tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107679.post1145676269478660595..comments2024-03-13T10:40:39.121+00:00Comments on The Reverend Garibaldi McFlurry: Grace in the wildernessGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04452898471070875871noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107679.post-45783997179775969232007-06-25T18:36:00.000+01:002007-06-25T18:36:00.000+01:00Yes, well pointed out, SaintSimon. Had I been more...Yes, well pointed out, SaintSimon. Had I been more comprehensive, I should have went down that line too! 'Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.'(Heb 13:8)Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04452898471070875871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107679.post-43183828632522277882007-06-25T10:27:00.000+01:002007-06-25T10:27:00.000+01:00I agree entirely.The other side of the same coin i...I agree entirely.<BR/><BR/>The other side of the same coin is that the less fashionable God of justice, vengeance etc in the OT is also the God of the NT, dealing with Ananias and Saphira, and putting people in the lake of fire in Rev 20. This God of fire and brimstone was popular in the last few centuries but doesn't sit so comfortably with modern liberalism. And yet, while our concept of God fluctuates from generation to generation, God himself doesn't change. And if people don't understand this harsher side of him, they won't appreciate their need for the love and grace we prefer to preach on, and they won't see how amazing and bizarre it is thta in fact despite our sin his love does indeed rest on us, and how truly remarkable it is that the God of judgement and the God of love are both revealed in the cross.SaintSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14067501906240885393noreply@blogger.com