tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918253.post1812887344447032990..comments2023-10-20T11:23:11.547-05:00Comments on Fear and Trembling: The Greatest Story Ever ToldBenjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10142377311082312242noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918253.post-30376796329372484632007-02-04T16:10:00.000-06:002007-02-04T16:10:00.000-06:00Wow, how'd you manage to come away from this one w...Wow, how'd you manage to come away from this one with no comments? I've sat around MANY a campfire, and still can't quite fathom the sound of cold sharp metal against tree bark. Tree bark is kinda soft. But anyway, I DO love a good story, and of course Avalon is ringing in my ears (because I'm all about the lyrics too), and more than anything, I want my life IN CHRIST to be the greatest story ever told. Told differently than ever before, because I get to put my spin on it. And so far, I'm pretty happy with it. <br /><br />I think it does, definitely, matter where you come from. I didn't grow up in a legalistic or even dogmatic environment. I grew up being told the Bible is a hard book, basically best left to the pastor to read and interpret. I embraced Christ as a friend who understood everything, so I could talk to him about anything...which I needed to. In college I fell in with a great crowd of sincere christian students who were, admittedly, a little legalistic. You know, it was a way to protect us, keep us safe from the hostile academic humanists around us. It worked. And it provided structure, and encouraged discipline...Bible study, scripture memory, prayer, worship--four years of REALLY concentrated learning that serve me SO well today. <br /><br />There's room for structure, and in fact, discipline, even in grace. We recovering legalists tend to abandon structure, that grace may abound. It would be better, in my opinion, to encourage the structure and the discipline in the understanding that they are NOT (I repeat, NOT!) the point. They serve a far greater purpose that is achieved, in part even if we do fall of the read the bible in a year bandwagon. So praise God for the Sunday school take home papers that you'll read with your kids some weeks, and some weeks you won't! That is a priceless foundation.<br /><br />I come from a lot of other places since college now, and each of them has left its marks--many beauty marks, but some scars. So no one chapter has an inordinate amount of importance and impact. You will like that about getting older!<br /><br />Here's to fresh bread.Tracy P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07750283241399825265noreply@blogger.com