tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14254421.post5638625735634457330..comments2024-03-23T19:16:04.564-07:00Comments on Quotidian Life: Priming the Pump, IIQuotidian Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621964632808884901noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14254421.post-23036611063071313632009-08-09T01:25:51.857-07:002009-08-09T01:25:51.857-07:00Maybe instead of looking at it as 'mere truth&...Maybe instead of looking at it as 'mere truth' vs 'experiential spirituality' look at it as merely knowing the truth vs knowing and loving the truth. You're right, experiential Christianity at it's best would pre-suppose a knowledge and love of the truth but I think in this day and age that is a huge presupposition to work from. Often that foundation of knowledge and love of truth hasn't been sufficiently laid.Quotidian Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621964632808884901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14254421.post-80201369812069789522009-08-08T21:39:59.871-07:002009-08-08T21:39:59.871-07:00What most stood out to me in your discussion was t...What most stood out to me in your discussion was the idea of teaching a form of self-discipline to children. Perhaps that's not the exact meaning of ordo amoris -- but that's what it sounded like to me. Teaching children, or even just ourselves, to order our affections rightly. That's the meaning I have always taken from that quote in Philippians -- that we must TRAIN our minds to think upon the true and lovely, as it is not our natural state.<br /><br />The other thing that stood out was the quote "the right defense against false sentiments is to inculcate just sentiments." This strikes me as truly profound and reminds me of a discussion I had with a youth worker a few years ago. He believed teenagers could not stand against the onslaught of college with "mere" truth -- they needed experiential spirituality that no one could take away from them. At the time, and still today, this sticks in my craw. If Christianity is a "mere" experience of life-enhancement, then we should let kids try whatever they want until they stumble upon what's best for them. If we believe Christianity is truth, however, the best defense against everything false that surrounds us is to instill what is true.j cowlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14254421.post-47500373406569718402009-08-08T13:44:42.760-07:002009-08-08T13:44:42.760-07:00I knew there was a reason we get along so well : )...I knew there was a reason we get along so well : )Quotidian Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621964632808884901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14254421.post-18695520870597613742009-08-08T13:19:14.850-07:002009-08-08T13:19:14.850-07:00My thoughts exactly!My thoughts exactly!Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11142867308567068593noreply@blogger.com