Thought Question: He is so almost right

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Jay F Guin

He is, of course, very wrong, and yet he’s almost exactly right.

How would you have rewritten his talk?

About Jay F Guin

My name is Jay Guin, and I’m a retired elder. I wrote The Holy Spirit and Revolutionary Grace about 18 years ago. I’ve spoken at the Pepperdine, Lipscomb, ACU, Harding, and Tulsa lectureships and at ElderLink. My wife’s name is Denise, and I have four sons, Chris, Jonathan, Tyler, and Philip. I have two grandchildren. And I practice law.
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6 Responses to Thought Question: He is so almost right

  1. JMF says:
    June 11, 2011 at 6:47 am

    Interesting lecture! Instead of seeing his victories through a lens of God's grace, it seems he became a humanist.

  2. Jerry Starling says:
    June 11, 2011 at 11:08 am

    This is, of course, a classic case of worshiping the creature rather than the Creator.

    Yet, as you said, he is almost right. The power that connects us, however, is not the internet, though that is a tool we can use. The power that connects us is the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. We we live in that fellowship, the connection is even stronger and more powerful than what he described in his story.

    We can learn some lessons from him – as long as we never lose sight of our real connection that will lift us out of the petty things that we focus on instead of on the main thing! I had a blog along those lines in some "Random Thoughts" that somehow all seemed to meld together in the end (though I had no concept of how these things would fit together until I was writing).

    Jerry

  3. laymond says:
    June 11, 2011 at 2:02 pm

    Although Jesus spent considerable time healing the body, I understand it was not his primary mission, and I also understand it had an alternative motive other than relieve pain.

    Yes we have become masterful healers over the ills and pains of the body, but does that make us God, I think not.

    NIV – Mat 10:28 – Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

  4. Laura Brown says:
    June 11, 2011 at 3:43 pm

    He said something striking about the bone marrow transplant: that he was healed through the blood of a stranger. Then about his lung transplant, he said someone would have to die for him to live.

    If I were rewriting his talk, I would build on those two Christ metaphors. They pointed the way to a far different conclusion.

  5. Dan Harris says:
    June 13, 2011 at 11:18 pm

    excellent point ! dh

  6. Adam says:
    June 15, 2011 at 2:57 pm

    He misses that all that he has created is the very same tools used by those bent on destruction. It equally empowers those who work for good and those who are bent on destruction.

    After the failure of progressive socialism as shown through Hitler, Mussolini, etc, are we really to fall into the same trap of progressive humanism? He makes tools. It is the spirit that empowers the tools that will determine its ultimate effectiveness towards a particular end.

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