I have another comment Chris. Regarding the whole end time prophetic
thing, like the Left Behind Series. I grew up in a lot of different
countries, so am familiar with different cultural perspectives. Only
in America do Christians have that take on things, the world going down
the drain at breakneck speed and all of the "saved" getting whisked out
of danger. It's absurd. There are Believers in dire straits all over
the world who don't expect anything but the tangible Presence of Jesus
to comfort them. Instead of folding in front of fear, live fully and
richly in the ordained and sacred space that God has ordained for you
occupy. Buechner wrote about the people of Ekbatana in On The Road
With The Archangel. The comment there was that perhaps they lived more
as their Creator meant them to live than the cowed and fearful mode we
take because evil seems to reign.


Be at Peace.
Jan
On Oct 28, 2008, at 12:06 PM, Mike Morrell wrote:

> Hi Chris!
> What a great question. My friends at Presence Ministries have a
> unique take
> on this, drawn from the insights of NT Wright, Brueggemann, Buechner
> and
> much original scholarship. See
> http://www.presence.tv/cms/covenantal.php for
> some great intro articles! It changed the way I look at biblical
> prophecy
> forever.
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Mike
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2008 at 6:12 AM, caustin5802000
> <caustin580@...>wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I was hoping some of you could point me in the right direction.
> >
> > One of the things holding me to orthodoxy is prophecy. It really
> > does seem like the headlines that I read every day confirm the
> > prophetic predictions made by biblical prophecy experts -
> > predictions which have remainded pretty consistent for over 30
> > years. However, I know there is always another side to the story.
> >
> > Do any of you have any book recommendations that gives the other
> > side of the story - e.g. alternative ways to read revelation,
> > daniel, etc. The "liberal" scholars such as Borg, Crossan, etc.
> > seem to be silent on end-times prophecy. I get the idea that most
> > liberal scholars think evangelicals who believe in all this end-
> > times stuff are just a bunch of kooks. I want to know why they
> > think that. How is it possible that they read the same headlines
> > that I do and still believe that the prophetic predictions are not
> > coming true (e.g. move toward a one world government, move toward
> > one world religion (ever feel like emergent is helping usher this
> > in?), cashless society, all out blitz war on israel, etc.).
> >
> > btw, this is not a plug, but I just blogged on this very topic. I
> > would love any feedback any of you would want to give regarding my
> > thoughts on end-times prophecy and how it relates to my journey.
> > www.splintertherapy.typepad.com.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Chris Austin
> > Knoxville, Tennessee
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Mike Morrell
>
> http://zoecarnate.com
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