Comments on: The Person of the Spirit: Emotion

By: tom

tom — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:02:33 +0000

You are picking me up – and I’m stoked. I could really use a study break…though, unfortunately, I’m going to have to bring some homework.

By: Honzo

Honzo — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:16:42 +0000

So, each contribution must be assessed on its own merit and assumptions – just like any contribution, really.

Amen to that – one of my pet peeves when people don’t.

Heard we are picking you up next week.

By: thefuerstshallbelast

thefuerstshallbelast — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:00:24 +0000

I think the Gk. argument has much validity to it when surrounded by what exactly about the Gk. thought makes something unbiblical. But, yeah, just to throw it out there and start kicking and punching it without making a surrounding argument is asinine. Gk. philosophical categories were both helpful and hurtful (if we can eve speak of them as a monolithic entity). So, each contribution must be assessed on its own merit and assumptions – just like any contribution, really.

By: Henry M Imler

Henry M Imler — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:03:41 +0000

You know what else I like about this post? The fact that you mention, albeit in a footnote, that Greek thought brought meaningful and profitable ideas into Christian theology. I hate, hate, hate hearing/reading people delegitimize an idea by claiming it came from Greek thought. Where it came from does not matter, its truth claim does.

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By: Honzo

Honzo — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:48:54 +0000

@Tom 1st

I hate to say it, but I often completely forget about the Spirit as I live out my life. It is very difficult not to view her as an incorporeal “force” that “haunts” me.

Seeing and remembering and acting as though it is a person grants it so much more power and authority. I think of the difference in term of math and my math professor. Math is easy to deal with, even if I don’t fully understand it or mess my math up. But, if I am dealing with a math professor, then that is a whole ‘nother ball game altogether. I am so much more accountable. Math can be ignored, a math professor cannot.

By: Tom 1st

Tom 1st — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:22:37 +0000

Yeah, I gotta say that I’ve never reflected much on the emotions of the Spirit. Some on the emotions of God, in general, but until I writing this post, not much on the Spirit specifically.

I love the reference to Comforter/paraclete. I hadn’t thought of that one. Though the Spirit is providing comfort (an emotion), I wonder if someone might argue that the emotion of comfort is not inherent to the person of the Spirit. I dunno….just thinking about possible objections.

Glad you liked it.

By: Honzo

Honzo — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:27:24 +0000

Love it Tom, especially the part about God not changing. Do you find a lot of people see the Spirit as emotionless? (or what about you, personally?) For some reason, I have always assigned emotion to Her the easiest. Perhaps this comes from the comforter description.

I’d like to hear other’s comments on this, esp on the subject of god’ emotionality and ability to change