tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33057643.post7687645372224805184..comments2024-03-26T04:24:11.094-05:00Comments on Strawberry-Rhubarb Theology: JE: 90th Most Influential AmericanDane Ortlundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583355241279798089noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33057643.post-44827998994340592502007-06-27T12:25:00.000-05:002007-06-27T12:25:00.000-05:00Where will Ortlund be on this list? That is the q...Where will Ortlund be on this list? That is the question! Edwards had influence in so many areas and the impact he had through his family is astounding! I might have to say the Ortlund family is in some ways a veritable mirror to the Edwards family especially this preacher who is moved out of Churches in order to sharpen the double-edged torch that God has given him to keep preaching the Gospel of God's Grace in the soul of sinner's as a mirror to God's Glory! Preach the Word Preachers and pick up those pens and write with every ounce of beattitudinally broken and blazing blood you have! There is a lot of God yet to be extolled, even until forever!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33057643.post-16805670508553863812007-06-21T06:27:00.000-05:002007-06-21T06:27:00.000-05:00Thank you for reminding me that my labor in the Lo...Thank you for reminding me that my labor in the Lord is not in vain, not a waste, not futile, but is filled with impact in actual history -- though I cannot always see that. In fact, I rarely do. But would I really want my role in history to be limited to what I can see, limited to my own lifetime, with no shelf-life beyond? I am reminded to be thankful for the God-given ripple effects of my life that go far beyond what I can see.<BR/><BR/>DadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33057643.post-38333831163090661472007-06-20T08:06:00.000-05:002007-06-20T08:06:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comment E. No, I think when real in...Thanks for the comment E. No, I think when real influence is gauged Disney will be far down the list, and especially Elvis and Mary Baker Eddy. Have hearts been transformed through their lives? Certainly someone like Disney has influenced Americans and other Westerners culturally and in entertainment, and this is not wholly independent from how we as Americans think about God and religion. But the trickle down effect of Edwards through the ages and how he has affected lives, compared with the others I mentioned, is great compared to small, when the criteria that really count, which may be larfgely invisible to unregenerate eyes, are in view. <BR/>DCOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33057643.post-30003129695941425762007-06-18T11:54:00.000-05:002007-06-18T11:54:00.000-05:00Dane - Doesn't the list reflect who was actually t...Dane - Doesn't the list reflect who was actually the most influential, not who should have been? And surely Disney has (sadly) been far more influential in how we Americans think about God than a real theologian.Eric Ortlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14574909498942705259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33057643.post-89608513301515569032007-06-17T08:16:00.000-05:002007-06-17T08:16:00.000-05:00Same for me - a gloomy, depressed misanthrope who ...Same for me - a gloomy, depressed misanthrope who sat around contemplating death and God's wrath, according to my ninth grade lit teacher. But as someone said, he knew his heaven better than he knew his hell ("Heaven is a World of Love" e.g.).Dane Ortlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17583355241279798089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33057643.post-89720288976650285742007-06-16T21:24:00.000-05:002007-06-16T21:24:00.000-05:00I don't know about others, but the first time I he...I don't know about others, but the first time I heard about JE was in high school English class. "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." I just thought, that sounds scary!ErinOrtlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04291140636032595373noreply@blogger.com