tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489148.post7837350106919545976..comments2023-11-02T04:29:00.742-05:00Comments on Craig Nash: Kindness of Strangers...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489148.post-21434078523691703322007-10-01T13:57:00.000-05:002007-10-01T13:57:00.000-05:00"because of certain relationships I'm in."Oh, kind..."because of certain relationships I'm in."<BR/><BR/>Oh, kind of like the situation with Ted Haggard?<BR/><BR/>JK!<BR/><BR/>One thing I really appreciate about you and your writing is that you approach your fundamentalist background differently than most emerging folks (I don't mean to subsume you under a label, but I take it that your involvement at UBC identifies you at least somewhat with the emerging church). Most of the emerging stuff that I have read is a reaction of protest to a fundamentalist background. But you look back to your fundamentalist background with affection, humility, and a desire to learn from it. I commend you for that, and I wish more people would learn from your example.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14308718033523749442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489148.post-86252681827257764302007-09-30T21:17:00.000-05:002007-09-30T21:17:00.000-05:00"But it looks to me like the pendulum has swung to..."But it looks to me like the pendulum has swung too far here."<BR/><BR/>This is a very real possibility. I've actually wanted to write about my changing views of evangelism for some time now. My hesitancy, though, is that any anecdotes, or even vague stories, I use to describe how I approach the subject now, would not be appropriate because of certain relationships I'm in.<BR/><BR/>So suffict it to say, I agree that I may speak too negatively about a past that is probably not that negative. I just don't feel right adressing it totally here.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18053974401062599296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489148.post-29840925177731450222007-09-30T21:05:00.000-05:002007-09-30T21:05:00.000-05:00Great story, Craig. I don't tell you enough, but ...Great story, Craig. I don't tell you enough, but I enjoy your writing. Usually, when I read a post, no comment is a good thing.<BR/><BR/>...which brings me to my point. Why do you speak condescendingly about a desire to know whether your hosts knew the Lord? Why is evangelism in your writings so often relegated to a past that was mishaped by youthful, church-culture immaturity? Why do you consider it a mark of maturity to disregard a question about the relationship of a stranger to Jesus Christ? Certainly, such an act of kindness on this family's part spoke volumes about the meaning of grace to you, but does that mean the family was necessarily rightly related to God?<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying that it was unquestionably your obligation to share the gospel with them. I'm just saying that the fact that it crossed your mind should not be something you regret. There is a poor way to do evangelism, namely, the way that depersonalizes others and makes them into targets. But it looks to me like the pendulum has swung too far here.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14308718033523749442noreply@blogger.com