tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37528099.post5276307335055387931..comments2019-11-05T16:35:45.895-08:00Comments on Good Books: Kingdom Come: Embracing the Spiritual Legacy of David Lipscomb and James HardingDarrylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164899477317557831noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37528099.post-52154286016981930392008-07-25T08:22:00.000-07:002008-07-25T08:22:00.000-07:00Jeff,Thank you! I have to agree with you! Sometime...Jeff,<BR/>Thank you! I have to agree with you! Sometimes we can become quite silly (or arrogant) and begin thinking we can approach history from a totally unbiased and objective view. We aren't machines!<BR/><BR/>Even those who claim to be "post-modern" or emergent identify themselves by modernity ("post-"). We are products of a rationalistic culture that has permeated our world for a few hundred years! We are dominated by the processes without even realizing it.<BR/><BR/>Ok, I'm waxing an elephant!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your kind remarks!Darrylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164899477317557831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37528099.post-49104724995633851422008-07-25T08:14:00.000-07:002008-07-25T08:14:00.000-07:00Darryl, A friend sent me the link to this review. ...Darryl, <BR/><BR/>A friend sent me the link to this review. Thanks. I'm pretty familiar with Lipscomb - looks like an interesting book. <BR/><BR/>I would only add that while true that they were products of their culture - we should be quick to add that we are as well (often our failure to add that reflection leads to hubris) and that sometimes our critiques of past "faults" are themselves products of culture. So, too, would be the revisionist history (I don't use that in a negative sense; all history is revisionist) of Hicks and Valentine. But, that's another story. <BR/><BR/>At any rate, thanks for the review and thoughts. Well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37528099.post-76495733903185501842008-03-26T05:30:00.000-07:002008-03-26T05:30:00.000-07:00James,Thanks for the comment. It is something to c...James,<BR/>Thanks for the comment. It is something to contemplate, isn't it? The whole idea certainly goes against the grain for a guy raised in a family that kept up-to-date on the political scene.<BR/><BR/>Since I've read the book I've picked up an online copy of Lipscomb's Civil Government: Its origin, mission, and destiny and the Christian's Relation To It (published in 1913). It is quite an interesting book and certainly not what you normally hear among evangelicals or liberals!<BR/><BR/>Like you: I'm still processing.Darrylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164899477317557831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37528099.post-32979916668359704532008-03-25T21:53:00.000-07:002008-03-25T21:53:00.000-07:00Oops -- it's too bad you can't correct your spelli...Oops -- it's too bad you can't correct your spelling after you publish a comment:<BR/><BR/>"altogether" not "all together." =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37528099.post-15532806604743772632008-03-25T21:52:00.000-07:002008-03-25T21:52:00.000-07:00Hi Darryl -- thanks for the review. And you've cau...Hi Darryl -- thanks for the review. And you've caught me off guard.<BR/><BR/>When you mentioned a "different approach to politics," I thought you were going to go the other direction: politicians who made a difference in their governments. I see that you meant the other way -- those who disavowed government all together.<BR/><BR/>It's funny, because I'm wrestling with Shane Claiborne's latest book, <EM>Jesus for President</EM>, and he seems to be arguing for the same thing. Basically, to unplug from the Empire. I'm still processing.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for the rec's!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com