David, I started a response to this and my computer locked up and I lost it. And so I'm writing to let you know that a response will be coming, but not tonight. Sorry about the delay.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] What is the gospel? > Bill wrote: > > And so, to those people, "repentance" was firstly > > a change of mind, a turning away from old beliefs > > and a turning to a new way of thinking about God. > > The task of repentance for them entailed a restructuring > > of their thinking about who this God was in whom they > > had believed. Theirs was to begin to think of God in a > > way which placed Jesus at the heart of God's identity. > > It was thus a first order paradigm shift. Repent for what? > > Repent about this man you know as Jesus of Nazareth. > > Change your mind about him. He is your Messiah. > > Upon further reflection of your words here, I am starting to wonder what > relationship there is in your mind between sin and repentance. You seem to > think of repentance as a theological paradigm shift about one's > philosophical understanding of the Godhead, particularly concerning Jesus' > position therein, rather than a changing of one's mind about his > participation in sin. Would you care to clarify? I bet Judy smells a rat > here. :-) > > Peace be with you. > David Miller. > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by Plains.Net, and is > believed to be clean. > > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
