Comments on: “That Pitch Seems A Bit Up In The Strike Zone” http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/that-pitch-seems-a-bit-up-in-the-strike-zone ...dispatches from the post-evangelical wilderness Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:29:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nick F http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/that-pitch-seems-a-bit-up-in-the-strike-zone/comment-page-1#comment-442704 Nick F Fri, 01 May 2009 19:59:26 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=3121#comment-442704 Sorry, I just read the previous post. I did miss something :) Sorry, I just read the previous post. I did miss something :)

]]> By: Nick F http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/that-pitch-seems-a-bit-up-in-the-strike-zone/comment-page-1#comment-442693 Nick F Fri, 01 May 2009 19:44:21 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=3121#comment-442693 Stop me if I'm missing something. Why is it important that we define Evangelical? And why are we afraid of this impending "evangelical collapse"? It almost sounds like we're trying to protect our gated community before the poor people move their trailers and pink flamingos in. Maybe I'm being too idealistic, but it seems like the word "Christian" has been soiled by countless individuals in the past (to the point I don't even like revealing that part of my life until someone knows the "regular" me), so why the need to protect the term "evangelical"? I'll quote you: "But if our faith hasn’t brought us into some sort of formal relationship with a church that actually confesses the evangelical faith <em>in some form</em>..." Still you're left with some lack of definition. Let me know, thanks! Stop me if I’m missing something. Why is it important that we define Evangelical? And why are we afraid of this impending “evangelical collapse”? It almost sounds like we’re trying to protect our gated community before the poor people move their trailers and pink flamingos in.

Maybe I’m being too idealistic, but it seems like the word “Christian” has been soiled by countless individuals in the past (to the point I don’t even like revealing that part of my life until someone knows the “regular” me), so why the need to protect the term “evangelical”?

I’ll quote you: “But if our faith hasn’t brought us into some sort of formal relationship with a church that actually confesses the evangelical faith in some form…” Still you’re left with some lack of definition.

Let me know, thanks!

]]> By: JoanieD http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/that-pitch-seems-a-bit-up-in-the-strike-zone/comment-page-1#comment-440384 JoanieD Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:21:53 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=3121#comment-440384 http://web.me.com/francis.beckwith/Return_to_Rome/home.html To Francis Beckwith: I went to your website and clicked the place to read the beginning of your book Return to Rome: Confessions of An Evangelical Catholic. I liked very much the letter you wrote to your nephew. And I appreciated the bits of humor you used in your writings. I hope the book does well. I would have sent this to you privately if I knew how to do that. I don't know if Michael will approve this comment or not, as I am very off-topic. (I get that way quite often!) http://web.me.com/francis.beckwith/Return_to_Rome/home.html
To Francis Beckwith: I went to your website and clicked the place to read the beginning of your book Return to Rome: Confessions of An Evangelical Catholic. I liked very much the letter you wrote to your nephew. And I appreciated the bits of humor you used in your writings. I hope the book does well. I would have sent this to you privately if I knew how to do that. I don’t know if Michael will approve this comment or not, as I am very off-topic. (I get that way quite often!)

]]> By: dac http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/that-pitch-seems-a-bit-up-in-the-strike-zone/comment-page-1#comment-439912 dac Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:58:05 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=3121#comment-439912 Personally, I think CMP has the right definition of evangelical http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2009/02/twenty-ways-you-might-be-and-evangelical/#more-1840 Personally, I think CMP has the right definition of evangelical

http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2009/02/twenty-ways-you-might-be-and-evangelical/#more-1840

]]> By: Mark Cole http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/that-pitch-seems-a-bit-up-in-the-strike-zone/comment-page-1#comment-439883 Mark Cole Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:07:21 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=3121#comment-439883 If that is how Leith Anderson defines evangelical, why did he fire Richard Cizik? http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/decemberweb-only/150-42.0.html If that is how Leith Anderson defines evangelical, why did he fire Richard Cizik?
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/decemberweb-only/150-42.0.html

]]> By: Fearsome Comrade http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/that-pitch-seems-a-bit-up-in-the-strike-zone/comment-page-1#comment-439872 Fearsome Comrade Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:21:07 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=3121#comment-439872 If it's about taking the Bible seriously, that would exclude everyone that treats it like a how-to manual for getting what you want in life, or everywhere where the service has been reduced to entertainment. If it’s about taking the Bible seriously, that would exclude everyone that treats it like a how-to manual for getting what you want in life, or everywhere where the service has been reduced to entertainment.

]]> By: thomas http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/that-pitch-seems-a-bit-up-in-the-strike-zone/comment-page-1#comment-439855 thomas Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:04:32 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=3121#comment-439855 Given (or assuming, if you will) the consistent and comprehensive position of Scripture against ideological definitions and towards incarnational definitions, what must a scriptural ecclesiology look like to be consistent? Is a coherent Evangelical ecclesiology possible given its ideological nature? Given (or assuming, if you will) the consistent and comprehensive position of Scripture against ideological definitions and towards incarnational definitions, what must a scriptural ecclesiology look like to be consistent?

Is a coherent Evangelical ecclesiology possible given its ideological nature?

]]> By: Ray A. http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/that-pitch-seems-a-bit-up-in-the-strike-zone/comment-page-1#comment-439844 Ray A. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:20:46 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=3121#comment-439844 @Rampancy: just because you're jaded doesn't mean you don't have good reason to be jaded ... @Rampancy: just because you’re jaded doesn’t mean you don’t have good reason to be jaded …

]]> By: Fr. Ernesto http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/that-pitch-seems-a-bit-up-in-the-strike-zone/comment-page-1#comment-439690 Fr. Ernesto Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:56:16 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=3121#comment-439690 See, http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_REL_FAITH_IN_FLUX?SITE=ILROR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT It backs up iMonk rather well. It is the latest Pew research. See, http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_REL_FAITH_IN_FLUX?SITE=ILROR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

It backs up iMonk rather well. It is the latest Pew research.

]]> By: rampancy http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/that-pitch-seems-a-bit-up-in-the-strike-zone/comment-page-1#comment-439678 rampancy Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:23:18 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/?p=3121#comment-439678 <i>I’m not for requiring every evangelical to subscribe to the Westminster Confession of Faith.</i> Out of curiosity, why not? (Well, aside from the fact that it's not quite as compact as the Apostles/Nicene Creed.) @Ray A: Call me jaded, but sadly, I think you're spot on in your analysis. Reminds me of iMonk's discussion of the SBC's discussion of how many "members" it's had. I’m not for requiring every evangelical to subscribe to the Westminster Confession of Faith.

Out of curiosity, why not? (Well, aside from the fact that it’s not quite as compact as the Apostles/Nicene Creed.)

@Ray A: Call me jaded, but sadly, I think you’re spot on in your analysis. Reminds me of iMonk’s discussion of the SBC’s discussion of how many “members” it’s had.

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