tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543355.post6529394560064871000..comments2023-11-15T17:55:18.051-05:00Comments on MarkDaniels.Blogspot.com: Who's Your King?Mark Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18205344762960756655noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543355.post-184554646578031352007-12-31T23:47:00.000-05:002007-12-31T23:47:00.000-05:00Gerry:Thanks for the link. Thanks for the clarific...Gerry:<BR/>Thanks for the link. Thanks for the clarification. Thanks for the comments.<BR/><BR/>Have a blessed and happy new year!<BR/><BR/>In Christ,<BR/>Mark DanielsMark Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18205344762960756655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543355.post-44893896746023569352007-12-31T23:42:00.000-05:002007-12-31T23:42:00.000-05:00Steven:Had it been generally known that Herod orde...Steven:<BR/>Had it been generally known that Herod ordered the murder of children in tiny Bethlehem, it might have raised eyebrows in Rome. It should be pointed out that his particular brand of terrorism was something he learned in part from the Romans, however.<BR/><BR/>Herod might well have thanked God for helping him in his murderous reign. People like Saddam Hussein and even lunatics who claimed to be Christians have done similar things.<BR/><BR/>Your reference to Paul in Romans 13 is only part of the story. In Romans 12, he also speaks of the need to not conform to this world. In other words, when the world commands us to violate the law of love of God and neighbor (Matthew 22:36-40), we are to resist. <BR/><BR/>Thanks again for your comments. By the way, I used to be an atheist myself.<BR/><BR/>Mark DanielsMark Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18205344762960756655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543355.post-49177428963709912532007-12-31T23:01:00.000-05:002007-12-31T23:01:00.000-05:00I mentioned your post “Easter After Tremors: The C...I mentioned your post “Easter After Tremors: The Call to Love” in in the January 1, 2008 post of all my blogs. Most reproductions of the story “The Rose” (whether in print or the Internet) state either that the story’s author is unknown or that it originally came from Max Lucado in his book “And The Angels Were Silent”. However, the real author is someone named S. I. Kishor and the story was first published in Collier’s magazine sometime in 1943. In Lucado’s book, it appeared without attribution (possibly unintentionally) and was entitled “The People with the Roses.’ In the 1996 Canfield and Hansen’s collection “A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul”, S.I. Kishor was correctly identified as the author.<BR/><BR/>Atty. Gerry T. Galacio<BR/>www.familymatters.org.ph; www.betterenglish.org.ph; www.e4aa.org; www.-salt-and-light-.blogspot.com; www.baptist-rp.blogspot.com; www.famli.blogspot.com; www.campusconnection.blogspot.comAtty. Gerry T. Galaciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543355.post-72727810888000007032007-12-31T08:11:00.000-05:002007-12-31T08:11:00.000-05:00Killing all children under 2 years old would have ...Killing all children under 2 years old would have shocked the Roman world.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure Herod praised God for sending a star to guide the wise men to Jerusalem to tell him about this baby-king.<BR/><BR/>And Paul hastened to assure Christians in Romans 13 that the ruling authorities had been appointed by God.Steven Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983601793874190779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543355.post-32865423390479132552007-12-31T07:48:00.000-05:002007-12-31T07:48:00.000-05:00Charlie:Thanks so much for sharing that story. Tha...Charlie:<BR/>Thanks so much for sharing that story. <BR/><BR/>Thanks also for all the things you give me to think about whenever I visit your blog, Charlie. Yours is one of the most thoughtful and thought-provoking places on the web.<BR/><BR/>I hope that you have a happy new year!<BR/><BR/>Steven:<BR/>That the events Matthew chronicles at Bethlehem are disturbing, especially to Christians, can't be denied.<BR/><BR/>There are some Christian scholars who doubt the historicity of this event and that Matthew's entire birth account is a mythical telling of the events. <BR/><BR/>I don't share this view. There are several reasons I believe that the killing of the innocents took place:<BR/><BR/>(1) As I indicate in the sermon, such an action would have been totally consistent with Herod's actions. He was a murderous thug. This is documented by Josephus, for example.<BR/><BR/>(2) Bethlehem truly was a "little town." Scholars estimate that it had a population of no more than 1000 people. Extrapolating from this fact, they estimate that no more than twenty children were killed that day, hardly noteworthy when compared to some of the Herods' rampages.<BR/><BR/>Your points about the census and the timing are no different from what many scholars themselves have pointed out, all of which seem quite beside the point to me. I believe that Luke's account is true, even if some facts don't conform to what we currently believe to be facts.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for your comments. Have a wonderful new year!<BR/><BR/>Blessings in Christ,<BR/>Mark DanielsMark Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18205344762960756655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543355.post-73310462312774056712007-12-31T05:27:00.000-05:002007-12-31T05:27:00.000-05:00The Christmas story tells us that if your son is t...The Christmas story tells us that if your son is threatened, then you save him and let the others take their chances.<BR/><BR/>Does Wright believe this ludicrous story about Herod having a whole town of babies killed - an event which would have shocked the Roman world?<BR/><BR/>I imagine Wright also believes the foetus John the Baptist leapt for joy in the womb, when the foetus Jesus entered the room. <BR/><BR/>It must be true. It's in the Bible.<BR/><BR/>Of course, Herod had been dead for 10 years when Quirinius held his census.<BR/><BR/>That was the point of the census. The Romans wanted to know what they had taken over.Steven Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983601793874190779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543355.post-72687190167408547242007-12-30T22:31:00.000-05:002007-12-30T22:31:00.000-05:00I think we always have that temptation to follow o...I think we always have that temptation to follow our own agenda when Christ calls, Mark. A few weeks back, on a Saturday morning as my wife and I were getting ready to go buy our Christmas tree, an elderly friend called me from a neighbor's house to ask if I would come repair her telephone because it had stopped working. I had my day all planned out and I knew it would be an hour-long project, but as I considered my options I couldn't imagine leaving her without a phone, in case she fell or something. <BR/><BR/>Wright's story is fascinating. Think how many people call themselves Christians and yet fail to understand the baby Jesus in the way that Herod, the godless tyrant did. Something for all of us to keep in mind.<BR/><BR/>You've given us lots to think about, as usual, Mark.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10198310770203906742noreply@blogger.com