Comments on: No Means No

By: Bret Lythgoe

Bret Lythgoe — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:47:08 +0000

Of course, my previous comments can only be applied to Aristotle’s extant works. He, of course wrote beautifully worded dialogues, lost in antiquity, at least if we accept Cicero’s conclusion that, Aristotle’s writing was “a river of gold”.

By: Bret Lythgoe

Bret Lythgoe — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:36:51 +0000

John Mark Reynolds: Lol! But think of it this way: Plato beats the dullness of Aristotle’s writings :)

By: John Mark Reynolds

John Mark Reynolds — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:40:35 +0000

Weird truth: I read so much Plato that I tend to count syllables and use repitiion to form diptychs. It amuses my kids. . .

By: Gary Simmons

Gary Simmons — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 04:47:32 +0000

David Koyzis: I would venture a guess and say the repetition comes from reliving certain memories and having to repeat oneself to the memories as well as the blog post.

A very moving and excellent post, both on love and on Bell’s book.

By: David T. Koyzis

David T. Koyzis — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:26:53 +0000

John Mark, on one level I can resonate with what you say, but it is also true that we are incapable of saying “yes” without the enabling of the Holy Spirit. Without this I feel in myself that I would have said “no,” but the Spirit chose to break through my “no” by his grace. Is this tyrannical? I don’t know, but I am grateful that he did so.

Out of curiosity, is there a significance to the repetition above? Is it perhaps an imitation of Hebrew parallelism?

By: Truth Unites... and Divides

Truth Unites... and Divides — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:35:47 +0000

Unrepentant Sinner to God’s Gift and Offer of Salvation through Jesus Christ Alone: “No.”

God to Unrepentant Sinner who rejects Christ: “No. There is no Heaven for you. You are eternally separated from Me.”

Unrepentant Sinner: “Nooooooooooooooooo!”

God: “No means no.”

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:57:19 +0000

Thank you. Beautifully written, evocative and true. This is an expression of love from someone who has truly experienced it. Or, anyway, that’s how it seems to me from where I’m standing at the beginning of my life.

I think the emergents could learn from this.

This is how Rob Bell’s book should be critiqued.

By: John Mark Reynolds

John Mark Reynolds — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:24:26 +0000

Hope comforts me every day. Really. I wanted a grand passion and what I got was true intimacy.

By: Albert

Albert — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:42:04 +0000

This is a very compelling response in the libertarian free will tradition; I’d be interested in seeing some engagement from those who favor Rob Bell’s views.

By: Orthodoxdj

Orthodoxdj — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:30:49 +0000

Based on what you’ve said about your own pain, it must bring you great comfort that God gave you a wife named Hope.

This essay has me freaked out and thoughtful, sad and hopeful. True life involves risk.