[Vision2020] Floating like a lead balloon, stinging like jock itch
Doug Jones
credenda@moscow.com
Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:37:01 -0500
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Joan wrote:
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she finds the connection between boxing and such an assertively =
self-professed Christian group puzzling. It=E2=80=99s hard to picture =
the man who told us to love our neighbor and turn the other cheek =
floating over a boxing ring in a Don King wig.=20
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Perhaps her puzzlement comes from thinking in an either-or fashion =
(sheesh, that Modernity thing again). Trinitarianism is =
many-dimensional, like the Bible. King David is considered a man after =
God=E2=80=99s own heart, yet he was a warrior. =E2=80=9CTo everything =
there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to =
kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build =
up=E2=80=9D (Eccl. 3:1,3). There=E2=80=99s a time to take a punch and a =
time to pass. Life=E2=80=99s not simplistic. It would be immoral for my =
son to turn his cheek in an alley if his sisters were being beat up. =
Boxing skills keep him from that sort of sentimental immorality.=20
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Jesus promised to come back to judge the quick and the dead, not to =
kick our asses and bite off our ears.
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Well . . . not everyone=E2=80=99s butt.
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Doug Jones
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boxing and such an assertively self-professed Christian group =
puzzling.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=C2=A0 </span>It=E2=80=99s hard to picture =
the man who told us to
love our neighbor and turn the other cheek floating over a boxing ring =
in a Don
King wig. <font color=3Dblack><span =
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BT"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"OrigGarmnd =
BT";color:black'>Perhaps her
puzzlement comes from thinking in an either-or fashion (sheesh, that =
Modernity
thing again). Trinitarianism is many-dimensional, like the Bible. King =
David is
considered a man after God=E2=80=99s own heart, yet he was a warrior. =
=E2=80=9CTo everything
there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to =
kill, And a
time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up=E2=80=9D =
(Eccl. 3:1<span
class=3DGramE>,3</span>). There=E2=80=99s a time to take a punch and a =
time to pass. Life=E2=80=99s
not simplistic. It would be immoral for my son to turn his cheek in an =
alley if
his sisters were being beat up. Boxing skills keep him from that sort of =
sentimental
immorality. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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