Today I was listening to a message from 1985 by Dr. Marvin Lewis. He started off with this:
“Somebody told me one time that you know you are getting old when you know all the answers but nobody asks you the questions.”
Entries Tagged 'Philosophy' ↓
on getting old
April 21st, 2010 — Fun and games, Philosophy
it’s not that simple
March 25th, 2010 — Doran, Fundamentalism, Issues, Leadership, Philosophy
Restore the local assembly to the center where God intended it to be. When your local assembly engages in Great Commission work outside its walls, find some folks you agree with and get busy doing it. Unity is built on agreement about the truth, not by politics. Few things are as political as trying to preserve movements once they have fragmented theologically.
Would that it were so simple. But it is not that simple. In the words of John Donne,
No man is an island entire of itself…
And certainly the pastor and church in question is no island, entire unto themselves. If we were talking about a small church in a small community it might be that simple, but … probably not.
Everyone influences someone else. That’s why our private decisions are important. They have influence on someone.
populism fails!
September 14th, 2009 — Philosophy
The popular crowd is missing the point about elitism! Maybe Bauder is right, after all. See the discussion at SI regarding Bauder’s article #4. You have to start about here for the pertinent discussion.
And in the discussion from my revised article, it appears that at least one of my readers is missing the point also. (I am going to use some material from one of my comments on that post for the content of this one.)
What is NOT elitism?
Elitism isn’t about the possession of fine art, fine clothes, fine cars, fine educations, or even a fine vocabulary. Elitism isn’t about having expertise. Elitism isn’t about one’s opinions carrying extra weight in an area where you have expertise.
OF COURSE someone who is an expert has more authority in the area he has gained expertise! A doctor simply knows more about medicine, a trained musician simply knows more about music, a theologian (in theory) simply knows more about theology. That knowledge tends to carry weight, and it should.
I am not arguing against differences in authority, expertise, taste, what have you, when I am arguing against elitism.