tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post6813738962112004310..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Why bother? On fighting a losing battlebyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-29845254987642712802012-08-13T09:12:08.923+01:002012-08-13T09:12:08.923+01:00Lately I've been wondering why I don't jus...Lately I've been wondering why I don't just resign myself to the fact, and prepare for life accordingly. I find your post encouraging and compelling. Thanks Byron.Steve Bellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-78522223863721187982012-08-08T22:31:04.938+01:002012-08-08T22:31:04.938+01:00BTW, I came up with 16 reasons for Christians to l...BTW, I came up with <a href="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/fifteen-reasons-to-love-earth.html" rel="nofollow">16 reasons for Christians to love the earth</a> a while back. I'm sure there are more.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-59750920823213293472012-08-08T22:24:18.377+01:002012-08-08T22:24:18.377+01:00Donna - Very interesting observation there about t...Donna - Very interesting observation there about the link between storing up treasures in heaven and the rejection of material acquisition. I have pondered a little in the past on the possible <a href="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/lent-what-is-reward-of-fasting.html" rel="nofollow">reward</a> Jesus refers to in the context of fasting, but your suggestion that our rewardbyron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-36229158421520081932012-08-07T21:11:35.583+01:002012-08-07T21:11:35.583+01:00Hi Byron, I might just be fleshing out your last p...Hi Byron, I might just be fleshing out your last point (specifically your line on living in the light of the future), but it's more than just being imitators of God which is the reason we shouldn't abandon creation. It seems to me that our God honouring actions, even if completely ineffective in this present age, are creating "treasures in heaven." I wonder what these treasures Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14703064533223990944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-86364266267470689592012-07-09T08:27:03.206+01:002012-07-09T08:27:03.206+01:00Thanks, Byron - we've reproduced it at http://...Thanks, Byron - we've reproduced it at http://www.ea.org.au/Ethos/Engage-Mail/Why-Bother-On-Fighting-a-Losing-Battle.aspxIan Packerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018869275276615557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-57865080937050229632012-06-27T10:01:28.724+01:002012-06-27T10:01:28.724+01:00Peter - Thanks. Once again, sounds like an interes...Peter - Thanks. Once again, sounds like an interesting sermon. I hope you'll be posting it in due time.<br /><br />Anonymous - I'm really not a fan of drive-by blog comment adverts. This time I am going to let it go since there is at least some connexion with the theme of the post.<br /><br />As for your opening questions, I'm very much interested in these topics and have addressed a byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-16975521627227512052012-06-27T05:18:29.438+01:002012-06-27T05:18:29.438+01:00Why does everything has to turn out to be Christia...Why does everything has to turn out to be Christian?<br />What if Christianity altogether IS very much part of the problem? <br /><br />Or put in another way, what if the Christian "world"-view is at the very root of, or one of the principal causative agents of the now universal insanity? <br /><br />But perhaps something new is beginning to emerge from among the ruins.<br /><br />This Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-16033060527967465932012-06-27T02:48:35.116+01:002012-06-27T02:48:35.116+01:00Thanks Byron a great post. Your engagement with t...Thanks Byron a great post. Your engagement with these issues always has a depth and theological commitment which is inspiring; and, more to the point helpful for sermon preparation. This week I am struggling to justapose "my soul waits for the Lord" Pslam 130 with Paul's call to action 2 Cor 8:10 "it is appropriate for you who began last year not only to do something but evenPJtheoLogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427143521929065284noreply@blogger.com