tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394967532114379352.post4139714648379493524..comments2023-03-22T02:24:45.784-05:00Comments on Trinity Church Blog: A Bleak Future For The End-Times?Trinity Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05240037095745614203noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394967532114379352.post-84951666841571616772009-05-15T09:23:00.000-05:002009-05-15T09:23:00.000-05:00As I ponder this more, I wonder if something like ...As I ponder this more, I wonder if something like this is going on.<br /><br />Taking a look at my own path towards eschatological understanding, I had, not a cyncism, but a confusion as to eschatology. Left-Behind-ism just seemed plain wrong, but I couldn't get a grasp on what would be the truth. Having what I thought was enough of a grasp for my walk at the time (that being, "The Lord will come back, and I simply must be vigilant to have Him find me doing what He's commanded us to do - Lk 12:42-43), I simply gave up to God's grace my desire for a better understanding. Years later, He has given me a clearer understanding. <br /><br />I am quite positive there are others out there like me - quietly praying that God will enlighten them in His timing.<br /><br />However, I'm also painfully aware that not everyone who claims to profess faith in Christ really has saving faith. <br /><br />So, in my mind, some of the baby-boomer hysteria (and likewise some of the recent cynical backlash) is exaggerated by the fact that nominal Christians will latch onto whatever is popular. Back then, it was end-times. Today, it's postmodern relativism. <br /><br />GregAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394967532114379352.post-16350164061241629702009-05-13T12:07:00.000-05:002009-05-13T12:07:00.000-05:00As a pastor of mainly baby-boomers (and older) but...As a pastor of mainly baby-boomers (and older) but who is in the twenty to thirty something crowd I resonate with this. My view is that the popularity of the end times has distracted us from the centrality of the Gospel. At the same time I believe that Christ's return and the Book of Revelation are critical to the faith. My hope is that we would move to a place where we continue to place a value on eschatology but in it, make sure to keep the Gospel central.Pastor Jeff Higbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10428865856225767412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394967532114379352.post-9422803686289186062009-05-11T19:34:00.000-05:002009-05-11T19:34:00.000-05:00I must clarify in case my last comment made it sou...I must clarify in case my last comment made it sound like I don't care about end times stuff. I do know and believe that eschatology is very important. I've come to appreciate and understand it even more through this series and I wish others in my generation would take the time to be taught about it like Trinity has this year.<br /><br />Overall though, I just see my generation glossing over it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032370587521334366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394967532114379352.post-78531576539086160542009-05-11T19:31:00.000-05:002009-05-11T19:31:00.000-05:00I would agree with that comment as well. I see wa...I would agree with that comment as well. I see way more college students just not caring about end times stuff than even my generation does/did. It's not that they don't care, but from talking with Christian students, and even alot of my peers, we just kind of figure, "hey, if Jesus comes, great, until He returns though, we'll just keep pressing on and following what Jesus told us to do". <br /><br />I don't think it's a matter of us not caring about it, it's just that as a whole, I think this generation sees other aspects of our faith as more important (evangelism, fellowship, etc...) so therefore will spend more time on it and not as much time on making huge charts on why Jesus will return on such and such a date.<br /><br />That being said, I think the overboardness (yes, I made up that word) of people in the past with their elaborate charts, graphs, theories, and such that never came to be true (the book "The Late Great Planet Earth" comes to mind), have turned a whole younger generation off to the idea of caring about the end times.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032370587521334366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394967532114379352.post-57316694642704998342009-05-10T23:14:00.000-05:002009-05-10T23:14:00.000-05:00Andy, great question.
I suppose my answer is so...Andy, great question. <br /><br />I suppose my answer is somewhat cynical. I wonder if the lack of interest in the eschatological debate (identified by Blomberg) is just a result of a more postmodern culture that doesn't believe the position one takes on <I>anything</I> matters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com