Comments on: Imagine This: This Song is Lousy, Cheesy, and Anti-Gospel . . . Here Comes a Rant http://inamirrordimly.com/2006/01/09/imagine-this-this-song-is-lousy-cheesy-and-anti-gospel-here-comes-a-rant/ An imperfect and sometimes sarcastic perspective on following Jesus by Ed Cyzewski. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:10:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Todd http://inamirrordimly.com/2006/01/09/imagine-this-this-song-is-lousy-cheesy-and-anti-gospel-here-comes-a-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Todd Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:11:39 +0000 #comment-131 Ed, bring it bro. this is a nice provacative post. while i admit to really liking this song (for some emotional meaning it holds to a friend of mine in our church), I do see your very, very valid and important point. i was actually listening to these guys the other day cause it was the only CD i could find on the floor of my car and had some similar thoughts on one of their other songs too. (i forget which one). Ed, bring it bro. this is a nice provacative post. while i admit to really liking this song (for some emotional meaning it holds to a friend of mine in our church), I do see your very, very valid and important point. i was actually listening to these guys the other day cause it was the only CD i could find on the floor of my car and had some similar thoughts on one of their other songs too. (i forget which one).

]]> By: Ed http://inamirrordimly.com/2006/01/09/imagine-this-this-song-is-lousy-cheesy-and-anti-gospel-here-comes-a-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Ed Mon, 09 Jan 2006 11:22:14 +0000 #comment-130 Thanks for your thoughts and for sharing your own struggles and prayers. I enjoyed browsing through your blog. Thanks for your thoughts and for sharing your own struggles and prayers. I enjoyed browsing through your blog.

]]> By: Mike http://inamirrordimly.com/2006/01/09/imagine-this-this-song-is-lousy-cheesy-and-anti-gospel-here-comes-a-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Mike Mon, 09 Jan 2006 10:14:19 +0000 #comment-129 Excellent post Ed!<br /> <br /> I am with you brother. I am tired of the idea that this world's "going to hell in a handbasket" approach to the journey. It's amazing to me how we have totally misinterpreted the Jewish roots of heaven and hell (and esp. Jesus' which ties into that). <br /> <br /> It causes all sorts of problems for how we live. I think all of the people who think the drive and goal of the Christian journey is to get people saved from hell. Man, we are just so off there. The bad thing is I find myself having to explain it all the time to people, and in turn getting grief because they think I'm not orthodox in my understanding. It just plain hurts me deeply...for the church.<br /> <br /> I pray that through our lives and with the communites we worship with, that we live in such a way to bring more of heaven to earth here and now. Press on brother! Excellent post Ed!

I am with you brother. I am tired of the idea that this world’s "going to hell in a handbasket" approach to the journey. It’s amazing to me how we have totally misinterpreted the Jewish roots of heaven and hell (and esp. Jesus’ which ties into that).

It causes all sorts of problems for how we live. I think all of the people who think the drive and goal of the Christian journey is to get people saved from hell. Man, we are just so off there. The bad thing is I find myself having to explain it all the time to people, and in turn getting grief because they think I’m not orthodox in my understanding. It just plain hurts me deeply…for the church.

I pray that through our lives and with the communites we worship with, that we live in such a way to bring more of heaven to earth here and now. Press on brother!

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