tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320313747187588188.post8389984311431147025..comments2024-03-28T13:59:11.445-07:00Comments on Left Behind and Loving It: Artificial Intimidation and Leviathan rolling overD. Mark Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12016377712982292924noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320313747187588188.post-70075236608219857772011-08-31T15:09:19.536-07:002011-08-31T15:09:19.536-07:00Hi Christian.
I'm not sure which pun you are ...Hi Christian. <br />I'm not sure which pun you are referring to. "Artificial Intimidation" perhaps? If so, I use that pun to indicate that"Left Behind Theology" often uses powerful symbols literally, to evoke sheer terror, when the Scriptures often use them differently. Yes, they are scary and powerful symbols, but they are also always under God's providential rule, made known to us in the suffering death of the cross. To evoke them as sheer symbols of terror is to separate them from the salvation story, of which they are a part. That's why I call the intimidation "artificial."<br />Thanks for coming to the site,<br />MarkMark davisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320313747187588188.post-1012600422633597522011-07-15T03:25:27.029-07:002011-07-15T03:25:27.029-07:00Hi Mark.
Would you be kind enough to elaborate sl...Hi Mark.<br /><br />Would you be kind enough to elaborate slighty on your title? Either I don't understand it, or I'm simply trying to read too much into a light pun.<br /><br />I came across your blog, as I was googling that very pun just to scan for previous usage.<br /><br />Christian.Christian Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548203359807691435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320313747187588188.post-92118282832114519012008-09-23T10:28:00.000-07:002008-09-23T10:28:00.000-07:00Amen brother. Far from intimidation, the prophet ...Amen brother. Far from intimidation, the prophet says in Isaiah 40, "Comfort, comfort my people, says your God . . . and the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all mankind TOGETHER will see it." We sing it and hear it sung for us - we should remember.Russ Lemkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14513427709005415261noreply@blogger.com