tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830222431077572203.post2415385484839781787..comments2023-06-19T03:11:29.453-05:00Comments on BOLL: The Lutheran AAR Center: My Dictum on Lutheran PracticeMike Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09202275259518132834noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830222431077572203.post-5507234340015746922010-10-30T07:42:35.803-05:002010-10-30T07:42:35.803-05:00A tip of the hat to Rev Brown who never knew a met...A tip of the hat to Rev Brown who never knew a metaphor that he couldn't push one way or another.<br /><br />Your meal joke breaks down if you are a hobbit because it leaves out second breakfast, elevenses, and afternoon tea.Mike Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09202275259518132834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830222431077572203.post-33726966463188578832010-10-30T07:34:11.409-05:002010-10-30T07:34:11.409-05:00It's not theological, but surely you've he...It's not theological, but surely you've heard. . .<br /><br />Breakfast leads to lunch.<br />Lunch leads to dinner.<br />Dinner leads to Suppering.<br /><br />And actually, if you think of a vaccuum as something with a vaccuum seal - if you put air in, the increase in pressure will destroy the vessel sooner or later.<br /><br />And, just as nature abhors a vaccuum, so that natural, sinful man abhors Lutheranism.Rev. Eric J Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830222431077572203.post-82833753640717538642010-10-30T06:21:23.142-05:002010-10-30T06:21:23.142-05:00Exactly. How long would your freakishly complicat...Exactly. How long would your freakishly complicated snowball experiment work, Rev. Brown? Answer: About as long as charismatic Lutheranism does which is measured in minutes at the most depending on the charismatic accelerant you selected.<br /><br />(I also noticed that you didn't try to push the much more difficult "air-filled vacuum" metaphor. A wise move. :P )<br /><br />You are absolutely right. Luthernism and charismatic theology cannot coexist no matter how many people foolishly want it to. As a former charismatic anabaptist, I know this all too well. I happen to like my snowballs as God created them and I have the burn scars to remind me of the alternative.<br /><br />Enthusiasm is the path to the darkside.<br />Enthusiasm leads to idolatry;<br />idolatry leads legalism;<br />legalism leads to... suffering.Mike Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09202275259518132834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830222431077572203.post-54499746469415227192010-10-30T06:03:28.165-05:002010-10-30T06:03:28.165-05:00Ah, but you could have a flaming snowball, if you ...Ah, but you could have a flaming snowball, if you were to make a snowball, pack it densely, cover it with a foreign, flamable substance, then light the substance and throw the snowball. For a short time the snowball would survive before the fire melted it.<br /><br />Of course, this makes the analogy work all the better, I think. People latch on to an idea foreign to Lutheranism and compartmentalize it - oh, yes, yes, saved by Grace, Word and Sacraments, but look at this AWESOME cool thing. For a time, that will work (this is an aspect of Pieper's Felcitious Inconsistency - that happily people don't always think their faith destroying heresies through to their logical conclusions) - but just as the flame will melt the snowball, so to this foreign focus will come to dominate their entire theology, and snuff Lutheranism out.<br /><br />Once you start down the Charismatic Path, forever will it dominate your destiny!Rev. Eric J Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.com