Comments on: How to Think About “A Common Word” http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/ Bill Muehlenberg's commentary on issues of the day... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:51:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bill Muehlenberg http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-107866 Bill Muehlenberg Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:59:56 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/#comment-107866 Thanks Eric Of course if we are going to talk about love, we must define it biblically, not sentimentally. Jesus said ‘if you love me, you will keep my commandments’. That includes his teachings about himself. For example, he claimed to be the only way to God (‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father but by me’ – John 14:6), and called other claimants ‘thieves and robbers’ (John 10:8). And if we really love others with the love of Christ, we will tell them the truth of the gospel: that they are heading to a lost eternity if they have not turned to Christ and away from their sins. Biblical love is not about all of us just trying to get along somehow, but telling the truth of who Jesus is and why he came. Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch Thanks Eric

Of course if we are going to talk about love, we must define it biblically, not sentimentally. Jesus said ‘if you love me, you will keep my commandments’. That includes his teachings about himself. For example, he claimed to be the only way to God (‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father but by me’ – John 14:6), and called other claimants ‘thieves and robbers’ (John 10:8).

And if we really love others with the love of Christ, we will tell them the truth of the gospel: that they are heading to a lost eternity if they have not turned to Christ and away from their sins. Biblical love is not about all of us just trying to get along somehow, but telling the truth of who Jesus is and why he came.

Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch

]]> By: Eric Hyom http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-107734 Eric Hyom Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:34:45 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/#comment-107734 Greetings and peace be with you all, Can the Greatest Commandments have a greatest meaning for God? God the Father loves all that he is with all of his heart, soul, mind and strength. God the Father loves each and every one of us as he loves himself? Although I cannot make any claims for truth; the greatest commandments do not seem out of place when searching for a meaning for God. Can we hang interfaith relations on the greatest commandments, how can we love people of other faiths as we love ourselves? In the spirit of praying for greater interfaith tolerance and friendship Eric Hyom Greetings and peace be with you all,

Can the Greatest Commandments have a greatest meaning for God?

God the Father loves all that he is with all of his heart, soul, mind and strength.

God the Father loves each and every one of us as he loves himself?

Although I cannot make any claims for truth; the greatest commandments do not seem out of place when searching for a meaning for God.

Can we hang interfaith relations on the greatest commandments, how can we love people of other faiths as we love ourselves?

In the spirit of praying for greater interfaith tolerance and friendship

Eric Hyom

]]> By: Peter Beswick http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-51324 Peter Beswick Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:34:35 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/#comment-51324 I liked the commentary. An accurate synopsis! It would be good if the truths it contains could be more widely known and debated. Peter Beswick I liked the commentary. An accurate synopsis! It would be good if the truths it contains could be more widely known and debated.
Peter Beswick

]]> By: Jan de Vries http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-47615 Jan de Vries Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:11:23 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/#comment-47615 Because of their harmony the Word of God (His Son and the Bible) and the acts of God speak louder then any other voice. But both for Islam and Christianity it's true that acts speak louder then words. Let us be aware! Jan de Vries Because of their harmony the Word of God (His Son and the Bible) and the acts of God speak louder then any other voice. But both for Islam and Christianity it’s true that acts speak louder then words. Let us be aware!
Jan de Vries

]]> By: Garth Penglase http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-47519 Garth Penglase Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:53:54 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/#comment-47519 As human beings we need to find common ground to co-exist. However, as spiritual beings there is no common ground between light and dark. We serve a God who gave his own Son so that we may be set free of our sin to be reconciled with Him by a choice of our free will. Others serve gods whom they either don't know, or encourage a 'conversion or death' approach. This letter, while it sounds nice, is political manouvering. The devil's water is not so sweet after all. Garth Penglase As human beings we need to find common ground to co-exist.

However, as spiritual beings there is no common ground between light and dark. We serve a God who gave his own Son so that we may be set free of our sin to be reconciled with Him by a choice of our free will. Others serve gods whom they either don’t know, or encourage a ‘conversion or death’ approach.

This letter, while it sounds nice, is political manouvering. The devil’s water is not so sweet after all.

Garth Penglase

]]> By: Jim Sturla http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-44756 Jim Sturla Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:15:29 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/#comment-44756 To promote a "common word" is to assume that there are common grounds that we agree on. To my way of thinking, this is not the case. I feel that there are more areas between Judaism, Islam and Christianity that we can disagree on than we are in unity. Jim Sturla To promote a “common word” is to assume that there are common grounds that we agree on.
To my way of thinking, this is not the case.
I feel that there are more areas between Judaism, Islam and Christianity that we can disagree on than we are in unity.
Jim Sturla

]]> By: peter paplawsky http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-44669 peter paplawsky Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:22:22 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/#comment-44669 "A Common Word Between Us and You" is a perfect example of the concepts of taqiyya and kitman in action. How can they expect us to believe anything they say in light of these "legal concepts"? Peter Paplawsky “A Common Word Between Us and You” is a perfect example of the concepts of taqiyya and kitman in action. How can they expect us to believe anything they say in light of these “legal concepts”?
Peter Paplawsky

]]> By: John Nelson http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-44447 John Nelson Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:36:06 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/11/19/how-to-think-about-%e2%80%9ca-common-word%e2%80%9d/#comment-44447 Wise words and timely. John Nelson Wise words and timely.

John Nelson

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