tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356730.post8710051114031873682..comments2023-10-29T20:50:33.666-04:00Comments on hyperekperissou: Observations on history, faith and 'real life'Phil Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944477827816680359noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356730.post-76693898115870239502012-07-11T10:50:52.068-04:002012-07-11T10:50:52.068-04:00Hi Rob. Thanks for your comments. I'm glad to ...Hi Rob. Thanks for your comments. I'm glad to see another teacher and another amateur church historian. Welcome!Phil Sniderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08944477827816680359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356730.post-57028090922041827802012-06-28T19:12:21.156-04:002012-06-28T19:12:21.156-04:00Great post. You're spot on about summer being...Great post. You're spot on about summer being 'the season of blogging'. I just started a new blog myself. As a history teacher, and an amateur student of the history of the church, I really like what you've said about the intersection of history and faith. It's difficult for me to see how anyone with open eyes can fail to see the impact of the past upon our present. But for a Christian, I believe the significance is even greater. Not only have the saints before us had profound effects upon our own assumptions, but the interplay between past generations and ourselves actually continues. "I believe in the holy catholic church, the communion of saints..." That is a communion that is not bound by time (a concept that is not, I think, adequately appreciated by most of our Protestant traditions). The "cloud of witnesses" that surrounds us is made up of our fellow Christians, fellow servants that help us along as we seek to grow into Christ. That is not just a history lesson, that is "real life"!Rob Scothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072843841380642362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356730.post-3536412918314219972012-06-10T22:29:02.202-04:002012-06-10T22:29:02.202-04:00Hi Jim;
Sorry about the word verfication. I hadn...Hi Jim; <br /><br />Sorry about the word verfication. I hadn't even realized that I had that on after I changed formats. It is off now. <br /><br />I understand the sigh, although the assumptions that Christian historians just ignore historical accuracy is just one of those post-Enlightenment blindnesses that we run into from time to time. I recall it very clearly in my undergraduate days in the late 80s where even the suggestion that one has to consider religious views to understand periods before the mid-20th century was received by many with incomprehension. Nothing new here, I'm afraid.Phil Sniderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08944477827816680359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356730.post-32977402348784143952012-06-10T13:11:37.255-04:002012-06-10T13:11:37.255-04:00OK, in addition to the disconnect between faith an...OK, in addition to the disconnect between faith and science that the professional secularists who insist all Christians must be fundamentalists, we have to deal with historians assuming we all simply ignore historical accuracy?<br /><br />::sigh::<br /><br />FWIW<br />jimB<br /><br />Please kill the freaking word verification. It wont stop spam, your blogger filters will and it is murder on those of us, MOI, who have visual issues.JimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.com