Comments on: The Silence of Caesar http://stormented.com/2010/04/the-silence-of-caesar/ A reflection of God's activity in our lives. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter Mosley http://stormented.com/2010/04/the-silence-of-caesar/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Peter Mosley Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:30:36 +0000 http://stormented.com/?p=1006#comment-304 Man, don't you hate it when someone "reads" your blog and doesn't carefully consider it before commenting? Yeah, we agree, and I should have read the end of your post again and more carefully before commenting so I wouldn't have missed out on that part of what you were saying. I'll try to do so in the future. Thank you for those important insights. Man, don’t you hate it when someone “reads” your blog and doesn’t carefully consider it before commenting?

Yeah, we agree, and I should have read the end of your post again and more carefully before commenting so I wouldn’t have missed out on that part of what you were saying. I’ll try to do so in the future. Thank you for those important insights.

]]> By: Jonathan Storment http://stormented.com/2010/04/the-silence-of-caesar/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Jonathan Storment Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:03:32 +0000 http://stormented.com/?p=1006#comment-298 Peter I think we agree. I believe the earliest Christians were very involved in politics in the sense of the actual word polis, which means city or society. Just not in the way that we tend to think of politics. That's what I think the 2nd quote of Wright is pointing out. Apathy or privatization of faith isn't an option. But I do believe we are called to change the world in a very different way. I just want to be careful not to let Caesar frame the story for me. Thanks for your thoughts brother. Peter I think we agree. I believe the earliest Christians were very involved in politics in the sense of the actual word polis, which means city or society. Just not in the way that we tend to think of politics. That’s what I think the 2nd quote of Wright is pointing out. Apathy or privatization of faith isn’t an option. But I do believe we are called to change the world in a very different way. I just want to be careful not to let Caesar frame the story for me. Thanks for your thoughts brother.

]]> By: Peter Mosley http://stormented.com/2010/04/the-silence-of-caesar/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Peter Mosley Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:05:34 +0000 http://stormented.com/?p=1006#comment-297 I'm a bit skeptical about Christians not being vocal in politics -- for example, I think Dietrich Bonhoeffer's political actions and John the Baptist's rather political statements (that resulted in the martyrdom of both) weren't necessarily wrong. I think the motives for getting involved in politics are, at times, the problem -- whether Christians get involved because they genuinely care about people or whether they get involved out of pride or a viewpoint that's not centered on loving God and loving people. That said, I really like your point about the end of Acts -- it makes a lot of sense and is a really powerful statement about the ending. I think it was you who said at the Vine a while ago that we are still writing Acts today -- that's really stuck with me, so thanks. I’m a bit skeptical about Christians not being vocal in politics — for example, I think Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s political actions and John the Baptist’s rather political statements (that resulted in the martyrdom of both) weren’t necessarily wrong. I think the motives for getting involved in politics are, at times, the problem — whether Christians get involved because they genuinely care about people or whether they get involved out of pride or a viewpoint that’s not centered on loving God and loving people.

That said, I really like your point about the end of Acts — it makes a lot of sense and is a really powerful statement about the ending. I think it was you who said at the Vine a while ago that we are still writing Acts today — that’s really stuck with me, so thanks.

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