tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post116077088220893928..comments2024-03-17T02:31:41.623-05:00Comments on Euangelion: F.F. Bruce on EvangelicalismMichael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1161026991183603482006-10-16T14:29:00.000-05:002006-10-16T14:29:00.000-05:00I found your "Amen, Brucey my boy!" to be interest...I found your "Amen, Brucey my boy!" to be interesting in light of this statement:<BR/><BR/>"...the Pauline gospel of justification by faith,"<BR/><BR/>Weren't you expressing some hesitation a few weeks ago about calling j-n by faith "the gospel"?<BR/><BR/>I know, I know, I'm nit-picking. Maybe. It seems that this is a large part of his basis of being willing to call someone (himself, at least) evangelical.J. R. Daniel Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14000174430575970585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1160906111189679932006-10-15T04:55:00.000-05:002006-10-15T04:55:00.000-05:00His sentiment about the what/who is understandable...His sentiment about the what/who is understandable, even if maybe not entirely feasable.Chris Tillinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03153087287030167791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1160833199595196042006-10-14T08:39:00.000-05:002006-10-14T08:39:00.000-05:00FFB is absurdly minimalist and evasive here. Check...FFB is absurdly minimalist and evasive here. Check the OED: 'evangelical' has always been used in a party sense. It may be a noble word, but not if it is emptied to mean nothing more than 'Christian theist'.Peter M. Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379103292621457026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1160779787903338722006-10-13T17:49:00.000-05:002006-10-13T17:49:00.000-05:00"To believe in the God who justifies the ungodly i..."To believe in the God who justifies the ungodly is to be evangelical"..."'I know whom I have believed in' and not 'I know what I have believed in'". Great statements! It's an excellent thing that the God and Creator of everything is a "whom" rather than a "what"!Bryan Laramorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12722494945006846923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1160777921681763092006-10-13T17:18:00.000-05:002006-10-13T17:18:00.000-05:00I have quoted part of this in several places. Did ...I have quoted part of this in several places. Did you miss part? Wasn't there another line about "some of my other positions would be considered by some to be quite radical, but I hold them for the same reasons." ???<BR/><BR/>I have long taken that as a motto.Michael Westmoreland-White, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06343135380354344847noreply@blogger.com