Comments on: Societal Rules vs. Biblical Rules http://davidksmith.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/societal-rules-vs-biblical-rules/ ramblings from dave Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:11:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://davidksmith.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/societal-rules-vs-biblical-rules/#comment-520 Anonymous Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:15:52 +0000 http://davidksmith.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-520 Good point Rebecca. You are definitely thinking in a way that call for integration and remaining in our class system for missional impact. -dave Good point Rebecca.

You are definitely thinking in a way that call for integration and remaining in our class system for missional impact.

-dave

]]> By: Rebecca Ramsey http://davidksmith.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/societal-rules-vs-biblical-rules/#comment-518 Rebecca Ramsey Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:52:42 +0000 http://davidksmith.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-518 I was struck by your comment about adding a fourth column: Christ-Follower. It's an intriguing idea, but I don't think that can be one more column. It might be three more columns, or it might be a row that goes across all the columns. Or an overlay through which all three columns are filtered. The thing is, when we become Christ-Followers, we still have our class-based habits, skills, and assumptions. Hopefully being Christian will influence the way we live, but we will be living as Christ-following middle-class people, or whichever class we come from. I was struck by your comment about adding a fourth column: Christ-Follower. It’s an intriguing idea, but I don’t think that can be one more column. It might be three more columns, or it might be a row that goes across all the columns. Or an overlay through which all three columns are filtered.

The thing is, when we become Christ-Followers, we still have our class-based habits, skills, and assumptions. Hopefully being Christian will influence the way we live, but we will be living as Christ-following middle-class people, or whichever class we come from.

]]> By: Dave Smith http://davidksmith.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/societal-rules-vs-biblical-rules/#comment-478 Dave Smith Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:40:21 +0000 http://davidksmith.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-478 Great observation about the superiority comment. Never thought of it that way...and interesting how a grid like this can detract or highlight any feelings of superiority in us. Great observation about the superiority comment. Never thought of it that way…and interesting how a grid like this can detract or highlight any feelings of superiority in us.

]]> By: Anthony Warren http://davidksmith.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/societal-rules-vs-biblical-rules/#comment-477 Anthony Warren Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:47:27 +0000 http://davidksmith.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-477 What I find interesting is that no group seems to have inherent superiority over another in any given category. There was a time when I believed it was more spiritual to be poor...and it's all too easy to feel like you've done everything right when wealth comes along. But we all wrestle to what degree the people, places, and things in our lives are going to mean to us. Take clothing for example...it's valued by all 3 groups but for different reasons. And, the poor and weathly are equally "guilty" for the value they can place on clothing. Contrast that with Christ's statement, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?" (mt 6:25) What I find interesting is that no group seems to have inherent superiority over another in any given category.

There was a time when I believed it was more spiritual to be poor…and it’s all too easy to feel like you’ve done everything right when wealth comes along.

But we all wrestle to what degree the people, places, and things in our lives are going to mean to us.

Take clothing for example…it’s valued by all 3 groups but for different reasons. And, the poor and weathly are equally “guilty” for the value they can place on clothing.

Contrast that with Christ’s statement, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?” (mt 6:25)

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