Comments on: On Being Mr. Critical http://www.burrintheburbs.com/2005/08/22/on-being-mr-critical/ "I cling to my Lord Christ like a burr on cloth." - Katherine Luther Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:23:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: The Cubicle Reverend http://www.burrintheburbs.com/2005/08/22/on-being-mr-critical/comment-page-1/#comment-477 The Cubicle Reverend Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:40:00 +0000 http://testing8220.wordpress.com/2005/08/22/on-being-mr-critical/#comment-477 Amen to that Kurt and Bob. Too true too true. Amen to that Kurt and Bob. Too true too true.

]]> By: Pastor Scott Stiegemeyer http://www.burrintheburbs.com/2005/08/22/on-being-mr-critical/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Pastor Scott Stiegemeyer Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:36:00 +0000 http://testing8220.wordpress.com/2005/08/22/on-being-mr-critical/#comment-476 Thanks everyone for the interesting responses. And thank to Kurt for the kind reassuring words. Thanks everyone for the interesting responses. And thank to Kurt for the kind reassuring words.

]]> By: Kurt Wall http://www.burrintheburbs.com/2005/08/22/on-being-mr-critical/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Kurt Wall Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:09:00 +0000 http://testing8220.wordpress.com/2005/08/22/on-being-mr-critical/#comment-475 Not being LCMS, I'm hardly qualified to address its state of grace — the ELCA has its own issues.<br/><br/>No church body is perfect; this is most certainly true. It is unfortunate, though, that one cannot air legitimate criticism without someone else saying, in effect,<br/>"Oh yeah?! Well, <em>your</em> church ain't exactly without spot or blemish, either!"<br/><br/>Honest critique and analysis is far different from mean-spirited finger-pointing and fault-finding. Pr. Stiegemeyer, your posts are the former, not the latter. Not being LCMS, I’m hardly qualified to address its state of grace — the ELCA has its own issues.

No church body is perfect; this is most certainly true. It is unfortunate, though, that one cannot air legitimate criticism without someone else saying, in effect,
“Oh yeah?! Well, your church ain’t exactly without spot or blemish, either!”

Honest critique and analysis is far different from mean-spirited finger-pointing and fault-finding. Pr. Stiegemeyer, your posts are the former, not the latter.

]]> By: Bob Waters http://www.burrintheburbs.com/2005/08/22/on-being-mr-critical/comment-page-1/#comment-474 Bob Waters Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:49:00 +0000 http://testing8220.wordpress.com/2005/08/22/on-being-mr-critical/#comment-474 It's really easy. It's all about what God, in Christ, has done for us.<br/><br/>What complicates it is when we try to make it about ourselves. And that's what most of the "convoluted" stuff is all about.<br/><br/>Not so convoluted after all. It’s really easy. It’s all about what God, in Christ, has done for us.

What complicates it is when we try to make it about ourselves. And that’s what most of the “convoluted” stuff is all about.

Not so convoluted after all.

]]> By: The Cubicle Reverend http://www.burrintheburbs.com/2005/08/22/on-being-mr-critical/comment-page-1/#comment-473 The Cubicle Reverend Mon, 22 Aug 2005 17:19:00 +0000 http://testing8220.wordpress.com/2005/08/22/on-being-mr-critical/#comment-473 It just seems to have become so convoluted and more difficult than it needs to be. I am working on a post about how we think too amouch about worship without actually doing it. On one sight I swear every week they add another post on the heart of worship, biblical worship, the proper way too worship. We have either gotten so trite or over convoluted that the message seems to have gotten lost.<br/><br/>Dave It just seems to have become so convoluted and more difficult than it needs to be. I am working on a post about how we think too amouch about worship without actually doing it. On one sight I swear every week they add another post on the heart of worship, biblical worship, the proper way too worship. We have either gotten so trite or over convoluted that the message seems to have gotten lost.

Dave

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.burrintheburbs.com/2005/08/22/on-being-mr-critical/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Anonymous Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:43:00 +0000 http://testing8220.wordpress.com/2005/08/22/on-being-mr-critical/#comment-472 Cubicle,<br/> I would reverse that and say, "It's all about God's love for me!" It is Christ's love for<br/>sinners that is paramount, not my love for Him, which is always found wanting! Perhaps that, after all, is at the root of all of our problems in the Mo. Synod?<br/>FWIW,<br/>C.R.B. Cubicle,
I would reverse that and say, “It’s all about God’s love for me!” It is Christ’s love for
sinners that is paramount, not my love for Him, which is always found wanting! Perhaps that, after all, is at the root of all of our problems in the Mo. Synod?
FWIW,
C.R.B.

]]> By: The Cubicle Reverend http://www.burrintheburbs.com/2005/08/22/on-being-mr-critical/comment-page-1/#comment-471 The Cubicle Reverend Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:41:00 +0000 http://testing8220.wordpress.com/2005/08/22/on-being-mr-critical/#comment-471 Being the state of affairs as they are I can't say I blame you. Funny thing is if you look purely at numbers you'd think the church was thriving! But to look at the theology then that is another matter. I have been involved with these false teachings all they do is cause burn out and disillusionment. I went from name it and claim it, to uber-conservative, to uber-liberal. It is all dross. It's all about loving God through the revelation of Christ and loving others. Is that so hard?<br/>dave Being the state of affairs as they are I can’t say I blame you. Funny thing is if you look purely at numbers you’d think the church was thriving! But to look at the theology then that is another matter. I have been involved with these false teachings all they do is cause burn out and disillusionment. I went from name it and claim it, to uber-conservative, to uber-liberal. It is all dross. It’s all about loving God through the revelation of Christ and loving others. Is that so hard?
dave

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