Comments on: Sin and Oppression (part 2) http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/03/29/sin-and-oppression-part-2-2/ let's activate something Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:15:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Nathan Eanes http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/03/29/sin-and-oppression-part-2-2/#comment-1057 Nathan Eanes Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:05:25 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/03/29/sin-and-oppression-part-2-2/#comment-1057 That is true, and very challenging. BTW, Rachel and I are in Elkhart now. What coordinates are you at these days? That is true, and very challenging.

BTW, Rachel and I are in Elkhart now. What coordinates are you at these days?

]]> By: t john yoder http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/03/29/sin-and-oppression-part-2-2/#comment-1055 t john yoder Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:22:13 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/03/29/sin-and-oppression-part-2-2/#comment-1055 Thank you. I really resonated with what you're saying: it seems to me that a significant portion of the conflict that arises between radical and traditional Christianity comes from a "letter of the law vs. spirit of the law" (note the lower case "L" - I'm not talking Torah, here) debate. For example, Paul may have written that women should not speak in church, but literally translating that to today's modern context goes directly against Jesus's liberating message - it's bibliolatry. Scripture and tradition are incredibly valuable, but when they get in the way of the mission of the Church, that's a sign that something needs to be seriously reexamined. Thank you.

I really resonated with what you’re saying: it seems to me that a significant portion of the conflict that arises between radical and traditional Christianity comes from a “letter of the law vs. spirit of the law” (note the lower case “L” - I’m not talking Torah, here) debate. For example, Paul may have written that women should not speak in church, but literally translating that to today’s modern context goes directly against Jesus’s liberating message - it’s bibliolatry.

Scripture and tradition are incredibly valuable, but when they get in the way of the mission of the Church, that’s a sign that something needs to be seriously reexamined.

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