tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105362942297204346.post7676665843850603600..comments2024-02-21T06:21:42.233-05:00Comments on Klymer Klatsch : Would you recognize Jesus?DonRClymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457707159001349570noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105362942297204346.post-38851659905073324972013-04-22T08:49:29.274-04:002013-04-22T08:49:29.274-04:00I like your idea of "progressive revelation.&...I like your idea of "progressive revelation." I think it is true. Yet a lot of God's revelation is pretty straight forward, easy enough for a fourth grader to understand. The ten commandments, for example. Yet 2,000 years of church history sees most of the church endorsing and participating in state killing. Those 2,000 years have produced a "just war" theory to rationalize killing, but if you read that theory carefully, there has not been a single war since it was developed that meets all the criteria for a "just war." We could look at other areas as well; care for the aliens and strangers among us, giving to the poor and working for social justice. <br /><br />Anyway, thanks for your support and responses.<br />DonRClymerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457707159001349570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105362942297204346.post-47533905549201668642013-04-21T22:01:57.759-04:002013-04-21T22:01:57.759-04:00In addition to the years of religious and cultural...In addition to the years of religious and cultural baggage handed down to us through the generations, we also have, on the positive side, years of revelation from the living Word that we gained from them. I believe God keeps some revelation from us until we get to the place where we are ready for it. Jesus deliberately taught in parables so that only those ready would "get it". If he had revealed all before readiness, one rejection of the truth might have turned into a life-time of rejection of it. So awesome how God patiently waits for us and moves on our circumstances and our consciences to bring us to that place!<br /><br />Totally enjoy your blog and it's stimulating questions.morning gloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955530084684112388noreply@blogger.com