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"Rebuilding the Presbyterian Establishment"...have y'all read this???
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Uncle Max Bialystock Oct 27.
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Hee hee hee. You just wanna bust my chops, dontcha? OK, I'll "bite." Actually, a boycott is a matter of NOT doing something, i.e. BUYING. Anyway, your reply is a half-step removed from the sort of thing both you and I know that I had in mind. Shal...
Perhaps we should stop sponsoring boycotts, then.
Sure, but we'll leave the "how-to" to the ones who can get it done. We just want to stand up for and promote what's good, decent, right and ethical. ---"Uncle Max."
I mostly agree. Still, compassion in distributive justice coupled with incompetence in productive economics leads nothing to distribute.
What a nice surprise, to find out that I'm talking to the author of the paper under discussion. What you just wrote above makes too much sense to me to argue with, except one thing.
You wrote: "But I don't think that idea will fly...... beyond it...
To start at the end and work up ...
Since we did have an actual doctrine of the spirituality of the church in the southern stream of the Presbyterian Church, I said doctrine rather than principle. That doctrine held that the church was a spiritua...
The author writes: "The best sort of new Presby. "Establishment" would consist of "tall-steeple" pastors, EPs, Stated Clerks, and lay people (Elders?) devoted to the work of the church both locally and regionally."
My response: Maybe so, but not ...
Uncle Max:
We are mostly in agreement.
I think the idea that we have a de facto doctrine of the spirituality of the church when it comes to economics intriguing. This seems at odds, though, with the many pronouncements the GA makes on economic m...
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 9:14am on August 18, 2008,
Byron Wade said… - Hi Steven! Hope you are doing well up in WV
- At 5:43pm on July 30, 2008,
Stephen Baldwin said… - very interesting! thanks for answering my question.
- At 4:23pm on July 25, 2008,
John A. Bolt said… - Welcome Stephen. We'll see how this connectional thing connects on the web. With the growth you've had, I look forward to what you have to say.
JB
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