tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post4136132771888280094..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: DoubtBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-90059700676740963092010-05-24T02:28:12.909-04:002010-05-24T02:28:12.909-04:00Ben: You consider yourself an evangelical, but wou...Ben: You consider yourself an evangelical, but wouldn't your views be far more comfortably accepted in the mainline churches? What denominations would be said to house "liberals" these days?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-5017825546714826802010-05-24T01:20:08.502-04:002010-05-24T01:20:08.502-04:00Of course this stern faced "certainty" i...Of course this stern faced "certainty" is what informs the blogs at First Things.<br /><br />And all the right-thinking religionists that link into these blogs. This includes George Pell who writes occasional essays for the FT magazine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-288474201576902942010-05-23T22:26:36.603-04:002010-05-23T22:26:36.603-04:00When you live in a regional area 200km from church...When you live in a regional area 200km from church you really want to attend it is. Some other "liberals" are in there with me.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815263209123614682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-60812450503115892182010-05-23T21:59:10.326-04:002010-05-23T21:59:10.326-04:00Is it even possible to be a liberal in the Sydney ...Is it even possible to be a liberal in the Sydney Anglican church? This is an actual question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-88386368294650177622010-05-23T20:54:06.766-04:002010-05-23T20:54:06.766-04:00I see myself as a "liberal" in an evange...I see myself as a "liberal" in an evangelical church (Sydney Anglican) and find the liberal=doubt offensive. I think it's healthy to have doubts - I wouldn't like to be so certain of such a mystery as Christianity. I think the best way to put how I feel is that "unbelief" doesn't seem an option. That doesn't mean "belief" is all I feel.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815263209123614682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-57394090691716245752010-05-23T12:38:04.617-04:002010-05-23T12:38:04.617-04:00Oops - or rather "Snap!" - Matt: your co...Oops - or rather "Snap!" - Matt: your comment hadn't yet appeared when I began to type mine.kim fabriciusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-42847836749498854832010-05-23T12:34:14.491-04:002010-05-23T12:34:14.491-04:00Karl Barth's chapter on doubt in his Evangelic...Karl Barth's chapter on doubt in his <i>Evangelical Theology</i> is, indubitably, a germane little gem. Barth distinguishes two forms of doubt. The first is Socratic doubt, and is essential to an honest and humble, yet robust, interrogative faith. The second, however, is a devilish doubt, a sinister threat to faith, and while inevitable, it must be resisted, not valorised (and Barth adds mischievously, "I wish someone would whisper that in Paul Tillich's ear"). Of course, for Barth, even this second form of doubt is only a relative, not an absolute threat, because the divine faithfulness, not human faith, whether the size of a sequoia or a seed, is at the heart of salvation. And here the "faithfulness <i>of</i> Christ" interpretation of Paul's term <i>pistis Christou</i> nicely kicks in.kim fabriciusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-56887013318687686152010-05-23T12:19:25.039-04:002010-05-23T12:19:25.039-04:00"But in the face of his doubt, even if it be ..."But in the face of his doubt, even if it be the most radical, the theologian should not despair. Doubt indeed has its time and place. In the present period no one, not even the theologian can escape it. But the theologian should not despair, because this age has a boundary beyond which again and again he may obtain a glimpse when he begs God, "Thy Kingdom Come!" Even within this boundary, without being able simply to do away with doubt, he can still offer resistance, at least like the Huguenot woman who scratched "Resistez!" on the windowpane. Endure and bear it!"<br /><br />-Barth (from E.T.)Matt Wilcoxenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797883187986490136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-82643665821090139162010-05-23T09:34:43.532-04:002010-05-23T09:34:43.532-04:00I doubt it.I doubt it.Chedhttp://www.chedspellman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-74504987309226687672010-05-23T08:42:49.981-04:002010-05-23T08:42:49.981-04:00High five! Me so too :-)High five! Me so too :-)Karl Handhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300226652913169193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-54199641457679127832010-05-23T04:28:58.901-04:002010-05-23T04:28:58.901-04:00something smartsomething smartAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-31982958139616194162010-05-23T04:28:31.593-04:002010-05-23T04:28:31.593-04:00something wittysomething wittyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-44087414509557364782010-05-23T04:27:26.799-04:002010-05-23T04:27:26.799-04:00The idea that liberalism=doubt and conservatism/ev...The idea that liberalism=doubt and conservatism/evangelicalism/orthodoxy/whatever= blind credulity is a nice narrative for liberals to tell themselves but I see no evidence for it. Trust and suspicion are always two sides of the same coin. The question is always what do you trust and given that what are you suspicious of.JKnotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567721786402019427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-8399286828374353332010-05-23T02:58:24.176-04:002010-05-23T02:58:24.176-04:00fantastic!
providence?
I'm going to try and wo...fantastic!<br />providence?<br />I'm going to try and work this into a sermon on persisting (despite cricumstance) to see God, a la Elijah. I'll try and footnote you, but you know how those things go.... :-)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13301222412563398458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-64638778403866553622010-05-23T02:20:48.983-04:002010-05-23T02:20:48.983-04:00But this is good. There have to be better places t...But this is good. There have to be better places to doubt, right?michael jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379361601019023165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-84096613263056002942010-05-23T00:46:47.333-04:002010-05-23T00:46:47.333-04:00me too I'm afraidme too I'm afraidbrucehttp://www.dbhamill.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com