Re: Kennedy

Burgy,

Nothing in what you quoted referred to YEC. I do disagree with
Kennedy's endorsement of YEC--unfortunately, he's misinformed. It's a
version of the genetic fallacy that says that Kennedy as YEC can't
have good things to say elsewhere. It seems strange to me that you
seek to discredit everything the man has to say with some obscure tie
to YEC.

Am I called to live in light of the Lordship of Jesus Christ in every
area of life? Yes. I guess that makes me a "vice-regent". Does that
mean that I understand perfectly what that means or never make
mistakes in living out that principle? Of course not. So I'm a
fallible vice-regent as is Kennedy and all others who serve their
Lord as best they know.

Unfortunately, Christians disagree about all sorts of "vice-regent"
related activities. See Jim Wallis' "God's Politics" for a very
different version of what this means compared to more right-leaning
evangelicals (myself included). Wallis has a lot of good things to
say, but if his solutions were so clearly rooted in scripture and the
Christian faith, why aren't more of us on board. There's something
else in the mix--perhaps philosophies of government, the role of the
church in society, etc.

BTW, Kennedy can't even convince his own denomination (PCA) that YEC
is the correct understanding of scripture.

Was Ben Franklin a believer? If not, I doubt that he would know much
about the Lordship of Christ in all areas of life.

TG

>Terry wrote: "That's just good old Reformed theology. I'm in full
>agreement with
>Kennedy here. No sacred/secular distinction. "
>
>Full agreement? Kennedy wants to replace science with YEC nonsense. I
>know you differ with him on that point.
>
>Do you also consider yourself a "vice regent" of God, and proclaim to
>others that you are such? To me, that seems like hubris. But I could be
>wrong.
>
>I like Ben Franklin's approach to all this a lot better. See Isaacson's
>recent bio.
>
>Burgy

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