tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943439.post7327011350067034831..comments2008-12-31T20:45:21.403-05:00Randy Greenwaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124586077401739663somberanddull@gmail.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943439.post-20201071751446695792008-12-31T20:45:00.000-05:002008-12-31T20:45:00.000-05:00My "yep" was in response to your "You agree?" question. The answer is, yes, I do!MagistraCarminumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01226438692602419854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943439.post-63924691444477532422008-12-31T14:57:00.000-05:002008-12-31T14:57:00.000-05:00I actually found that quote from the Institutes in Jerram Barrs's book "Echoes of Eden." (pg.23) I think anybody interested in this subject would benefit from reading this book, when it is published (I don't think it is yet...I just have a copy of the manuscript)arsapphirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943439.post-35314598052618028072008-12-31T14:36:00.000-05:002008-12-31T14:36:00.000-05:00I agree with you, and so does John Calvin:<BR/><BR/>"Therefore, in reading profane authors, the admirable light of truth displayed in them should remind us, that the human mind, however much fallen and perverted from its original integrity, is still adorned and invested with admirable gifts from its Creator. If we reflect that the Spirit of God is the only fountain of truth, we will be careful, as we would avoid offering insult to him, not to reject or condemn truth wherever it appears. In despising the gifts, we insult the Giver."<BR/><BR/>-Calvin, Institutes II.ii.15arsapphirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943439.post-17595506770358583142008-12-31T13:31:00.000-05:002008-12-31T13:31:00.000-05:00Yep?<BR/><BR/>Your comment begs for clarification.Randy Greenwaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124586077401739663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943439.post-7851017085644760352008-12-31T12:59:00.000-05:002008-12-31T12:59:00.000-05:00Yep.MagistraCarminumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01226438692602419854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27943439.post-64125349189891447942008-12-30T21:11:00.000-05:002008-12-30T21:11:00.000-05:00<I>"My point should be obvious. If we read only those things written by those claiming to be Christians, we will miss some of the most wonderful insights that God himself has for his people."</I><BR/><BR/>Conversely, <I>if we read only those things written by those claiming to be Christians</I> and read them uncritically, we can be easily misled and <I>miss some of the most wonderful insights that God himself has for his people.</I>TulipGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10491713586488210547noreply@blogger.com