tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825243.post821234169941473078..comments2024-01-06T07:53:11.832-08:00Comments on disabled Christianity: From "Surprised by Hope" by N.T. WrightJeff McNairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029386598033932429noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825243.post-76152056813071342212008-12-09T23:12:00.000-08:002008-12-09T23:12:00.000-08:00Dr. McNair, I always enjoy N.T. Wright! I read sur...Dr. McNair, I always enjoy N.T. Wright! I read surprised by Hope a few months ago and was, well surprised by how often the believer is encouraged to be apart of the present work of the Kingdom. This flies in the face of the modern "left behind" ideology that says its all going to burn and we shall soon leave our pajama's here for all the non-believers to sort through! Jesus work is one of redemption and restoration. The old creation is not done away with completely, but restored! One of your thought particularly stuck out to me. When you wrote:<BR/> "My love, my acceptance, my caring, independent of your personal characteristics are a glimpse of the future. It is no wonder if people with various disabilities are not drawn to church. We give them a picture of a future without them through their experience of a present without them.<BR/><BR/>I thought, yes, yes this is right. And profoundly wrong. Then I am sad, for while 30% of the population have disabilities, I can name the churches on a hand that have anything to do with reaching them.achttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09668178072074178666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825243.post-67521179433947859692008-12-08T12:33:00.000-08:002008-12-08T12:33:00.000-08:00Interesting connection.Interesting connection.Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13263860830512792429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825243.post-62749382968741532172008-12-04T18:38:00.000-08:002008-12-04T18:38:00.000-08:00I found this post really profound. It stressed ear...I found this post really profound. It stressed earning credibility and trust from others by walking the walk. I liked the relationship of our earthly bodies and our heavenly bodies and our earthly and heavenly work. <BR/><BR/>It was so convicting to hear that the way we as the church treat the disabled will be the same filter through which they perceive the afterlife. We should take the examples we set seriously, just as we should take all of our business here seriously. I mean, Jesus took his business on earth very seriously, and perhaps, if we want to be more like him, we should do the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com