Sunday, December 2, 2007

Quick things on Tolstoy

So perhaps a few quick things for everyone to ponder before meeting on weds.

1.) Why the Broncos can not beat the Raiders and why the BCS is so messed up this year.

2.) For the individual, what do things like turn the other cheek and blessing them that curse you mean?

3.) In focusing on the Sermon on the Mount, was the sermon meant for individual or collective obedience? Does the state have a moral responsibility to turn the other cheek even if a majority of its subjects do not believe it should?

4.) Has the Sermon on the Mount been neglected in the pursuit of other doctrinal, ceremonial and organizational issues in Christianity? Has it been neglected because of its seeming inpracticality in a world where things are not black and white and we live ina grey area where the greater good seems to dictate action? Does God really expect us to live the Sermon on the Mount in a grey world such as our own?



See you on wednesday.

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