tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post8012821854659562594..comments2024-02-11T10:58:23.271-08:00Comments on Reading to Know: Jordan's Crossing, by Randall ArthurCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-38630418373595908502010-07-12T10:20:20.080-07:002010-07-12T10:20:20.080-07:00Yes, Rachelle. Sometimes life is messy and painful...Yes, Rachelle. Sometimes life is messy and painful. I would venture to say that it is that most of the time. However, the only thing that is going to hold it together IS truth. Pure, undefiled, Biblical truth. And the arguments used in this book were more relationally oriented than truth oriented and I'm going to object to that. Each and every time. <br /><br />Having lived messy and painful, I can testify to the need for accuracy in truth. Some do see that as "rules and regs" but when life is falling apart all around you - again - sometimes it's those rules and regs that keep you together.<br /><br />As humans, we improperly share such truth with each other at times, and I think that causes people to react against the "black and white" and just want and crave an "understanding ear." That "I getcha" I was talking about. And that is important (and I stressed that I find the church FAMILY valuable). But sometimes the only way to heal and keep things together is to deal with facts you don't want to face.<br /><br />Jesus was relational, yes. But He also never backed away from, or communicated anything less than truth - for that is what and who He is.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-30991927263249460402010-07-12T10:16:13.038-07:002010-07-12T10:16:13.038-07:00In Arthur's defense, he is writing from a pers...In Arthur's defense, he is writing from a perspective of being in legalistic churches where a sermon was preached from the pulpit and everyone was conditioned to act as if they had it all together when behind closed doors it was falling apart. I think he would say the Word of God is absolutely central but he would want it applied relationally and not as a list of rules. <br />You should read Wisdom Hunter and Brotherhood of Betrayal. I think they hit these issues head-on a lot better than Jordan's Crossing which was my least favorite of the three. <br />Though the other two are far more disturbing in portraying the reality that sometimes things don't get sewn up nicely at the end. Sometimes life is messy and painful.Rachellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844171813345071009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-25963172005330632142010-07-12T07:08:34.950-07:002010-07-12T07:08:34.950-07:00I hate when a book fails to live up to expectation...I hate when a book fails to live up to expectations! Now that I'm a parent, I also find it hard to read or watch anything where a child or spouse is hurt. Thanks for the review!Stephanie Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02976709475515458563noreply@blogger.com