Opinionated Bloggers, Depressing Entries, and More on Trinitarianism
Opinionated Bloggers . . .
Brother. You know you are getting just a little too opinionated when you open up a newspaper and bypass the comics for the Op/Ed pages! That happened to me today; I’m a little shocked at myself.
Depressing Entries . . .
Every now and then I take stock of the blog entries I’ve written recently and again, I noticed that my posts have been pretty depressing lately. I have been all work and no play for the past three weeks, keeping my nose stuck in a computer screen doing work/homework, so that’s my excuse. If anyone would like to forward me their favorite joke, I would appreciate a good laugh!
And More on Trinitarianism. . . .
I’m squirming a little today because my conscience – quite an annoying thing sometimes – is telling me I was a little too harsh in yesterday’s entry. I should’ve taken more time to figure out how I could’ve said the same thing in a gentler way. The truth is that up until about a year and a half ago, I too thought that Trinitarians believed in three gods. That belief didn’t last long after I e-mailed a Presbyterian minister with some questions. I still have that e-mail, so I can quote you one of the questions I asked:
"The Jews hold a monotheistic belief, that God is incorporeal and indivisible -- what changed from the dispensation of law to the dispensation of grace? Was the Son present in heaven during the Old Testament, and they never knew it? Or was the idea of polytheism birthed when Jesus was born?"
Remembering my ignorance still makes me blush sometimes. And now, there I was in yesterday’s blog entry not tolerating others’ ignorance very well. One part of me keeps thinking, “He’s a preacher! He should know this! Uneducated preachers perpetuate uneducated saints!” The other part of me is
wondering if maybe I expect more out of a man of God than I do myself, and if so, is that fair?
It is such a curse sometimes, to have the ability to see more than one side of an argument when I care to look.
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