tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post6618512419864138865..comments2023-12-22T08:29:29.230-08:00Comments on WHAT IS TRUTH: The Kaufman, Kafkaesque Performance "Art"/Hoax That Is Most of Professing Christianity TodayKent Brandenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-14304855887346934952013-11-20T05:25:21.915-08:002013-11-20T05:25:21.915-08:00Kent,
I agree. Deep thinking often will lead peo...Kent, <br /><br />I agree. Deep thinking often will lead people to a reevaluation of certain truths, and the resulting observations are often not what they want or they invade and upset their reality. <br /><br />It's why some theologians and pastors limit how they determine biblical, timeless truths today. They unknowingly limit their understanding to the authors intended meaning exegetically, but fail to search for the timeless truths and make application to today's world from them. <br /><br />It is this "it's not found in the Bible" approach that allows people to justify things like CCM, because God doesn't talk about chords, guitars, etc. in the Scriptures. They can claim to be great expositors, but fail when it comes to the rest of the manner in which the Scriptures direct our steps. Avoiding the deep thinking allows expositors to build their own reality around what they think or their fellow pastor friends think ought to be reality.<br /><br />Thanks for your efforts. I, for one, appreciated your post.<br /><br />KMLKen Lengelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808011240895370627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-68305627440860399222013-11-19T23:59:20.178-08:002013-11-19T23:59:20.178-08:00Thanks Ken.
I guess I knew that this post wouldn&...Thanks Ken.<br /><br />I guess I knew that this post wouldn't be so popular, or it would go more deeply than readers would want. However, I think it is one of my most important posts. I think most of professing Christianity is faking it or is fake, an act. I explain why here.Kent Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-86309687313738001912013-11-18T05:04:17.339-08:002013-11-18T05:04:17.339-08:00Kent,
There is an interesting corollary to this i...Kent,<br /><br />There is an interesting corollary to this in the explosion of reality shows and social networking on the internet. <br /><br />I believe reality shows are so popular because people want something to escape reality. In a postmodern world without absolutes, a reality show allows us to escape our own reality. Social networking has done the same as many create false personnas in order to express themselves in ways their present reality wouldn't find acceptable. (It's not true in all cases, but many do)<br /><br />In addition, men do all they can to create their own realities which are more palatable than the true reality in which they live. <br /><br />I am teaching on the Holy Spirit at present and discussing the current matter of affairs regarding Charismatics and Continuists. I shared a story from a personal experience a few months back. A woman was walking with her son in a local store. He started to tell her a story that she sensed was a lie. She even stated she was there and did not witness what he said happened. Upon his insistence to the story, she replied to him, "that's ok [Johnny], it's your reality, you go with it, you own it!" I know creating our own narratives is nothing knew, but in our postmodern world, especially with the challenges of the Charismatic movement, men are creating the reality they want, rather than the reality that is so, which is founded on the reality of the Scriptures.<br /><br />KML Ken Lengelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808011240895370627noreply@blogger.com