tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617480612533506385.post5550694927291652930..comments2024-03-02T13:20:05.410-05:00Comments on The Corner With a View: Flannery on Feelings and FaithAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10845051786114528609noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617480612533506385.post-90757017716047115952010-10-21T21:05:46.265-04:002010-10-21T21:05:46.265-04:00"The things we are obliged to do, such as hea..."The things we are obliged to do, such as hear Mass on Sunday, fast and abstain on the days appointed, etc. can become mechanical and merely habit. But it is better to be held to the Church by habit than not to be held at all. The Church is mighty realistic about human nature."<br /><br />Straight from Thomas Aquinas! Awesome.Trevor Shunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104809441512880733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617480612533506385.post-83542479028514157652010-10-18T12:02:55.897-04:002010-10-18T12:02:55.897-04:00Hm, I am actually not sure what you mean, so I hes...Hm, I am actually not sure what you mean, so I hesitate to agree or disagree. That we both believe in God as the Author of the world and Christ Jesus is our Savior, then yes; but where you are going with this argument is a little murky. If you mean the foundation of the Christian faith is God's grace, then I disagree. If you mean otherwise, I am open for arguments.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10845051786114528609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617480612533506385.post-25571677621225667392010-10-17T07:46:40.346-04:002010-10-17T07:46:40.346-04:00This is really good, Julie. As I was reading this ...This is really good, Julie. As I was reading this I was thinking about something that I believe as mutual Christians we share in common that I think at the foundation of our faith we share and from there two different ideas have been developed. That foundation is God's grace. What I mean by this is that we recognize that it is by God's grace that we even recognize God's presence in our lives. I think this quote by Charles Spurgeon might help clarify what I mean. <br /><br />"One week-night, when I was sitting in<br />the house of God, I was not thinking much<br />about the preacher’s sermon, for I did not<br />believe it. The thought struck me, ‘How did<br />you come to be a Christian?’ I sought the<br />Lord. ‘But how did you come to seek the<br />Lord?’ The truth flashed across my mind in<br />a moment—I should not have sought him<br />unless there had been some previous influence<br />in my mind to make me seek him. I<br />prayed, thought I, but then I asked myself,<br />How came I to pray? I was induced to pray<br />by reading the Scriptures. How came I to<br />read the Scriptures? I did read them, but<br />what led me to do so? Then, in a moment, I<br />saw that God was at the bottom of it all,<br />and that he was the Author of my faith, and<br />so the whole doctrine of grace opened up to<br />me, and from that doctrine I have not<br />departed to this day, and I desire to make<br />this my constant confession, ‘I ascribe my<br />change wholly to God.’<br />— Charles H. Spurgeon<br /><br />I think this is where we as Christians Protestant or Catholic find truth. Where we differ after is in the authority of how this principal plays itself out in our lives. But I believe it is on the foundation of this principal that our mutual faiths rest. Would you agree?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com