tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6158767534024027342.post7461667070376933414..comments2023-08-27T20:32:45.862+08:00Comments on Underdog Theology: The Christian Life is HardAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17665892625219716588noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6158767534024027342.post-70020221211788058802009-03-02T03:47:00.000+08:002009-03-02T03:47:00.000+08:00I can identify with that struggle, very well, and ...I can identify with that struggle, very well, and very recently. Ultimately, I suppose, we must ask God for wisdom and read good books like Lou Priolo's The Complete Husband.THEOparadoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214982083585956095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6158767534024027342.post-30238488553154981362009-02-27T09:28:00.000+08:002009-02-27T09:28:00.000+08:00Good points, brothers. Thank you. I agree with the...Good points, brothers. Thank you. I agree with the theology of what you're saying, it's the nuts and bolts that becomes difficult, in the daily warp and woof of trying to love her IN Christ and FOR him in a way that doesn't exalt her to God-status and yet doesn't neglect her using the excuse that I'm trying to keep her from being my idol. Like obedience in any area, there is no exact blueprint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6158767534024027342.post-34059320122903325342009-02-25T10:16:00.000+08:002009-02-25T10:16:00.000+08:00Warren/Russell:Fascinating discussion and great po...Warren/Russell:<BR/><BR/>Fascinating discussion and great points.<BR/><BR/>It is in loving Christ and experiencing His love that I learn to love my wife. I can love her IN Him, BY Him, and THROUGH Him, but I must never love anything or anyone APART FROM Him.<BR/><BR/>"Love your wife as Christ loved the Church" is a command to self-sacrifice, in view of Christ's sacrifice.<BR/><BR/>"Live as if they had none" is a command against the idolatry that comes with loving my wife for my own sake, without reference to the sacrifice of Christ. The context of I Cor 7 would seem to indicate the temporariness of human marriages. Christ's marriage to the Church is forever, but my marriage will last only until one of us dies, or Christ returns. So, while I must love her sacrificially, I must do so FOR Christ, and with eternity in view. As I do this, I am gradually letting go of her and presenting her to Christ. She will be His forever.<BR/><BR/>That's my one cent with two sides...<BR/><BR/>Grace & peace,<BR/>DerekTHEOparadoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214982083585956095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6158767534024027342.post-52960487663504329832009-02-23T18:18:00.000+08:002009-02-23T18:18:00.000+08:00Christ is to be the chief affection of every Chris...Christ is to be the chief affection of every Christian, loving Him above every earthly relation. The magnitude of this love for Christ so eclipses every other love that it almost appears as "<I>hate</I>" or "<I>having no love</I>" at all for the other.<BR/><BR/>Obeying the command of Scripture to love our wives as Christ loves the Church is loving Christ, for to love Him is to glorify Him in obedience.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665892625219716588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6158767534024027342.post-51398907394265472782009-02-23T04:39:00.000+08:002009-02-23T04:39:00.000+08:00Have you considered the paradox: 1) "Husbands, lov...Have you considered the paradox: <BR/><BR/>1) "Husbands, love your wives as Christ also loved the church and gave himself up for her."<BR/><BR/>2) "From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none."<BR/><BR/>This is a central challenge for me as a husband.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6158767534024027342.post-33834498077548773822009-02-04T13:08:00.000+08:002009-02-04T13:08:00.000+08:00Thank you, sir.SOLI DEO GLORIA!Thank you, sir.<BR/><BR/><I>SOLI DEO GLORIA!</I>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665892625219716588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6158767534024027342.post-1458235967862818962009-02-03T22:18:00.000+08:002009-02-03T22:18:00.000+08:00Great post - thanks!Great post - thanks!The Blainemonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13157965154638461280noreply@blogger.com