Comments for Letters from Babylon

Comment on New concept for this blog – TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN! by holgersteffe

holgersteffe — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:31:50 +0000

look forward to receiving “the letters”

Comment on A huge Step by andy pritchard

andy pritchard — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:56:49 +0000

me too, looking forward to future blogs :)

Comment on A huge Step by holgersteffe

holgersteffe — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:56:17 +0000

I sometimes do too.
But I don’t find new stuff ; )

Comment on A huge Step by Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:28:40 +0000

You’re welcome! ;)

Comment on A huge Step by marcussplitt

marcussplitt — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:06:05 +0000

Thats nice!!

Comment on A huge Step by Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:27:06 +0000

I do! :)

Comment on Clarification on “Babylon” by martin scott

martin scott — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:45:52 +0000

John’s vision – not the same as an idea necessarily… Yes but my thoughts… however the NJ is not creation revisited. Hence not a garden – now we follow the gardener

Comment on Clarification on “Babylon” by marcussplitt

marcussplitt — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:17:52 +0000

Yes I agree. Babylon can not be creation. It is the perversion of creation.
Your last point: Is your idea that “Jerusalem” will replace the Babylonian one by coming down?

Comment on Clarification on “Babylon” by martin scott

martin scott — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:44:40 +0000

Can Babylon and creation be the same – is Babylon not the perversion of creation, and the oppresive rule the perversion of true stewardship?

Also what about the blood of the saints being in her – should we identify Babylon when we see the blood of the saints… but

If we buy and sell in Babylon, seeking her prosperity, perhaps Babylon and the Jerusalem (that is above) are enduring symbols for society… dualism? Yes but not platonic I hope.

I enjoy reading what you are writing.

Comment on By accident… by martin scott

martin scott — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:23:32 +0000

I posted a little comment on the blog you mentioned: will copy it here. Thanks for the work you are doing…

Martin
I wrote there:

Thanks for the original post and the subsequent discussions. It is so important to get these things out in the open. The ‘authoritative umbrella’ scene is sadly so common. And orthodoxy being the test (whose orthdoxy?) with no real appreciation of the importance of orthpraxy seems also to be problematic.

Having had two other generations live with me I soon came to realise the emotional desire to have them live with me on the basis that they brought life but did not disturb the furniture nor the decoration. Is this not how it ends up church-wise many times? We want the youth, but….