Comments on: Hey, Religious, What’s That? http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:34:22 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Katie http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11520 Katie Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:31:22 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11520 <p>Seth Ward, i think you hit it on the head when you said: “Maybe it’s time for Christians to quit being “sub” cultural and become cultural”.  Yet God still used these videos to open a door to let the Holy Spirit work in my heart.  I was convicted of my repetitive need to “change the world” when really I’m called to seek my own breastplate or righteousness and allow God to change me. </p> Seth Ward, i think you hit it on the head when you said: “Maybe it’s time for Christians to quit being “sub” cultural and become cultural”.  Yet God still used these videos to open a door to let the Holy Spirit work in my heart.  I was convicted of my repetitive need to “change the world” when really I’m called to seek my own breastplate or righteousness and allow God to change me.

]]> By: inWorship http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11519 inWorship Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:37:23 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11519 <p>The “PC” guy is over the top...I love it! </p> The “PC” guy is over the top…I love it!

]]> By: CJ http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11518 CJ Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:59:26 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11518 <p>Authentic doesn’t fully describe what we are called to be.  You can be an authentic jerk . . . many people on death row were “authentic.” Integrity calls us to be authentic to God’s work of transformation in us - not just authenticity based on our feelings and whims.  It is the Holy Spirit’s work in us and our openness to it - His power and glory are what is seen - not us. <br /> We have to expand the description beyond just “authentic” </p> Authentic doesn’t fully describe what we are called to be.  You can be an authentic jerk . . . many people on death row were “authentic.” Integrity calls us to be authentic to God’s work of transformation in us – not just authenticity based on our feelings and whims.  It is the Holy Spirit’s work in us and our openness to it – His power and glory are what is seen – not us.

We have to expand the description beyond just “authentic”

]]> By: lorijo http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11517 lorijo Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:32:08 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11517 <p>entertaining. did you see this one? different, but interesting labels. the Christian vs. the Christ-follower. <br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXKXG6fzL0E" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXKXG6fzL0E</a> </p> entertaining. did you see this one? different, but interesting labels. the Christian vs. the Christ-follower.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXKXG6fzL0E

]]> By: Seth Ward http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11516 Seth Ward Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:57:45 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11516 <p>Maybe it’s time for Christians to quit being “sub” cultural and become cultural.  </p> <p> But hey, it’s cute.  No harm done.  I chuckled. </p> Maybe it’s time for Christians to quit being “sub” cultural and become cultural. 

But hey, it’s cute.  No harm done.  I chuckled.

]]> By: milepost13 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11515 milepost13 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:28:23 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11515 <p>how many different churches feel the need to make these videos?  The first few were funny and fresh… I’m not saying what these videos are saying is wrong, it’s just old… </p> <p> Nate </p> how many different churches feel the need to make these videos?  The first few were funny and fresh… I’m not saying what these videos are saying is wrong, it’s just old…

Nate

]]> By: euphrony http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11514 euphrony Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:55:26 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11514 <p>Not that I’m off kilter or anything.  I’m just saying. </p> Not that I’m off kilter or anything.  I’m just saying.

]]> By: euphrony http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11513 euphrony Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:52:48 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11513 <p>I, too, find these funny.  But it gets hard when you start using the labels of “religious” and “authentic”.  I do not see religion as being a bad thing, when it is a good and pure religion (James 1:27, for example).  When it is a self-righteous religion, then that is bad.  I personally cringe every time I hear the song lyrics “There’s a place where religion finally dies” cause, ya know, I hope not.  Heaven will be a place of faithful devotion, just on a different level than we know here. </p> <p> Authenticity is also a good thing.  Don’t have to read far in the gospels to find Jesus railing against the hypocrisy of the Jews, so the message is to make your life match your words and your “beliefs”.  Of course, you can be an authentic serial killer, too.  So, to sum up, authentic and religious: not necessarily good things or bad things, and not the end all be all. </p> <p> I don’t know that the makers of these funny shorts think that religious=bad and authentic=good.  I actually highly doubt it.  They just needed labels.  Which raises debate.  Which gets (some) people taking sides.  Which gets (some) people hot under the collar.  Sorry, Shaun, I somehow just saw this question leading back to your earlier post on splits.  Doing something simple like these videos can really put (some) people off kilter. </p> I, too, find these funny.  But it gets hard when you start using the labels of “religious” and “authentic”.  I do not see religion as being a bad thing, when it is a good and pure religion (James 1:27, for example).  When it is a self-righteous religion, then that is bad.  I personally cringe every time I hear the song lyrics “There’s a place where religion finally dies” cause, ya know, I hope not.  Heaven will be a place of faithful devotion, just on a different level than we know here.

Authenticity is also a good thing.  Don’t have to read far in the gospels to find Jesus railing against the hypocrisy of the Jews, so the message is to make your life match your words and your “beliefs”.  Of course, you can be an authentic serial killer, too.  So, to sum up, authentic and religious: not necessarily good things or bad things, and not the end all be all.

I don’t know that the makers of these funny shorts think that religious=bad and authentic=good.  I actually highly doubt it.  They just needed labels.  Which raises debate.  Which gets (some) people taking sides.  Which gets (some) people hot under the collar.  Sorry, Shaun, I somehow just saw this question leading back to your earlier post on splits.  Doing something simple like these videos can really put (some) people off kilter.

]]> By: Ariah Fine http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11512 Ariah Fine Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:46:20 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11512 <p>Those are pretty cute. </p> Those are pretty cute.

]]> By: Seth Ward http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11511 Seth Ward Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:45:23 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/08/hey-religious-whats-that/#comment-11511 <p>No nerds allowed in the authentic Christian club, especially ones that bear a striking resemblance to Dwight Schrute. </p> No nerds allowed in the authentic Christian club, especially ones that bear a striking resemblance to Dwight Schrute.

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