tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110103.post7289169121713667378..comments2023-12-27T11:23:38.346-05:00Comments on Vanguard Church - Bob Robinson: Why Justice is So Important to the Emerging ChurchBob Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08576734261775426385noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110103.post-21244730703757107752009-11-05T14:43:59.206-05:002009-11-05T14:43:59.206-05:00Doesn't it seem crude and ugly to say the solu...Doesn't it seem crude and ugly to say the solution is God hanging on a cross? Shouldn't the solution be that God was willing to endure that, but that it actually effected NO CHANGE in God's forgiving attitude?<br /> Yes, we can hurt God (so to speak), every time we hurt an innocent person. It's not human cruelty, but divine unchanging love that can save us. But to make everything dependent on the cross is to make a fetish out of human cruelty and stupidity.<br /> The saving message is in the things BEFORE and AFTER the cross, in Jesus' creative and healing power, in his teaching, in his inclusion of everyone who wanted to be included in the family of God, and finally it is the Resurrection, which fore-tells our resurrection.Stephen Finlannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110103.post-75112421628492519112007-03-30T05:31:00.000-04:002007-03-30T05:31:00.000-04:00Good stuff.The problem is that when many Christian...Good stuff.<BR/>The problem is that when many Christians become concerned about justice, they jump to the state for a solution. They jump straight back into "the will to power".Ron McKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03989126812730583009noreply@blogger.com