Comments for the G sides http://grantenglish.com the randomness of a distracted existential tour guide. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:19:24 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Updating to Shag Carpet? by Grant http://grantenglish.com/archives/2012/02/21/updating-to-shag-carpet/comment-page-1/#comment-115183 Grant Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:19:24 +0000 http://grantenglish.com/?p=4005#comment-115183 Alden - on one hand it's the great big Cop-Out. On the other it's a start. Not sure where the emphasis should be. SBC has been one of the most rewarding and frustrating entities to deal with. No one else does missions or relief work like SBC. Nobody. That requires incredible flexibility and willingness to go to the messiest of places. That's so good. On the other, nobody seems more stuck and offensive when it comes to other issues such as women in ministry and "Southern Baptist." The Church (God's idea) is larger than SBC and will last longer than SBC. We are temporal, the Church is eternal. I still pray the Church gets larger, I get smaller. Alden – on one hand it’s the great big Cop-Out. On the other it’s a start. Not sure where the emphasis should be. SBC has been one of the most rewarding and frustrating entities to deal with.

No one else does missions or relief work like SBC. Nobody. That requires incredible flexibility and willingness to go to the messiest of places. That’s so good.

On the other, nobody seems more stuck and offensive when it comes to other issues such as women in ministry and “Southern Baptist.”

The Church (God’s idea) is larger than SBC and will last longer than SBC. We are temporal, the Church is eternal. I still pray the Church gets larger, I get smaller.

]]> Comment on Updating to Shag Carpet? by JD http://grantenglish.com/archives/2012/02/21/updating-to-shag-carpet/comment-page-1/#comment-115181 JD Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:57:58 +0000 http://grantenglish.com/?p=4005#comment-115181 I agree, also. My fears about the distance between parishoners hearts and the name was confirmed this morning when, while at Lifeway, is heard two women justifying themselves for not giving a few bucks to a guy looking for gas money. I could say more, but I probably shouldn't. I agree, also. My fears about the distance between parishoners hearts and the name was confirmed this morning when, while at Lifeway, is heard two women justifying themselves for not giving a few bucks to a guy looking for gas money. I could say more, but I probably shouldn’t.

]]> Comment on Updating to Shag Carpet? by Alden http://grantenglish.com/archives/2012/02/21/updating-to-shag-carpet/comment-page-1/#comment-115179 Alden Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:46:03 +0000 http://grantenglish.com/?p=4005#comment-115179 Oh. My. Goodness. Similar thoughts crossed my mind and my heart sank as I heard the "goodish" news. What a great sign that the SBC recognizes that the word "Southern" carries with it a stigma that just leaves too many people on the outside looking in. Too bad they remain blind to the existing divide between the church and culture. Their best compromise for a name change encourages churches to pick up a name that does nothing to bridge that divide. In their attempt to extend an olive branch they inadvertently extended a branch filled with thorns. This new name suggestion is just as unapproachable and confusing to the dying world we desire to reach. So in my humble opinion, raising the banner "Great Commission Baptist Church" will confuse and deter lost persons who might otherwise turn to our churches in search of hope. Ironic much? Oh. My. Goodness. Similar thoughts crossed my mind and my heart sank as I heard the “goodish” news. What a great sign that the SBC recognizes that the word “Southern” carries with it a stigma that just leaves too many people on the outside looking in.

Too bad they remain blind to the existing divide between the church and culture. Their best compromise for a name change encourages churches to pick up a name that does nothing to bridge that divide. In their attempt to extend an olive branch they inadvertently extended a branch filled with thorns. This new name suggestion is just as unapproachable and confusing to the dying world we desire to reach.

So in my humble opinion, raising the banner “Great Commission Baptist Church” will confuse and deter lost persons who might otherwise turn to our churches in search of hope. Ironic much?

]]> Comment on A Not So Super Week by Mike Geer http://grantenglish.com/archives/2012/02/06/a-not-so-super-week/comment-page-1/#comment-115130 Mike Geer Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:09:19 +0000 http://www.grantenglish.com/?p=3968#comment-115130 completely 100 percent agree with every word..That doesnt happen often between you and I when it comes to sports lol completely 100 percent agree with every word..That doesnt happen often between you and I when it comes to sports lol

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