Comments on: A Prayer for All Parties http://lookingforquestions.com/2008/08/a-prayer-for-all-parties/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:58:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ken http://lookingforquestions.com/2008/08/a-prayer-for-all-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-198 ken Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:32:37 +0000 http://mudshoteyes.com/?p=237#comment-198 Greg Boyd has an excellent post on Obama's speech---Boyd touches on some nerves that I found pertinent to the Miller conversation that's going on as well. http://www.gregboyd.org/blog/the-audacity-of-hope-a-foreigners-reflection-on-obamas-speech/ Greg Boyd has an excellent post on Obama’s speech—Boyd touches on some nerves that I found pertinent to the Miller conversation that’s going on as well.

http://www.gregboyd.org/blog/the-audacity-of-hope-a-foreigners-reflection-on-obamas-speech/

]]> By: jason b http://lookingforquestions.com/2008/08/a-prayer-for-all-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-197 jason b Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:22:11 +0000 http://mudshoteyes.com/?p=237#comment-197 True, there was some hyperbole there. However, he is being criticized and I have to wonder aloud if he would have been equally criticized had he offered the same prayer at the RNC. Maybe, maybe not. I've read through some comments on various blogs, and noticed some interesting comments about his prayer. So my characterization may be overdone, but it does have some grounding in reality. Unfortunately I went to seminary with some of these sort of folk (some, i say--overall seminary was a good experience for me). Here are some spots where some discussion has taken place... <a href="http://blog.amoslanka.com/2008/08/22/donald-miller-at-the-dnc-and-the-pandering-of-politics/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.amoslanka.com/</a> http://www.theopolitical.com/?p=214 <a href="http://michaelgianopulos.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-thoughts-on-donald-millers-prayer-at.html" rel="nofollow">http://michaelgianopulos.blogspot.com/</a> True, there was some hyperbole there. However, he is being criticized and I have to wonder aloud if he would have been equally criticized had he offered the same prayer at the RNC. Maybe, maybe not.

I’ve read through some comments on various blogs, and noticed some interesting comments about his prayer. So my characterization may be overdone, but it does have some grounding in reality. Unfortunately I went to seminary with some of these sort of folk (some, i say–overall seminary was a good experience for me).

Here are some spots where some discussion has taken place…

http://blog.amoslanka.com/

http://www.theopolitical.com/?p=214

http://michaelgianopulos.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Cortney Carter http://lookingforquestions.com/2008/08/a-prayer-for-all-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Cortney Carter Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:09:11 +0000 http://mudshoteyes.com/?p=237#comment-196 I think that is awesome! God's word never returns void and He spoke the truth loud and clear for everyone to hear it! Way to go Mr. Miller!! I think that is awesome! God’s word never returns void and He spoke the truth loud and clear for everyone to hear it! Way to go Mr. Miller!!

]]> By: bsmack http://lookingforquestions.com/2008/08/a-prayer-for-all-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-195 bsmack Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:43:55 +0000 http://mudshoteyes.com/?p=237#comment-195 Based on Obama’s comments last night at convention, I would have to say that either God did not answer Miller's point on creating a “civil dialogue” or (and what may be more the case in point here) that Obama did not hear – and thus cooperate with – that particular part. In any case, it seems that prayers for unity are best serviced by the Creator God when preceded by a willful corporate humility (thankfully, which is the order Miller presented in his prayer). I’m just not sure that we’ll see that willfulness at either convention this year, but then that’s what prayer is for, I guess... I hope. [Swoosh! Saved the baby… but just barely!) Based on Obama’s comments last night at convention, I would have to say that either God did not answer Miller’s point on creating a “civil dialogue” or (and what may be more the case in point here) that Obama did not hear – and thus cooperate with – that particular part. In any case, it seems that prayers for unity are best serviced by the Creator God when preceded by a willful corporate humility (thankfully, which is the order Miller presented in his prayer). I’m just not sure that we’ll see that willfulness at either convention this year, but then that’s what prayer is for, I guess… I hope. [Swoosh! Saved the baby… but just barely!)

]]> By: Terry Pinnegar http://lookingforquestions.com/2008/08/a-prayer-for-all-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Terry Pinnegar Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:21:39 +0000 http://mudshoteyes.com/?p=237#comment-194 Do you ACTUALLY know people who are offended simply because Miller's prayer was offered in the presence of Democrats? Are you engaging in hyperbole by saying "many" Christians will believe Miller is now excluded from Heaven simply because he offered a Christian prayer at an event where Democrats are present? If so, we (as a nation, culture and religion) are in much worse shape than I ever imagined; if not, your first paragraph is a puzzle. Obviously, the prayer itself was EXACTLY right, and the interview brilliant (why didn't Obama pick Miller for VP?!) If Christians can't say "Amen" to this prayer, I'm not sure anything else they say matters. Do you ACTUALLY know people who are offended simply because Miller’s prayer was offered in the presence of Democrats? Are you engaging in hyperbole by saying “many” Christians will believe Miller is now excluded from Heaven simply because he offered a Christian prayer at an event where Democrats are present? If so, we (as a nation, culture and religion) are in much worse shape than I ever imagined; if not, your first paragraph is a puzzle. Obviously, the prayer itself was EXACTLY right, and the interview brilliant (why didn’t Obama pick Miller for VP?!) If Christians can’t say “Amen” to this prayer, I’m not sure anything else they say matters.

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