Comments on: A New Kind Of Christianity – Book Review Question 6-10 http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/12/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-6-10/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-new-kind-of-christianity-%25e2%2580%2593-book-review-question-6-10 Business Development & Communications Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jshmueller http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/12/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-6-10/#comment-1977 jshmueller Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:06:00 +0000 http://jonathanbrink.com/?p=361#comment-1977 I enjoyed the last 3 chapters the most as well. Although I do think that Brian could learn a thing or two about capitalism and its effect on poverty from Michael Kruse. Too often it has been ignorantly made the boogeyman, not recognizing that unless the "common pie" grows, distributive justice will only bring us so far. And without incentives, the pie is not going to grow.rnrnAlso, his comments on the institution of marriage are a mixed bag for me. Yes, marriage is created for our benefit and not vice versa but to question its traditional understanding on the basis of pragmatism alone (basically ignoring Jesus' direct statements towards that subject) and citing once again the "constitutional reading" of the Bible as the one to be avoided, sounds a lot like a situational ethics approach based on "what works and what doesn't" to me. I enjoyed the last 3 chapters the most as well. Although I do think that Brian could learn a thing or two about capitalism and its effect on poverty from Michael Kruse. Too often it has been ignorantly made the boogeyman, not recognizing that unless the “common pie” grows, distributive justice will only bring us so far. And without incentives, the pie is not going to grow.rnrnAlso, his comments on the institution of marriage are a mixed bag for me. Yes, marriage is created for our benefit and not vice versa but to question its traditional understanding on the basis of pragmatism alone (basically ignoring Jesus’ direct statements towards that subject) and citing once again the “constitutional reading” of the Bible as the one to be avoided, sounds a lot like a situational ethics approach based on “what works and what doesn’t” to me.

]]> By: jshmueller http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/12/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-6-10/#comment-640 jshmueller Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:06:54 +0000 http://jonathanbrink.com/?p=361#comment-640 I enjoyed the last 3 chapters the most as well. Although I do think that Brian could learn a thing or two about capitalism and its effect on poverty from Michael Kruse. Too often it has been ignorantly made the boogeyman, not recognizing that unless the "common pie" grows, distributive justice will only bring us so far. And without incentives, the pie is not going to grow.<br><br>Also, his comments on the institution of marriage are a mixed bag for me. Yes, marriage is created for our benefit and not vice versa but to question its traditional understanding on the basis of pragmatism alone (basically ignoring Jesus' direct statements towards that subject) and citing once again the "constitutional reading" of the Bible as the one to be avoided, sounds a lot like a situational ethics approach based on "what works and what doesn't" to me. I enjoyed the last 3 chapters the most as well. Although I do think that Brian could learn a thing or two about capitalism and its effect on poverty from Michael Kruse. Too often it has been ignorantly made the boogeyman, not recognizing that unless the “common pie” grows, distributive justice will only bring us so far. And without incentives, the pie is not going to grow.

Also, his comments on the institution of marriage are a mixed bag for me. Yes, marriage is created for our benefit and not vice versa but to question its traditional understanding on the basis of pragmatism alone (basically ignoring Jesus' direct statements towards that subject) and citing once again the “constitutional reading” of the Bible as the one to be avoided, sounds a lot like a situational ethics approach based on “what works and what doesn't” to me.

]]> By: jshmueller http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/12/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-6-10/#comment-1830 jshmueller Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:06:54 +0000 http://jonathanbrink.com/?p=361#comment-1830 I enjoyed the last 3 chapters the most as well. Although I do think that Brian could learn a thing or two about capitalism and its effect on poverty from Michael Kruse. Too often it has been ignorantly made the boogeyman, not recognizing that unless the "common pie" grows, distributive justice will only bring us so far. And without incentives, the pie is not going to grow.<br><br>Also, his comments on the institution of marriage are a mixed bag for me. Yes, marriage is created for our benefit and not vice versa but to question its traditional understanding on the basis of pragmatism alone (basically ignoring Jesus' direct statements towards that subject) and citing once again the "constitutional reading" of the Bible as the one to be avoided, sounds a lot like a situational ethics approach based on "what works and what doesn't" to me. I enjoyed the last 3 chapters the most as well. Although I do think that Brian could learn a thing or two about capitalism and its effect on poverty from Michael Kruse. Too often it has been ignorantly made the boogeyman, not recognizing that unless the “common pie” grows, distributive justice will only bring us so far. And without incentives, the pie is not going to grow.

Also, his comments on the institution of marriage are a mixed bag for me. Yes, marriage is created for our benefit and not vice versa but to question its traditional understanding on the basis of pragmatism alone (basically ignoring Jesus' direct statements towards that subject) and citing once again the “constitutional reading” of the Bible as the one to be avoided, sounds a lot like a situational ethics approach based on “what works and what doesn't” to me.

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