http://afcmin.org/ateam/403/interview-with-scott-smith-part-iii Helping plans come together, one post at a time Sun, 03 May 2015 14:00:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.9 http://afcmin.org/ateam/403/interview-with-scott-smith-part-iii/comment-page-1#comment-1794 Fri, 14 Apr 2006 02:45:32 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=403#comment-1794 One of Smith's comments I appreciate most is his answer to the second question. Arrogance, pride and egoism are not modern problems, they are sin problems. I do think McLaren writes in such a way, characterizing modern thinkers in pig-headed, know-it-all ways. These vices are not products of modernity (or post-modernity), they are products of rebellious hearts set on its own way instead of God's.
In the continuing discussion concerning foundationalism, I do not believe post-foundationalism is properly understood, nor framed appropriately. Even when you simply consider the infinity of God, which clearly implies our inability to make predication concerning God, we learn the difficulty in making “foundational” statements about Him. I certainly do believe there are ways to affirm our theological convictions of the truthfulness of the Christian faith, but it must be done recognizing our historically rooted understandings and culturally conditioned experiences. For foundationalism to be tenable, it must do a better job communicating the latter reality and incorporating it better.

]]> http://afcmin.org/ateam/403/interview-with-scott-smith-part-iii/comment-page-1#comment-1793 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:05:15 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=403#comment-1793 Thanks for the interview, Roger. I think Smith's story vs. McLaren's story is a good illustration of the two ways (at this time in our culture) one can choose to move on from a background of legalism. We can move away from the roots of truth (facts, knowledge, history, Bible, etc.)–not to mention truth itself, or we can embrace them.
I agree that the combination of truth and grace is powerful (rather than truth and grace being inherently in conflict with each other), and I honestly think that time will show that the embracing of truth will lead to a deeper, more lasting experience of God, as it did with the great Christians of the past. I don't think experience without truth can sustain itself for long. The picture Smith describes here of the Christian who embraces both is very compelling.

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