Comments on: The Jedi Error http://tomhypes.com/2008/05/30/the-jedi-error/ “For every fundamentalist who loves the Bible more than Christ, I’m willing to bet there is one emergent Christian who honors the Bible less than Christ did” from "Why We're Not Emergent by Two Guys Who Should Be" Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:42:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Jedi Error Revisited « Emerging Conservative http://tomhypes.com/2008/05/30/the-jedi-error/#comment-258 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:39:18 +0000 http://tsfgodguy.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-258 [...] to Emergent’s Summer Institute. While it originally was a sermon, I also turned it into a blog. You can read more about it there but the basic principle is taking one of the positive elements of [...]

]]> By: Emergent Visit Part Two: Homosexuality « Emerging Conservative http://tomhypes.com/2008/05/30/the-jedi-error/#comment-83 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:12:04 +0000 http://tsfgodguy.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-83 [...] that next Sunday’s message at church as I presented for the first time the concept of the Jedi Errorwhich was born from that week. This took the conversation past the same old debate and focused more [...]

]]> By: Clarence http://tomhypes.com/2008/05/30/the-jedi-error/#comment-8 Sat, 31 May 2008 17:59:09 +0000 http://tsfgodguy.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-8 Thomas,

Thanks for your always-kind words & your more-than-evident brotherly love! It’s ONE OF the reasons I enjoy our conversations!

As for thanking me for stopping by, no thanks are needed. For me, it’s like a trip to the well…when I need a little REAL Christian refreshing! :-)

As for Florida in the summer, it is as bad as you think it is, but it is good for one thing: bike riding (at least in the morning or late evening), and love me some bike riding! As a 45-year-old (quickly approaching 46) diabetic, I’m beginning to really understand the need for getting up & getting out into the world instead of growing roots on the couch…been there, done that, ready for a little something more!

Enough about me, I always look forward to reading more about & from you! It always makes me think & very often, it makes me smile, too!!

Peace out, my brother!

C :-)

]]> By: tsfgodguy http://tomhypes.com/2008/05/30/the-jedi-error/#comment-7 Sat, 31 May 2008 13:32:32 +0000 http://tsfgodguy.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-7 C, you are always so gracious and humble me. More than anything else, I just love hearing from you. I know we have both been pulled a little from Revolution time wise and I thank for taking time to stop by here.

Blessings to you, brother! Looking forward to more talks……
(I will say I don’t envy you right now…..moving into June in Florida……..Hot, Hot, Hot!)

]]> By: Clarence http://tomhypes.com/2008/05/30/the-jedi-error/#comment-6 Sat, 31 May 2008 11:57:57 +0000 http://tsfgodguy.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-6 “the level of love, grace, sincere listening, and an attitude to talk instead of just being right is something the traditional church needs more of.”

Let me start off by saying “AMEN & HALLELUJAH!” to that! My own personal experience (or as I call it, “my short but tragic affair with Religion”) showed me that, in my humble opinion, there are too many people who call themselves disciples of the Living Christ who revel & gladly abide in what they see as “the law”, but who wouldn’t know grace if it bit them on their backsides! They make judgments & make statements of their own view of Religion that they see as set in stone as the ten commandments! They seem completely incapable of hearing anyone or anything that is not safely ensconced within their own little, narrow, stern box. They do not doubt their perfect understanding of God’s will. Doubt never once crosses their minds where their precious “law” is concerned. Seems to me they love the “law” above all else.

“Now that could bother some Christians reading this blog. However, I think if you talk and listen to your close friends who used to go to church and have walked away from the faith, I have a strong feeling they will more than likely agree with me than you on this point.”

I think it’s pretty clear with whom this former Christian agrees! You have always been very clear where you stand on the homosexuality issue. Truth is, we just do not see eye-to-eye on the sinful nature of homosexuality and probably other things, too, but never once have I ever felt anything but the love of God coming from your words! I have so long wished that Christians would love their Lord & love His grace more than they obviously hate me & my “lifestyle”, because if they did, they’d at least still see me as a brother instead of the inhuman demon they have worked so hard to make me feel like.

How blessed I am to finally meet one who truly seeks the heart of God & who has made me feel nothing but welcome despite our obvious differences. How thankful I am, too, that, for even just the few moments when I get to listen to or read your words, I am able to forget the hurt & the anger & the broken promises.

I have told you this before, dear brother, but I know that God brought you into my life for a reason: to remind me that, of all the things my former family in Christ has tried to take back & undo, God’s love & grace is still meant for me & it remains immovable & iron.

Some of us need reminding every now & again!

You probably don’t get to hear this enough, but thank you for all you lovingly do, all you are & for all you give as a true & faith servant for the Kingdom!

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