Comments on: Stories Matter Like Hell http://www.sdsmith.net/2009/10/19/stories-matter-like-hell/ Internet home of writer/lawndarter/initial-user: <br> Sam Smith. Not actual home. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:23:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: S.D. Smith http://www.sdsmith.net/2009/10/19/stories-matter-like-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-2172 S.D. Smith Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:29:54 +0000 http://www.sdsmith.net/?p=1984#comment-2172 Good point, EE. I was not as clear as I could have been. Thank you. I guess I was trying to say that when embracing our story is rejecting God's authority (as in when we reject his provision of provisional authority in our life, for example, a hot trend now and always) then we are not doing well. But I embrace the Augustinian notion of loving God and doing as you please. The loving God part has to, however, be tied to some objective truth about him --not our fancy. Good point, EE. I was not as clear as I could have been. Thank you.

I guess I was trying to say that when embracing our story is rejecting God’s authority (as in when we reject his provision of provisional authority in our life, for example, a hot trend now and always) then we are not doing well.

But I embrace the Augustinian notion of loving God and doing as you please. The loving God part has to, however, be tied to some objective truth about him –not our fancy.

]]> By: Elizabeth Esther http://www.sdsmith.net/2009/10/19/stories-matter-like-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-2170 Elizabeth Esther Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:51:17 +0000 http://www.sdsmith.net/?p=1984#comment-2170 Yes and perhaps also, no. Embracing one's own story is not necessarily rejecting God's. I think both are possible. In other words, I don't think the two are always mutually exclusive. Yes and perhaps also, no. Embracing one’s own story is not necessarily rejecting God’s. I think both are possible. In other words, I don’t think the two are always mutually exclusive.

]]> By: Jodi http://www.sdsmith.net/2009/10/19/stories-matter-like-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-2152 Jodi Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:34:18 +0000 http://www.sdsmith.net/?p=1984#comment-2152 Thanks Sam, nice kick in the seat for me =) Thanks Sam, nice kick in the seat for me =)

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