Comments on: Is it OK for us to disagree now? http://www.pajamapages.com/is-it-ok-for-us-to-disagree-now/ Media, Church, Culture Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:51:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James Duncan http://www.pajamapages.com/is-it-ok-for-us-to-disagree-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2362 James Duncan Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:39:43 +0000 http://www.jduncan.com/blog/?p=1168#comment-2362 It's the same rhetorical strategy used by PN in his preface to making his observations about people who criticize him. "...people that would publicly come out and criticize the ministry that I believed that God had called me and our church to do." Once you establish that God wanted you to do what you do, then you really do have the obligation to ignore criticism and continue on your merry way. After all, how can Biblical standards trump God's call? It’s the same rhetorical strategy used by PN in his preface to making his observations about people who criticize him.

“…people that would publicly come out and criticize the ministry that I believed that God had called me and our church to do.”

Once you establish that God wanted you to do what you do, then you really do have the obligation to ignore criticism and continue on your merry way. After all, how can Biblical standards trump God’s call?

]]> By: Tommy F. http://www.pajamapages.com/is-it-ok-for-us-to-disagree-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2361 Tommy F. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:19:03 +0000 http://www.jduncan.com/blog/?p=1168#comment-2361 Notice that BCoop took the typical route and deflected, by commenting on how many people made decisions. This is the typical rationale for anything NS does: the end justify the means. Period. This logic, they think, insulates them from any criticism, since it silently implies that God must approve, since people we saved. This is a nice way to avoid/ignore/reject all criticism. Notice that BCoop took the typical route and deflected, by commenting on how many people made decisions. This is the typical rationale for anything NS does: the end justify the means. Period. This logic, they think, insulates them from any criticism, since it silently implies that God must approve, since people we saved.

This is a nice way to avoid/ignore/reject all criticism.

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