tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23306308.post1997450951215585482..comments2023-10-11T02:53:32.035-07:00Comments on Five Cent Stand: E.T.'s ArkSeth Wardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02027729307468958273noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23306308.post-90416327592488085422009-04-14T11:32:00.001-07:002009-04-14T11:32:00.001-07:00Great stuff to think about Cephas... You sound fam...Great stuff to think about Cephas... You sound familiar... do I know you?<br /><br />Anyways, welcome to the blog. All comments are appreciated. <br /><br />However, I can't tell if you are pro-N.T. Wright or not... care to expand?Seth Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027729307468958273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23306308.post-3947485428992861452009-04-11T18:26:00.000-07:002009-04-11T18:26:00.000-07:00Pardon my bumbling...I feel far more like one of t...Pardon my bumbling...I feel far more like one of the Stooges than Cage...but I left the following as a reply to the next post. Anyway... <BR/>If you read N.T. Wright - which on another post where I left a comment you indicated you did (N.T. Wright: My New BFF) - then how can Cage get you down? Or one of his depressing flicks. Regardless of the philosophy/theology involved (predestination) or the ending (I am going to have to see the film), in fact N.T. Wright offers a very positive view of our involvement in present shaping the future from a Calvinistic perpsective. Calvin may have appreciated the movie (I'll have to see the film to see if I agree), but he might not appreciate N.T. Wright's redo of his (Calvin's) take on predestination vis a vis the widely misunderstood doctrine of justification. Wright thinks the correct view calls for our involvement in the present so as to be a vital part of the outcome - i.e., the future - according to God's plan - no fatalism here; rather a mix of time and eternity which from our perspective in time makes invovlement in what God is doing exciting, never depressing. Give N.T. Wright another go - and see if the film is nothing more than a lark. Again, I'll have to see the film...zwcephashttp://thanktuary.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23306308.post-39727063744231548462009-04-10T15:37:00.000-07:002009-04-10T15:37:00.000-07:00I don't think they said 2012 would be the *end of ...I don't think they said 2012 would be the *end of the world* exactly. As I understand it, it was more like, <BR/><BR/>"And how's 2013 shaping up, calendar boys?"<BR/><BR/>"Umm...boss...we got nothin."<BR/><BR/>"How's that?"<BR/><BR/>"There just...isn't anything after 2012. We got nothin."<BR/><BR/>"Oh. Hmm. Well, we'll all be dead way before then anyway. Carry on."Forkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285857730926721337noreply@blogger.com