BHT Meme
Posted by Rey
I’m crossposting this at the Bible Archive. It’s a sort of Christianese meme by the Boar’s Head Tavern so most readers can feel free to ignore this post, respond to it (funny or not) with one sentence answers—doesn’t matter.- Baptism: Done upon profession of faith and it doesn’t do anything for your salvation.
- The Lord’s Supper: Only symbols done in remembrance (as often as possible) with no real presence of Christ in them or by them.
- Emerging Church: Go for it, folk and hopefully some entrenched thinking gets uprooted.
- Young Earth Creationism: I don’t know—there’s an ambiguity in the text and in empirical data that points to No but who knows what an omnipotent God can or can not do.
- Cessationism: I don’t know, there’s an ambiguity that leads me to think Yes but once again, if God decides to start it up again I doubt he’d ask me.
- Abraham Lincoln: Is “duck!” in bad taste?
- Gender Issues: Although they are equal they do each have certain roles and both men and women should be treated with respect.
- Inspiration of the Bible: Yes, in the original text.
- Gay Marriage: I really don’t know because I think it’s wrong for them not to get those tax breaks and what not that other folk get and because Society kind of already destroyed the definition of marriage but yet as a Christian I also have to take a stand against that, lying, theft, murder, etc—definitely in the Church no.
- Education (Home, Public, Private, None): I am in favor of it. Heh.
- Who is TR on the BHT? I don’t have a clue since I don’t really read their names.
- Sanctification: Upon justification, positionally sanctified but going through life we must practically sanctify ourselves.
- BHT Comments: Keep them closed but someone has to answer emails when I write in!
4 Responses to “BHT Meme”
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December 11th, 2006 at 6:40 pm
Just a couple of things, and I’m asking purely out of curiosity and NOT trying to start a big argument!
I’ve asked these kinds of questions with ulterior motives in the past, but not this time.
How do you reconcile John 6 with your beliefs about communion?
That’s really the only response where I had an immediate reaction of disagreement.
December 12th, 2006 at 12:25 am
Oh, don’t worry; I usually don’t take things as an argument launcher especially since as a solid Heretic I’m always right. Heh.
My short answer would be that John 6’s context is different. If it needs unpacking here goes:
The John 6 discussion to be specific to the context of 1) having a meal of real fish and bread 2) the people wanting that continued food 3) Jesus pointing out the uselessness of the physical food by using a historic example where 4) people were miraculously given food 5) so Jesus points out that the only thing that can satisfy the true need of man (not the physical need) is the Bread of Life from Heaven—that being himself. So he’s using bread as a picture of something the people really need and not something that will temporarily satisfy them. Whereas in Matt, Mark, Luke Jesus commands to do the breaking of bread and taking the cup specifically in remembrance and not for the need of continued life.
Jesus uses the same illustrative tactic (for lack of a better word) throughout John: in John 2 (wine), John 3 (the bronze snake), John 4 (water), etc. Basically: here is the physical picture and here is the spiritual reality you people need but you’re not listening and you’re rejecting (John 1). It’s interesting because John is the only book that doesn’t record the actual Last Supper so much as the Last Discussion.
December 12th, 2006 at 11:26 am
Thanks for the feedback, you’ve thought this through very well. I’m tring to get better at “discussing” these things with other Christians instead of getting up on a soap box, as is often my wont. I’ll say I disagree with you about John 6, but I’ve come to agree with James and C.S. Lewis that contention between Christians is a terrible and destructive thing; one of Satan’s delights. So thanks again, and I hope I’ve behaved well.
December 12th, 2006 at 12:31 pm
Christians (myself not excluded) like soap boxes and sometimes I know I can get carried away. Constant struggle sort of thing and I guess some moderate muslims would call it my internal jihad. Well, we didn’t fight and I’m happy when Christians can agree to disagree and still acknowledge that both have been saved by God.