1. 14:43 12th Jan 2012

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    Reblogged from blakebaggott

    blakebaggott:

    This video has been getting a lot of attention from Christians and even non-Christians. I thought I’d give my two cents on it.

    I’ll explain firstly that I actually like the message of the video.

    However, I do not like the terminology he uses. By using the word “religion”, it causes more confusion than anything. When said like that, it makes Christianity seem like it’s not a religion… when it is. What he is truly describing is dead religion… but that is not the same as simply religion. 

    I’ve covered this a little bit in a post that I reblogged from Johnny. In summary, the Christian faith is a religion. But it’s not religion that will save you… it’s the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

    But when you say that Christianity isn’t a religion, you tend to get comment like I saw on Facebook saying, “This is why I don’t go to church,” or “This is why I don’t read the Bible,” or “Finally, someone who loves Jesus without getting all theological.” And I didn’t even want to comment on them. These really kind of break my heart. It doesn’t make me mad as much as it saddens me.

    I don’t think that it was even Jefferson Bethke’s intention. I like him and his videos. But I think he could have chosen his terminology much better.

    ^ My thoughts precisely. I’m relieved to see I wasn’t the only one troubled by this video. As I said elsewhere, instead of Jesus>religion, I propose Jesus>legalism.

     
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      Admonition against sloppiness. Let me be clear....completely agree with
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      Mmkay. Here’s my take. The root message of this video is on target, I believe, if you read into it in a particular way....
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      True. His diction bothered me too at some parts, but I guess I didn’t look at it with that much technicality.
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      I passed up this video for a while as it was showing up more frequently on my news feed. I finally gave in to watching...
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      1) This is bad poetry. 2) The...not original at all. I heard all
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    18. elijahlain reblogged this from blakebaggott and added:
      ^ My thoughts precisely. I’m relieved to see...only one troubled by this