tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355594093712358164.post8463519548934208923..comments2023-11-03T07:13:46.355-05:00Comments on The Ear of the Soul: George Fox's Message Via His Scripture Quotations - Part 1Mark Wutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01735952904584567390noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355594093712358164.post-38212255308005570582011-07-09T21:45:15.064-05:002011-07-09T21:45:15.064-05:00Very clear and well written, I agree completely.Pr...Very clear and well written, I agree completely.<br><br>Praise His name<br>and bless the friends,<br><br>DeborahDeborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11279264275598681108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355594093712358164.post-23023948319865503162010-08-08T08:18:41.325-05:002010-08-08T08:18:41.325-05:00Justin, I agree that the core message remains the ...Justin, I agree that the core message remains the same. I am wondering if Marshall was alluding to the amount of time that Fox spends denouncing the "religions of Man".<br><br>feetxxxl, I have found that many Friends get uncomfortable with the word "obedience" when I present this material. Yes, we are commanded to love, but we are also commanded to do various things at various times by the Holy Spirit. Obedience to those commands whispered to us by the spirit of Christ within is one way we manifest that love. Perhaps we will have more discussion on this when we get to that section tomorrow.<br><br>With love, MarkMark Wutkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735952904584567390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355594093712358164.post-42328527172643820702010-08-07T22:31:49.407-05:002010-08-07T22:31:49.407-05:00every time i hear the emphasis on obedience i thin...every time i hear the emphasis on obedience i think of 1corr13 that anything without godlove("love one another as i have loved you" and god loved us first and we in turn thru grace loved him back with that same love) is nothing and gains nothing........the essence of the new covenant being the three commandments of love........knowing we cannot love god unless we are loving our brother also.feetxxxlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09931575208523991190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355594093712358164.post-81023941969480824902010-08-06T08:19:52.845-05:002010-08-06T08:19:52.845-05:00Marshall, I don't see Fox's message to no...Marshall,<br> I don't see Fox's message to non-Friends as being that different. He might spend more time elaborating on various parts of scripture and showing how they are actually consistent with Friends' experience of Christ, but I see the same things about turning to the light, obeying it, and being transformed. Could you elaborate on what you see the differences being?<br>With love,<br> MarkMark Wutkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735952904584567390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355594093712358164.post-86229431994044607542010-08-06T07:38:32.630-05:002010-08-06T07:38:32.630-05:00Your summary of Fox’s pastoral message is quite wo...Your summary of Fox’s pastoral message is quite wonderful.<br><br>I hope, though, that your readers will understand that the rather different message Fox expressed, when he was declaring the Quaker Gospel to audiences of non-Friends, was a central part of his message — just as it was a central part of his life’s work — despite the fact that he did not repeat it in his letters to the already-convinced!Marshall Massey (Iowa YM [C])http://journal.earthwitness.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355594093712358164.post-58052789323340482642010-08-06T07:06:57.659-05:002010-08-06T07:06:57.659-05:00Hi Steve, Yes, I have read Barclay's Apology ...Hi Steve,<br> Yes, I have read Barclay's Apology and I mostly find it enjoyable. It is a bit different from what Fox was writing in his epistles, though. Barclay is trying to describe Friends' theology and doctrines, but Fox was trying to encourage Friends in their life in the Spirit.<br><br>The last time I read Barclay's Apology, I just had to put it down after he went into a rant about Catholics. It hadn't been long since Sister Denise Mosier had spoken at our School of the Spirit residency, and I asked myself "would I ever say these things about Sister Denise?" It is easy to get caught up in the "why we are different from other religions" that early Friends were espousing, but I try to stay on the side of "what are we called to do".<br><br>Sadly, Sister Denise died on 8/1 in a car accident.<br><br>With love,<br> MarkMark Wutkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735952904584567390noreply@blogger.com