tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post8482131385499759433..comments2024-02-18T12:18:45.788-05:00Comments on Sun and Shield: What makes a blog Christian?Martin LaBarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-57590429149590228302012-02-15T03:13:25.668-05:002012-02-15T03:13:25.668-05:00You are welcome, and also thanks.You are welcome, and also thanks.Martin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-55355448637467854892012-02-14T14:14:08.517-05:002012-02-14T14:14:08.517-05:00Very very thoughtprovoking ... Thank you.
This me...Very very thoughtprovoking ... Thank you.<br /><br />This message was a true blessing to read.atlibertytosaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-73147491043502175752012-02-13T19:04:34.885-05:002012-02-13T19:04:34.885-05:00I don't see any reason why a news, or mostly n...I don't see any reason why a news, or mostly news, blog, can't be Christian, by the criteria I gave, and I think yours is. God can be glorified by good workmanship, including good workmanship in reporting the news, as I see it. A poetry blog, a recipe blog, or a sports blog, which is authored by a person with a Biblical world view, and who strives for excellence, and treats readers, commenters, and sources by the Golden Rule, would glorify God, in my opinion, after C. S. Lewis.<br /><br />If I understand what you mean, I don't think it's ever an inappropriate time to be (and act like) a Christian.<br /><br />As you know, the Bible has some pretty raunchy scenes, and occasionally (at least in the KJV) uses language that I wouldn't normally use. But, if raunchy scenes, foul language, and the like are necessary to tell a story, and the story deserves to be told, and isn't being told to glorify the teller, or to glorify foul language, violence, prejudice, and adultery, then they should be used, carefully and prayerfully.<br /><br />Thanks for your comment, atlibertytosay.Martin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-26965548019426344692012-02-13T18:56:49.463-05:002012-02-13T18:56:49.463-05:00By excellent, I didn't mean winning the Pulitz...By excellent, I didn't mean winning the Pulitzer. I meant the blogger trying to do his/her best, with the ability God has given, and under whatever circumstances exist. For some people, excellence wouldn't even include good English usage, I guess.Martin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-57989738330649532192012-02-13T17:02:15.739-05:002012-02-13T17:02:15.739-05:00I guess a good followup then … Can a truly devout ...I guess a good followup then … <i>Can a truly devout Christian, write a true Christian blog - under these guidelines or any guidelines?</i><br /><br />I try very hard to make my sites (I have several) to honor God, but in a way you didn't mention. <br /><br />I think I have a talent to share a story. I also think I have an above average sense of design. I believe that God gave me those talents. God gives you talents so you can share them and proclaim God's glory.<br /><br />Since one of the sites I have is a news site - it's rather hard to integrate religious beliefs ~ but I do so <b><i>whenever and wherever</i></b> I can and I feel appropriate. It's one of the reasons I enjoy having my own news site because I'm not bound by any acquiescent or arbitrary of journalism.<br /><br />I have from time to time even shared my Bible study lessons as a "variety feature" on my news website.<br /><br />That begs the question in my mind though … <i>"Is it ever an inappropriate time to be a Christian?"</i><br /><br />I don't necessarily think that writing about secular things is non-Christian. <br /><br />On another blog I was blasted by a few of my regular news blog readers because I relayed a true story from my past ~ it had curse words in it. I told my wife that I've never (that I can remember) taken the Lord's name in vain … so I didn't know how to take the backlash I received. The point of the story, which I thought was rather obvious ~ that bullies can turn you into someone just as bad if you let them ~ didn't come across so poignantly as I had hoped.<br /><br />This is interesting Dr. Labar, Thank you for posting it. I may share it!atlibertytosayhttp://www.atlibertytosay.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-67020244680210646132012-02-12T05:18:22.434-05:002012-02-12T05:18:22.434-05:00Thanks for your comments, ladies!Thanks for your comments, ladies!Martin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-16913511009325096772012-02-12T00:31:45.518-05:002012-02-12T00:31:45.518-05:00I too understood his point, but I also "get&q...I too understood his point, but I also "get" using it as an adjective, and it is most certainly used that way. Overused? Perhaps.Keetha Broyleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07850398844489825600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-90794108778591060072012-02-11T23:48:48.284-05:002012-02-11T23:48:48.284-05:00That's a succinct way of putting it: a Christi...That's a succinct way of putting it: a Christian blog should glorify God. Excellence is nice but I'm ok reading even a passable blog that glorifies God. <br /><br />Nice comment about mixing politics & religion. :)<br /><br />More comments under the second post ... <br /><br />Take care & God bless<br />Anne / WFWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-67190040016773710832012-02-11T20:50:28.288-05:002012-02-11T20:50:28.288-05:00The Free Dictionary gives several definitions of &...The Free Dictionary gives several definitions of "Christian," some as an adjective, some as a noun.<br /><br />The second definition, as an adjective, is "Relating to or derived from Jesus or Jesus's teachings." (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Christian)<br /><br />As I understand it, by that definition, a blog, and many other things, can be Christian.<br /><br />The definitions of "Christian" as a noun which are given by this dictionary could only apply to humans (and, possibly, to other moral agents, if there are any such).Martin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-29874615937970065202012-02-11T20:48:22.229-05:002012-02-11T20:48:22.229-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Martin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-947450855662400082012-02-10T21:05:17.134-05:002012-02-10T21:05:17.134-05:00I thought so.
I know who Watkins is. I see his po...I thought so.<br /><br />I know who Watkins is. I see his point, and, in an important sense, he is correct, but we use Christian as an adjective all the time, whether we should or not, as in Christian Contemporary Music (if anyone still uses that phrase), Christian novel, Christian radio station, and the like.<br /><br />For what it's worth, I consider your blog to be a Christian one.<br /><br />Thanks for that thoughtful comment!Martin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-7889007005217534252012-02-10T16:44:03.702-05:002012-02-10T16:44:03.702-05:00Jim Watkins, Wesleyan writer/speaker says a nonhum...Jim Watkins, Wesleyan writer/speaker says a nonhuman "thing" cannot be "christian" - that to be Christ-like is an attribute that should only be applied to a person.<br /><br />Yes, Isaiah was Charlie's brother and my mother's father.Keetha Broyleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07850398844489825600noreply@blogger.com