tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14055038.post7462902080546395826..comments2023-11-05T07:21:05.146-05:00Comments on Under the Sycamore Tree: Of Pigs and PearlsBarry Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735703368766711796noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14055038.post-8120962638657587162011-09-27T02:28:23.585-04:002011-09-27T02:28:23.585-04:00Wonderful blog. I am searching awesome news and id...Wonderful blog. I am searching awesome news and idea. What I have found from your site, it is actually highly content. You have spent long time for this blog. It's a very useful and interesting site. Thanks !リアルマネートレードhttp://www.rmt4u.jpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14055038.post-88336888378093978152009-04-29T09:41:00.000-04:002009-04-29T09:41:00.000-04:00David - Though I concurthat Hitchens' arguments ar...David - Though I concurthat Hitchens' arguments are long expired, and Craig does a better job than others in debating him, my sole point was "How does the Lord tell us to handle pigs?" It is His instruction alone we should follow, for though we may think (and could very well be) inoculated from these arguments, others may not. To play this off the recent headlines, one does have to be careful in handling pigs for you never know when swine flu might break out.<br /><br />Megan - Glad to hear of the providence in the timing. Enjoy Addie and Moriah!<br /><br />Ben - Agreed. Too many institutions have the policy "What's one more pig?" though they do not see it that way, mistaking the oinking for open-minded discussion.Barry Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735703368766711796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14055038.post-83875410773692808172009-04-26T01:41:00.000-04:002009-04-26T01:41:00.000-04:00If we take from that proverb a sense of not giving...If we take from that proverb a sense of not giving good gifts to those who don't appreciate them, then the application is, I think, primarily about the Gospel and yet broader as well. And it would then make sense why Christian institutions are so ept to cast pearls before swine. With standards of student and faculty admittance as they often are, "necessity" has made us so well practiced at casting pearls before swine that we've made it a habit.<br /><br />P.S. I liked your references to the remaining relevance of Christ's remarks on the Children of the Light.Penjamminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09793679480801267346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14055038.post-13645019884023386652009-04-25T10:33:00.000-04:002009-04-25T10:33:00.000-04:00Barry,
Thanks for posting these thoughts. It was v...Barry,<br />Thanks for posting these thoughts. It was very useful reading for Brandon and I. We just went over this passage at fellowship group. <br />It was nice to read another pastor's thoughts on the subject.<br /><br />Hope your family is doing well. <br /><br />We pick up Brandon's sisters from the airport on Monday, very excited to see some family. <br /><br />In Christ,<br />Megan (for the rest of the Fishers)BamFamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573694692327530518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14055038.post-46408406287154127292009-04-22T22:30:00.000-04:002009-04-22T22:30:00.000-04:00I can see your point about leaving Hitchens out of...I can see your point about leaving Hitchens out of a church setting, but in seminaries and colleges, it is good to get someone like Hitchens into the open like that. (It's better then Harris hiding for fear of his life, supposedly. I find his belief a bit irrational.) For one, Hitchens arguments are following a long trend that goes back to Rousseau. You could probably even trace it even further if you wanted too. You have pointed him out when he has been debating mostly theistic "lightweights." Look at the most recent debate that Hitchens was involved in with William Lane Craig: <br />http://greatcloud.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/more-on-the-craig-hitchens-debate/<br /><br />Frankly, let people like Hitchens hop and skip around, they trip over themselves because they don't even know how to dance! lolDavid Pulliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06956491409719443335noreply@blogger.com