tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18839918.post1194992424129395805..comments2024-01-30T00:32:11.466-07:00Comments on New Lumps: The Great DivorceTerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16042532951722883487noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18839918.post-30649970865630446422008-03-15T17:12:00.000-06:002008-03-15T17:12:00.000-06:00what an excellent book - helped me move away from ...what an excellent book - helped me move away from a caricature of hell and on to a more God-worthy view.<BR/><BR/>i found a comment of yours at the challies.com website.<BR/><BR/>david and tim repeatedly delete my comments there, in my opinion quite unfairly. while i may come across a little rough-edged at times, i truly believe it's an unwillingness on their part to enter into legitimate, serious discussion that prompts their actions. i have been called a "troll" several times, but anyone reading the entire range of comments i've written can easily see that's not who i am.<BR/><BR/>i'm posting this to ask you to look at a recent interchange i had at a post there. i've captured the interchange on my blog; click on the link <B>"challies angels"</B> under the heading <B>And Now The News</B> on the right sidebar. i would appreciate any reaction you have after reading it - even of a critical nature.<BR/><BR/>and, if you're interested, i also have a lengthy (and still-in-progess) review of Tim Keller's recent book, <I>The Reason for God</I>. you can access it, too, in the <B>And Now The News</B> section. and, for what it's worth, i even got two emails from Tim that said some people had directed him to the review, and that he appreciated my interaction with his book. needless to say, that put some welcome wind in my sails after all the head-butting i've been doing around the web...<BR/><BR/>thanks for reading.<BR/><BR/>mike rucker<BR/>fairburn, georgia, usa<BR/><A HREF="http://mikerucker.wordpress.com" REL="nofollow">mikerucker.wordpress.com</A>spud tooleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921322553025339949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18839918.post-81970590783304095522008-01-21T09:27:00.000-07:002008-01-21T09:27:00.000-07:00Lumpy,The quote certainly has application to some ...Lumpy,<BR/><BR/>The quote certainly has application to some post modern proclivities but the thing that strikes me about it, and I speak as one who has not read this C.S. Lewis offering, is the invitation to the place of "no sphere of usefulness". How many of us, post modern or not, need to be reminded that it is not about us serving Him, but rather of Him inviting us in. He does not need us. He grants us audience. How well would we serve if our mind set was wonder at unimaginable grace and not our giftedness to serve! Why - we might even stop believing that the future of church is up to us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com