tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31896366.post116420985219738072..comments2024-03-22T07:16:35.188+00:00Comments on Against Heresies: Emergent Village opens the door to unorthodoxyMartin Downeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08019053545918223050noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31896366.post-31267089509987316752009-11-21T19:46:48.203+00:002009-11-21T19:46:48.203+00:00Pagitt's comment gets to the root of the issue...Pagitt's comment gets to the root of the issue:<br />Do we make the word of God conform to our culture or do we conform our life to the Word of God? I never lived under a lord or master but I sure knew what it meant to submit my life to Christ. And what I did not fully know I am learning.<br />I understand the appeal to Paul's "being all things to all people" for the sake of the gospel but that had to do with secondary issues. Paul would not eat pork in a Jewish person's house. Got that. But watering down the message of the gospel? It never happened. <br />Paul introduced many aspects of the Old Testament to pagan Gentiles, trusting the Holy Spirit to give understanding (no doubt in the context of patient teaching). Paul also said that the cross was a cultural offense to both Jew and Gentile but it was still at the core of his message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com