Comments on: Worship “Fail” http://www.joethorn.net/2008/08/27/worship-fail/ theology. church. culture. life. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe Thorn http://www.joethorn.net/2008/08/27/worship-fail/#comment-4561 Joe Thorn Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:53:34 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/?p=974#comment-4561 Kelly, thanks for the clarification. I got a better impression when I visited your blog. You and I see things the same way I think. Kelly, thanks for the clarification. I got a better impression when I visited your blog. You and I see things the same way I think.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.joethorn.net/2008/08/27/worship-fail/#comment-4560 Kelly Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:46:53 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/?p=974#comment-4560 Joe, I think the quote is absolutely true to Scripture. And, I believe it describes much of North American Christianity. I am inclined to think a false god which weakly mimics Christianity is worshiped, thus idolatry. And if God is worshiped then certainly falsely. My comment meant that I, personally, read such a quote and feel an ominous cloud of judgment pending and judgment present upon upon us; the sense of God having given us over in our idolatry. So, the only problem I have with the quote is that it too closely describes our present malady. Thank you for posting a very timely quote. Joe,

I think the quote is absolutely true to Scripture. And, I believe it describes much of North American Christianity. I am inclined to think a false god which weakly mimics Christianity is worshiped, thus idolatry. And if God is worshiped then certainly falsely.

My comment meant that I, personally, read such a quote and feel an ominous cloud of judgment pending and judgment present upon upon us; the sense of God having given us over in our idolatry.

So, the only problem I have with the quote is that it too closely describes our present malady.

Thank you for posting a very timely quote.

]]> By: Joe Thorn http://www.joethorn.net/2008/08/27/worship-fail/#comment-4559 Joe Thorn Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:45:06 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/?p=974#comment-4559 Kelly, I initially got the impression you have a problem with this quote, but maybe not. So, for clarity - Has our sin not made us idolators? Are we not prone to worship false Gods, or the true God falsely? This is not American Christianity - in fact we don't hear much of this here. This isn't even 17th century English Christianity (which was Venning's context). This is, in my estimation, the truth of Scripture. Kelly, I initially got the impression you have a problem with this quote, but maybe not. So, for clarity – Has our sin not made us idolators? Are we not prone to worship false Gods, or the true God falsely? This is not American Christianity – in fact we don’t hear much of this here. This isn’t even 17th century English Christianity (which was Venning’s context). This is, in my estimation, the truth of Scripture.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.joethorn.net/2008/08/27/worship-fail/#comment-4558 Kelly Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:13:48 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/?p=974#comment-4558 Not sure what your thought was in posting this quote. If this was a Rorshach Inkblot, my "interpretation" is that this quote is an ominous black cloud over much of North America's version of Christianity. Not sure what your thought was in posting this quote.

If this was a Rorshach Inkblot, my “interpretation” is that this quote is an ominous black cloud over much of North America’s version of Christianity.

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