tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156666824800127078.post2594645533179796718..comments2021-10-21T10:10:39.104-04:00Comments on Baker Book House Church Connection: Your Church is Too Small - A Blog Tour ReviewLouishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117735618503943520noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156666824800127078.post-58004330504511861392010-03-21T13:59:20.590-04:002010-03-21T13:59:20.590-04:00Sorry John.
I apologize for offending you
and as...Sorry John.<br /><br />I apologize for offending you <br />and ask your forgiveness.<br /><br />You write...<br />"I now urge you to stop this practice <br />since it does no service to readers"<br /><br />I have stopped as per your request. <br />There is quite a few out there already.<br /><br />I did enjoy meeting you and <br />I would like to discuss this further if you care to.<br A. Amos Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380832298820984354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156666824800127078.post-55896870573804084422010-03-20T19:40:46.733-04:002010-03-20T19:40:46.733-04:00Paul,
I wouldn't go so far as to call it a &q...Paul,<br /><br />I wouldn't go so far as to call it a "lowest common demoninator" approach. I may have thought that a time or two as I read but John helpfully balances much of what he says at various places throughout the book. We could always wish for more but it would probably seriously reduce the readership if it got much larger. Hence the value in something like a blog tour.<Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117735618503943520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156666824800127078.post-13383823887058368962010-03-20T15:27:24.287-04:002010-03-20T15:27:24.287-04:00Amos,
You need to abide by some form of etiquett...Amos, <br /><br />You need to abide by some form of etiquette. I have discovered that you are posting the same exact comments, as a cut and paste technique, on various sites now. I responded to you elsewhere and what you are doing here is neither helpful nor entirely fair. Bloggers will, and rightly should, begin to ban such comments that are simply pasted onto reviews over and over again across Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06078259652780413721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156666824800127078.post-73061871790134987322010-03-20T12:28:10.757-04:002010-03-20T12:28:10.757-04:00Unity. Hmmm?
Sometimes good and some times, er, n...Unity. Hmmm?<br /><br />Sometimes good and some times, er, not so good?<br /><br />Just wondering…<br /><br />What if God is the author of our <br />disagreements and separations?<br />“And all things are of God…” <br />2 Cor 5:18, Rom 11:36, Col 1:16-17, etc.<br /><br />Are we working for “Unity?” <br />And NOW working against God?<br /><br />Didn’t God confuse man’s language once before?<br />A. Amos Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380832298820984354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156666824800127078.post-66694643977820455112010-03-20T11:09:17.456-04:002010-03-20T11:09:17.456-04:00Louis, your review is not only thoughtful but very...Louis, your review is not only thoughtful but very engaging and critical in the best sense of the word. I am frankly honored by it. In most instances where you wonder what I mean or attempt to work out something that might not be fully worked out in such a small book you make correct assumptions about where I would land. <br /><br />As for defining the gospel I think it is defined in the creeds. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06078259652780413721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156666824800127078.post-14074525033269272552010-03-20T02:05:09.224-04:002010-03-20T02:05:09.224-04:00Great post and I like the calendar. Wonder if they...Great post and I like the calendar. Wonder if they have something like that for church tradition?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652927114037738524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156666824800127078.post-4830518973619058662010-03-20T00:04:41.896-04:002010-03-20T00:04:41.896-04:00Outstanding review and important "concerns&qu...Outstanding review and important "concerns" that you raise. I suspect (perhaps because I know you so well) that your "latent sectarian" issues have only to do with knowing and loving the truth of the Gospel, which finally and wholly sets us apart from everything and everyone. <br /><br />Without a clear longing for and declaration of the essential Gospel, every person naming Paul D. Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18213551311029058377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156666824800127078.post-70785918638434204402010-03-19T14:25:56.080-04:002010-03-19T14:25:56.080-04:00I've got that calendar hanging in my office. Y...I've got that calendar hanging in my office. You know, books like "Your Church is Too Small" and projects like the calendar have, at the very least, got me thinking about the church more broadly. For that I'm very grateful.Andrew Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527491547312552632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156666824800127078.post-83905601302559739232010-03-19T14:15:45.471-04:002010-03-19T14:15:45.471-04:00Andrew,
You're welcome. I think it is worth ...Andrew,<br /><br />You're welcome. I think it is worth it. My only regret is that I didn't start sooner. I've added a picture of the calender that you helped us develop while you were still with us.Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117735618503943520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156666824800127078.post-23451601546263545022010-03-19T13:32:59.388-04:002010-03-19T13:32:59.388-04:00Thanks for posting this thoughtful review! Mission...Thanks for posting this thoughtful review! Missional-ecumenism is indeed a tightrope, but perhaps it's one well worth walking.<br /><br />Best!<br />ARAndrew Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527491547312552632noreply@blogger.com