tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post1776082957630175216..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: Let us listen for the WordBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-37570402832907125162007-07-24T04:30:00.000-04:002007-07-24T04:30:00.000-04:00'Tiomes' sounds like it was said with an Australia...'Tiomes' sounds like it was said with an Australian accent. Can we assume that there was therefore some redaction on the part of the Blog host?michael jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379361601019023165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-19178108774348006562007-07-22T04:07:00.000-04:002007-07-22T04:07:00.000-04:00And the word "tiomes" comes from the autograph tex...And the word "tiomes" comes from the autograph text, and is therefore inerrant. We must alter all English dictionaries accordingly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-57230502904248067262007-07-22T04:04:00.000-04:002007-07-22T04:04:00.000-04:00"The Lord gave the following regulation: If any ma..."The Lord gave the following regulation: If any man [or woman] criticises or jests about a hymn written by a minister of God, he shall be put to death - or banned from further comment at F&T, which is a thousand tiomes worse" (Leviticus 28:1).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1208964375335918112007-07-22T03:41:00.000-04:002007-07-22T03:41:00.000-04:00Shame you have to edit out the 'old barbaric laws'...Shame you have to edit out the 'old barbaric laws', then, isn't it? Or, sit as judge over them perhaps? I guess we now know better!<BR/><BR/>;-)michael jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379361601019023165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-77184708512120263372007-07-20T05:54:00.000-04:002007-07-20T05:54:00.000-04:00Marcionitism, Michael? Perish the thought! Yet a...Marcionitism, Michael? Perish the thought! <BR/><BR/>Yet a love-song, with refrain,<BR/>resonates from <I>all</I> around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-11657499772579879042007-07-20T01:24:00.000-04:002007-07-20T01:24:00.000-04:00Yes, but isn't there a hint of Marcionitism about ...Yes, but isn't there a hint of Marcionitism about this hymn?michael jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379361601019023165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-57133893842256009362007-07-17T06:53:00.000-04:002007-07-17T06:53:00.000-04:00"old barbaric laws" - yes, hmmm.Rather than cite a..."old barbaric laws" - yes, hmmm.<BR/><BR/>Rather than cite any OT legislation, which would not be hard to do, I'll simply mention the line that was in my mind when I penned the hymn. It's from Walter Benjamin: "There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism."<BR/><BR/>Robert P. Carroll cites it among several epigraphs with which he introduces his <I>Wolf in the Sheepfold: The Bible as Problematic for Theology</I> (1991, 1997).<BR/><BR/>Another is this one from Kierkegaard: "Stupid clergyman appeal quite directly to a Bible passage directly understood." Ouch, Soren!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-4614981016534979082007-07-17T05:41:00.000-04:002007-07-17T05:41:00.000-04:00Well I would for a start... ;-)Well I would for a start... <BR/>;-)michael jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379361601019023165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-5965932692597103892007-07-16T09:23:00.000-04:002007-07-16T09:23:00.000-04:00I'm tempted to use it, if only to see who would pi...I'm tempted to use it, if only to see who would pick up the first stone to hurl at me when we came to the third verse...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-4846691802001058852007-07-16T02:14:00.000-04:002007-07-16T02:14:00.000-04:00Hi Andrewe,Yes, my church is the guinea pig for my...Hi Andrewe,<BR/><BR/>Yes, my church is the guinea pig for my hymns - and my folk have been a great encouragement - and one or two other churches in the area use some of them too. Most of my hymns (around fifty now) have been published in a British worship journal called <I>Worship Live</I>, some have also appeared in worship anthologies published by Canterbury Press, and occasionally I get some good feedback. My own church has now collected all my work to date in a volume (called <I>Paddling by the Shore</I>) which is just about to be printed off.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for you comment and interest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-38278661432573753692007-07-15T19:39:00.000-04:002007-07-15T19:39:00.000-04:00Kim, a question: Do you use these hymns? They're c...Kim, a question: Do you use these hymns? They're certainly good enough. But I was just curious about how frequently your congregation embraced them etc. How do they go down?AndrewEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03935631014151132458noreply@blogger.com