tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post3384161518466966708..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Jesus is my boyfriendRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-60590010644220545622007-11-10T20:04:00.000-05:002007-11-10T20:04:00.000-05:00I read a lot of the singles articles in Christiani...I read a lot of the singles articles in Christianity Today website, (mostly written by Women)<BR/>and they basically say "Let Jesus Be your boyfriend, he will never leave you"<BR/><BR/>Sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-20745054324068135022007-08-28T20:06:00.000-04:002007-08-28T20:06:00.000-04:00Anonymous said:Hi there, Steve. I am a Christian, ...Anonymous said:<BR/>Hi there, Steve. I am a Christian, but I could relate to Teresa's experience. Is it possible that a true Christian can sometimes have the "dark night," where God doesn't seem real to him or near to him ... or are such "dark nighters" always reprobate non-christians?<BR/><BR/>i ask because i struggle with assurance of salvation some times for months...and the struggle itself seems to confirm my fears.<BR/><BR/>******************************************<BR/><BR/>Why don't you email me. We'll take it from there.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-35644674952132125712007-08-28T19:08:00.000-04:002007-08-28T19:08:00.000-04:00Hi there, Steve. I am a Christian, but I could rel...Hi there, Steve. I am a Christian, but I could relate to Teresa's experience. Is it possible that a true Christian can sometimes have the "dark night," where God doesn't seem real to him or near to him ... or are such "dark nighters" always reprobate non-christians?<BR/><BR/>i ask because i struggle with assurance of salvation some times for months...and the struggle itself seems to confirm my fears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-15226035854264507242007-08-28T17:48:00.000-04:002007-08-28T17:48:00.000-04:00Matthew,i do not know about Mr. Anomynous. I am n...Matthew,<BR/><BR/>i do not know about Mr. Anomynous. I am no troll. I used to be reformed but I do not know if that it an aplicable title for me now. I have read too much of the church fathers. ;) But anyways I think the post was too harsh but Mr. Anonymous was too harsh against the post. <BR/><BR/>BH- CARL PETERSON<BR/><BR/>BTW I go to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.Blackhawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09461553899950994610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-70107891789849278882007-08-28T17:11:00.000-04:002007-08-28T17:11:00.000-04:00anonymous writes:"I'm not a Roman Catholic - in fa...anonymous writes:<BR/><BR/>"I'm not a Roman Catholic - in fact, I'm a minister in good standing in a Reformed federation, and a Ph.D. candidate in theology. I'm a Reformed minister and theologian...I'm not a regular reader of this blog, so maybe I shouldn't be giving my unsolicited opinion. But I couldn't help but express how you have made this day a little darker for my soul. Then again, it's my fault I came here and kept reading, mistake which I'll not repeat."<BR/><BR/>How convenient that any method of verifying your claims as to your identity are now impossible. And since your criticism of this blog is rather dependent upon the credibility of your identity claims, why should anyone reading it take it seriously? <BR/><BR/>Also, it's interesting that you judge the quality of the entire blog by one post yet tell the writers at Triablogue to be less judgmental. This seems to suggest a double standard.<BR/><BR/>Am I wrong to smell a troll?Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784922935749497931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-31669083174881691242007-08-28T16:32:00.000-04:002007-08-28T16:32:00.000-04:00I'm not a Roman Catholic - in fact, I'm a minister...I'm not a Roman Catholic - in fact, I'm a minister in good standing in a Reformed federation, and a Ph.D. candidate in theology. I'm a Reformed minister and theologian.<BR/><BR/>Yet, this post literally has nauseated me. It is harsh, presumptuous, simplistic, and in my opinion evidences a sad lack of acquaintance with virtue and charity. <BR/><BR/>I do not presume to know Mother Teresa's motives or eternal destiny. But I do know that before I would ever attempt to exegete her life and motives in any way, I'd spend the next 40 year of my life picking up my cross, denying myself, and devoting my life to raising the poor from the dust. I'd spend the rest of my life practicing true religion by visiting orphans and widows in their affliction. <BR/><BR/>I've been fortunate not to have been so sheltered in American culture and modern evangelicalism so as to not understand the plight of those who live in absolute destitution - physical, moral, material, emotional, spiritual. Unfortunately, I've not been as fortunate so as to have given more of myself to serve God in this matter. <BR/><BR/>I'm not a regular reader of this blog, so maybe I shouldn't be giving my unsolicited opinion. But I couldn't help but express how you have made this day a little darker for my soul. Then again, it's my fault I came here and kept reading, mistake which I'll not repeat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-44225140629249620622007-08-28T15:27:00.000-04:002007-08-28T15:27:00.000-04:00While I do not know if Mother Theresa was a Christ...While I do not know if Mother Theresa was a Christian or not. I do not know what comments she made whether universialist or not. But I have to say that this post seemed a little too harsh. She lived in a crazy area in which she dealt with a lot of people who were dead or dying. I think we have it easy in some senses here because we do not ahve to deal with the real pains of life and death and suffering all that often. <BR/><BR/>Also what is wrong with equating our suffering with the suffering of Christ. That is we can maybe share in the fellowship of his sufferings? Didn't Paul say something like that in Phillipians 3. And while baptism might be a way that we share in his sufferings I think Paul also had in mind the real sufferings we have in this world as we live for Christ. <BR/><BR/>I do not think her going through the dark night of the soul means that she probably was not a Christian. I think it is part of our Christian pilgrimage as is loneliness. I am married but there is still loneliness. That is just a part of life. So I think one should just be a little more charitable to Mother Theresa wihtout making her a saint above everyone else especially when many did not really even know her at all. <BR/><BR/>BH- CARL PETERSONBlackhawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09461553899950994610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-80987461532319209762007-08-28T10:22:00.000-04:002007-08-28T10:22:00.000-04:00One might even say that when a popular non-Christi...One might even say that when a popular non-Christian person goes through the "dark night of the soul" they have no idea how to interpret it.Rhologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14245825667079220242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-42651289099214904072007-08-28T00:07:00.000-04:002007-08-28T00:07:00.000-04:00Perhaps another reason for the media hype around i...Perhaps another reason for the media hype around it.<BR/><BR/>Mainstream media has no concept of the "blue-note" in Christianity- doesn't fit their image of a religious person. So when a popular Christian person goes through the "dark night of the soul" they have no idea how to interpret it. Maybe they should go read the Psalms instead of Joel Osteen for once.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-72783897516871021412007-08-27T19:21:00.000-04:002007-08-27T19:21:00.000-04:00She also made many universalist-type comments whic...She also made many universalist-type comments which tells me she did not understand the basic gospel message. <BR/><BR/>While I have no way of knowing whether she had saving faith or not (and perhaps just battled depression?), her misunderstanding of the gospel and the darkness she conveys in her letters tells me it it may be over optimistic to solidify her presence in heaven through beatification.<BR/><BR/>BTW, your comments of how Catholics will receive this news is dead on. In a Catholic Answers forum people were ecstatic that M. Teresa was "just like us" and persevered in her faith despite the darkness.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04697072499214349759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-65692710644479044442007-08-27T11:33:00.000-04:002007-08-27T11:33:00.000-04:00Is there not some popular quote from M. Teresa alo...Is there not some popular quote from M. Teresa along the lines of "nothing else matters but to do enough to get to heaven"? That's what I immediately thought of when I saw this article.Rhologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14245825667079220242noreply@blogger.com