the point and only leads
>to an inauthentic or "phony" form of spirituality.
>The point is to be an authentic/real person that has a
>heart to do the right thing. The main thing is to
>keep the main thing the main thing.
>
>Mary Baker Eddy encourages us to stick to the spirit
>of the text, because the details can be unreliable,
>and the details are not essential to an encounter with
>God. The devil is in the details, so to speak. Who
>cares about whether or not every preposition in the
>bible is the literal translation, right? To get
>caught up in with horse blinders on makes us miss the
>forest for the trees.
>
>The forest is how the spirit can use scripture to
>transform our lives "in and through and around us".
>This is what is exciting about the gospel, the way it
>can practically help us live. The power of a spirit
>filled life that makes all things new. I agree, some
>parables can get a little crusty and moldy, but
>hopefully with the help of the spirit, they can be
>illumined in a fresh way.
>
>Anyway, thanks for your thoughts. I have a tendency
>to get caught up in the minusia (spelling?).
Adam, I don't believe I could have worded it any better than yourself. Thanks. Being authentic, being real are good qualities; both for the individual who works at being so and for those around him. Oh yes, I too am familiar with 'minutiae.' At times it can be a big stumbling block.
Tucker
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