tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19785125.post1675031694382575654..comments2024-01-03T07:56:32.311-05:00Comments on quaker oats live: book review: through flaming swordAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488876505679035140noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19785125.post-88448305019929951172011-05-24T21:05:45.012-04:002011-05-24T21:05:45.012-04:00Um, Deut. 14:2; 26:18; Exod. 19:5 (AV) ... Peter a...Um, Deut. 14:2; 26:18; Exod. 19:5 (AV) ... Peter and Titus were latecomers. And "peculiar" didn't mean "strange", it meant "treasured" or "owned (as a possession)", the same Latin root as <i>pecunia</i>, "money". See the NASB translations of those three passages.<br /><br />Fact is there are also things Fox (and other early Friends) said and wrote that don't fit well with modern Liberal Quakerism, which is where I currently have my membership. Well, I find myself surrounded by Liberal Friends' meetings, even though I might be more to home among Conservatives. And I appreciate thy recommendation of <i>Through Flaming Sword</i> - thanks!<br /><br />- Phil Anthony.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19785125.post-14480214190488848222011-05-13T16:28:54.218-04:002011-05-13T16:28:54.218-04:00Just for clarity's sake, the phrase "pecu...Just for clarity's sake, the phrase "peculiar people" did not start with Gurney. It comes from I Pet 2:8, AV.<br />http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+2%3A9&version=KJV<br /><br />Dan TreadwayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19785125.post-63955464977863747302011-05-10T15:31:29.924-04:002011-05-10T15:31:29.924-04:00Good review, Cherice! I like the imagery if Gurney...Good review, Cherice! I like the imagery if Gurney - peculiar - which I think describes the evangelically minded Friends well.Jamie Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19785125.post-39604264204373133292011-05-10T15:18:57.128-04:002011-05-10T15:18:57.128-04:00"I also know that there are other things Fox ..."I also know that there are other things Fox said and did that don't fit as well with the Evangelical message! That's why I feel like Evangelical Friends hold an unique tension, since we're not exactly Evangelicals, nor are we exactly Friends, in the way many people stereotype either of these groups."<br /><br />AMEN! In some ways, I feel evangelicalism waters down some of the distinctives of Quakerism and in other ways I feel Quakerism promotes dysfunction in the body when taken to an extreme. There is definitely a tension that I think more people feel that are birthright Quakers or that are acqainted with the distinctives of Quakerism. <br /><br />By and large, people can go into some evangelical meetings and never become acquainted with the history, philosophy and practices and not realize some of what drives what we say, do and believe. For all intents and purposes, these individuals are just attending a non-denominational, evangelical church and that is where th Quaker side of the house falls down. Why don't we promote more about who we are? Could it be that promoting one's self goes against the Quaker grain? And yet if people were educated, we could all share in and appreciate Quaker history.<br /><br />Sometimes I wonder if Evangelical Friends is an attempt to have one's cake and eat it too.Pat Popehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816630368283863195noreply@blogger.com