tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361927.post113105111814934206..comments2023-08-12T05:19:59.444-05:00Comments on The Reformed Angler: Exploring a Parallel Universe - Christianity Today MagazineAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05458269118174673968noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361927.post-1131504576291954272005-11-08T20:49:00.000-06:002005-11-08T20:49:00.000-06:00Ahhh. I think that your experience is pretty comm...Ahhh. I think that your experience is pretty common in university settings. We have a friend who has encountered a similar thing in her department -- people who assume that an educated professional woman HAS to be a left-winger. It makes life interesting when she raises logical issues with some of their rhetoric.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05458269118174673968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361927.post-1131497711505281362005-11-08T18:55:00.000-06:002005-11-08T18:55:00.000-06:00I was thinkin of my experience in the sociology de...I was thinkin of my experience in the sociology department at KSU. All the Marxist and such. That is what this article reminded me of.Michael Krusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562574596754907146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361927.post-1131371657602455712005-11-07T07:54:00.000-06:002005-11-07T07:54:00.000-06:00Thanks for dropping by, Mike.I'm not sure what exa...Thanks for dropping by, Mike.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure what exactly it was that triggered your flashback, but I have to acknowledge that much of my spiritual development dates from the Manhattan years. <BR/><BR/>I was already pretty much an evangelical when I arrived at Manhattan in 1983, but not quite ready to admit it yet. This was in large part due to the stereotypes about evangelicals that were even then pervading the so-called mainline denominations. When I left in 1986 I saw myself as evangelical, and that freed me to continue to grow.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05458269118174673968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361927.post-1131217089706092232005-11-05T12:58:00.000-06:002005-11-05T12:58:00.000-06:00This article gave me flashbacks to being in gradua...This article gave me flashbacks to being in graduate school at Kansas StateMichael Krusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562574596754907146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361927.post-1131115811946572842005-11-04T08:50:00.000-06:002005-11-04T08:50:00.000-06:00I appreciate your comments.In some of my more cyni...I appreciate your comments.<BR/><BR/>In some of my more cynical (and snide) moments, I refer to the academic view you describe as "taking the path of least intellectual resistance".<BR/><BR/>The first three questions that all deacons, elders, and ministers must answer make it clear that Jesus is Lord, that the Scriptures are authoritative, and that the Confessions reliably reflect what Scripture leads us to believe and do.<BR/><BR/>I have a strong suspicion that this all revolves on what "I do" means to those being ordained, and this may have some overlap with your interest in the social and religious dimensions of marriage.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05458269118174673968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361927.post-1131065006395809882005-11-03T18:43:00.000-06:002005-11-03T18:43:00.000-06:00I think the Confessions are evangelical. Some Pre...I think the Confessions are evangelical. Some Presbyterians don't believe them -- which is a different matter.<BR/><BR/>I think many (most?) academics, secular and otherwise, like to be against "evangelicals" without reference to what anyone actually believes because it allows an easy convergence of a belief in their own intellectual superiority and their moral superiority.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.com