tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985649.post2018934066440549269..comments2023-04-07T04:38:10.212-05:00Comments on Fresh Dirt: Worship Made To Order OR An Ordered WorshipUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985649.post-3762908757474562992007-12-13T06:18:00.000-06:002007-12-13T06:18:00.000-06:00I think you're right in the last part of your asse...I think you're right in the last part of your assessment, if it is something only done on Sundays it turns us in on ourselves. I do think that the direction it moves us in though is necessary. I am also glad to know that the end result of your thought is movement into the world and into God. As the prof. whose challenged my thinking this term would say the two are one in the same because the God Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985649.post-91734656965348709572007-12-13T02:46:00.000-06:002007-12-13T02:46:00.000-06:00Eric, in regards to your challenge, I think I see ...Eric, in regards to your challenge, I think I see where your thoughts are moving, but I'm not sure that such a thought fully comprehends the Ordo. The Ordo is not just the thing that we do on Sunday morning but encompasses every aspect of life. As far as the Ordo being specifically Christian (I'm guessing this is in contrast to just religious), the Ordo might not be all that unique, except thatFresh Dirthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211524952224012164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985649.post-14661946055054670862007-12-13T02:22:00.000-06:002007-12-13T02:22:00.000-06:00Interesting article, Eric. Dr. Thorton always see...Interesting article, Eric. Dr. Thorton always seems to pique my interest. I find myself agreeing and disagreeing with him. On the one hand, I find it reassuring that Christians are repenting of their past. Yet at the same time, he is correct in our shame of our own faith. Christians are often the ones in inter-faith circles to water-down their faith into generic terms and statements in orderFresh Dirthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211524952224012164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985649.post-69753488650921342322007-12-08T23:22:00.000-06:002007-12-08T23:22:00.000-06:00to play devils advocate, as you know I am prone to...to play devils advocate, as you know I am prone to do, is the form of worship you have described here any more christian than the consumeristic model that, you and I would both equally agree, is not conducive to the structures of the gospel? A better, less antagonistic, question is, perhaps, how do these practices of the 'ordo' not just make the gospel contingent upon yet another set of practicesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985649.post-65790486145601712362007-12-08T18:21:00.000-06:002007-12-08T18:21:00.000-06:00Very good post... starting with the last three sen...Very good post... starting with the last three sentences in the next-to-last paragraph, the ending was, well, beautiful and compelling to read.DAVE DACKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475832933283983527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985649.post-2829801703509448012007-12-08T16:35:00.000-06:002007-12-08T16:35:00.000-06:00Hey check this out and let me know what you think,...Hey check this out and let me know what you think, it comes from someone standing in your backyard-<BR/><BR/>http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon2007-11-27bt.html<BR/><BR/>pretty sure I do not agree with him. but its something to consider.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com