tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post1510184688028024728..comments2023-10-31T09:33:01.781-04:00Comments on McilWeb: Simeon the BuzzkillKeith H. McIlwainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661248415435540954noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-10220253642787698712011-02-11T21:04:14.725-05:002011-02-11T21:04:14.725-05:00you are invited to follow my blogyou are invited to follow my blogSteve Finnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041851737677873347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-1478179332942883962010-12-19T19:18:26.378-05:002010-12-19T19:18:26.378-05:00An excellent, bracing comment on this passage, and...An excellent, bracing comment on this passage, and I absolutely agree with you. Christianity is a revolution, not a religious comfy chair to sit back in. And revolutions do tend to divide people for and against. Thanks for pointing these things out.JACarterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09861629720648635272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-28575994873373069202010-12-18T13:22:58.993-05:002010-12-18T13:22:58.993-05:00@Keith - absolutely fair =)@Keith - absolutely fair =)Katie Z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01143363139786424632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-8808758289296253472010-12-18T11:32:20.389-05:002010-12-18T11:32:20.389-05:00Katie...the Wesley quote comes from his "Expl...Katie...the Wesley quote comes from his "Explanatory Notes on the New Testament", specifically in his Luke 2 commentary on these verses.<br /><br />I wasn't trying, of course, to say how Wesley defined "death", whether he felt that damnation meant some form of annihilationism or eternal torment, but I think his point is that rejection of Jesus is not a good or wise decision. Is that fair?<br /><br />For myself, I find Oscar Cullmann's short but hard to find book "Immortality of the Soul or Resurrection of the Dead" a good read delineating the differences between the Greek & Hebrew perspectives. I'm certain that Wesley leaned toward the Greek.Keith H. McIlwainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661248415435540954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-38736838750437663472010-12-18T10:59:05.283-05:002010-12-18T10:59:05.283-05:00I am not sure that I had read the Wesley quote you...I am not sure that I had read the Wesley quote you included: "...he will be a savour of death to some, to unbelievers; a savour of life to others, to believers." <br /><br />Is this a comment on this passage in particular or elsewhere? <br /><br />A pastoral colleague of mine often speaks of the fact that many in this world believe death is the great salvation... they can't begin to lift their eyes to the possibility of more. And yet to think of death as being the end of the unbeliever, rather than some eternal notion of damnation is a very different concept than we are used to talking about.Katie Z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01143363139786424632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-77057291031371480942010-12-18T10:42:05.372-05:002010-12-18T10:42:05.372-05:00Nice words. Interesting thoughts. Keep up the go...Nice words. Interesting thoughts. Keep up the good work.wtgilliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339563059939948008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22297646.post-40129135287294696192010-12-18T09:36:48.852-05:002010-12-18T09:36:48.852-05:00Well said!Well said!David Smithhttp://preachersmith.comnoreply@blogger.com