Comments on: Who Says the Emerging Church Does Not Have Dogma? (333 words weekly) http://www.samirselmanovic.com/2010/03/08/3-thoughts-on-emerging-church/ learning to love well Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Jeff Kursonis http://www.samirselmanovic.com/2010/03/08/3-thoughts-on-emerging-church/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Jeff Kursonis Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:23:00 +0000 http://www.samirselmanovic.com/?p=201#comment-178 Wow, that is beautiful Samir. u00a0I love the 333 discipline. Wow, that is beautiful Samir. u00a0I love the 333 discipline.

]]> By: caleb http://www.samirselmanovic.com/2010/03/08/3-thoughts-on-emerging-church/comment-page-1/#comment-53 caleb Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:22:10 +0000 http://www.samirselmanovic.com/?p=201#comment-53 Powerful and true. Thank you for writing this! Thank you for introducing us to a new fruit of the Spirit (new because we didn't quite recognize it before). :)<br><br>Folks are beginning to open their eyes to the reality that the fruits of the Spirit should be considered authoritative and indispensible elements of the Christian faith.<br><br>These paradoxical raw elements, such as unconditional love, selfless service, relentless forgiveness, and transformational conversation, are transformational only when we approach them with deep reverence and a willing heart. Too long have we arrogantly tossed these out the window only to replace them with transient constructs that benefit our own selfish concepts of goodness; quasi truths that we can easily bullet point and proudly define.<br><br>Finally we're beginning to realize that the fruits of the Spirit are wild, intimate, infinitely transcendent, yet closer than blood. They are the very substance of God. Powerful and true. Thank you for writing this! Thank you for introducing us to a new fruit of the Spirit (new because we didn't quite recognize it before). :)

Folks are beginning to open their eyes to the reality that the fruits of the Spirit should be considered authoritative and indispensible elements of the Christian faith.

These paradoxical raw elements, such as unconditional love, selfless service, relentless forgiveness, and transformational conversation, are transformational only when we approach them with deep reverence and a willing heart. Too long have we arrogantly tossed these out the window only to replace them with transient constructs that benefit our own selfish concepts of goodness; quasi truths that we can easily bullet point and proudly define.

Finally we're beginning to realize that the fruits of the Spirit are wild, intimate, infinitely transcendent, yet closer than blood. They are the very substance of God.

]]> By: martin http://www.samirselmanovic.com/2010/03/08/3-thoughts-on-emerging-church/comment-page-1/#comment-51 martin Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:58:47 +0000 http://www.samirselmanovic.com/?p=201#comment-51 what? what?

]]> By: lizdyer http://www.samirselmanovic.com/2010/03/08/3-thoughts-on-emerging-church/comment-page-1/#comment-49 lizdyer Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:10:39 +0000 http://www.samirselmanovic.com/?p=201#comment-49 This is true - conversation is dogma for the emerging church. And in order to have real, meaningful conversations I try to always remember what Dwight Friesen said: <br><br>We value humility more than correctness, hospitality more than being set apart, curiosity more than tradition; in fact theological agreement is not a primary goal for us, we expect to disagree and do frequently. Dwight Friesen (from “Emergent Village and Full Communion”) This is true – conversation is dogma for the emerging church. And in order to have real, meaningful conversations I try to always remember what Dwight Friesen said:

We value humility more than correctness, hospitality more than being set apart, curiosity more than tradition; in fact theological agreement is not a primary goal for us, we expect to disagree and do frequently. Dwight Friesen (from “Emergent Village and Full Communion”)

]]> By: Seminary http://www.samirselmanovic.com/2010/03/08/3-thoughts-on-emerging-church/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Seminary Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:14:29 +0000 http://www.samirselmanovic.com/?p=201#comment-50 I agree with gwalter, "common-unity" cant say more. The <a href="http://www.rts.edu/" rel="nofollow">seminary</a> is interested and indeed checks out emerging churches I agree with gwalter, “common-unity” cant say more. The seminary is interested and indeed checks out emerging churches

]]> By: Sabio Lantz http://www.samirselmanovic.com/2010/03/08/3-thoughts-on-emerging-church/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Sabio Lantz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:56:12 +0000 http://www.samirselmanovic.com/?p=201#comment-48 Conversation with cooperation amidst differences -- there is nothing more fun!<br>Well written, thanx. Conversation with cooperation amidst differences — there is nothing more fun!
Well written, thanx.

]]> By: osteven http://www.samirselmanovic.com/2010/03/08/3-thoughts-on-emerging-church/comment-page-1/#comment-45 osteven Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:05:35 +0000 http://www.samirselmanovic.com/?p=201#comment-45 "In a conversation, you always expect a reply. And if you honor the other party to the conversation, if you honor the otherness of the other party, you understand that you must not expect always to receive a reply that you foresee or a reply that you will like. A conversation is immitigably two-sided and always to some degree mysterious; it requires faith." Wendell Berry “In a conversation, you always expect a reply. And if you honor the other party to the conversation, if you honor the otherness of the other party, you understand that you must not expect always to receive a reply that you foresee or a reply that you will like. A conversation is immitigably two-sided and always to some degree mysterious; it requires faith.” Wendell Berry

]]> By: Phil Wyman http://www.samirselmanovic.com/2010/03/08/3-thoughts-on-emerging-church/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Phil Wyman Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:41:43 +0000 http://www.samirselmanovic.com/?p=201#comment-44 indeed - the conversion is a way of life, and over a lifetime. That m,ust be what duh meant. :-) indeed – the conversion is a way of life, and over a lifetime. That m,ust be what duh meant. :-)

]]> By: Conversation as Spiritual Discipline | danielleshroyer.com http://www.samirselmanovic.com/2010/03/08/3-thoughts-on-emerging-church/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Conversation as Spiritual Discipline | danielleshroyer.com Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:53:48 +0000 http://www.samirselmanovic.com/?p=201#comment-43 [...] I read Samir Selmanovic’s thoughts on Emerging Church dogma.  He wrote:  ”There is a hill on which we are willing to die, and it is called [...] [...] I read Samir Selmanovic’s thoughts on Emerging Church dogma.  He wrote:  ”There is a hill on which we are willing to die, and it is called [...]

]]> By: Samir Selmanovic http://www.samirselmanovic.com/2010/03/08/3-thoughts-on-emerging-church/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Samir Selmanovic Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:31:18 +0000 http://www.samirselmanovic.com/?p=201#comment-42 Thanks Phil, I like the words discipline and practice that you use. It is a way of life to be practiced over a lifetime. Thanks Phil, I like the words discipline and practice that you use. It is a way of life to be practiced over a lifetime.

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