tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post3191795971362457017..comments2024-03-17T09:17:01.454+00:00Comments on Vic the Vicar!: No, it's not a 'normal' blog!Vic Van Den Berghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-6411297175594611692014-03-31T18:53:42.556+01:002014-03-31T18:53:42.556+01:00Jon,
One of the pivotal moment for me with regard...Jon,<br /><br />One of the pivotal moment for me with regard to things theological was the first assignment on my next theological course where my offering was returned for a re-write on the grounds that our task was to, 'Make theology accessible to those we were serving rather than display our knowledge of fine sounding theological words!'<br /><br />This has stayed with me and colours much of what I seek to do when it comes to doing theology (which means doing everything) with people.<br /><br />Thank you for your coments.<br /><br />VVic Van Den Berghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-72374071021969745282014-03-31T18:34:50.053+01:002014-03-31T18:34:50.053+01:00Sorry about the Weeping Angel - seemed to fit the ...Sorry about the Weeping Angel - seemed to fit the bill so well but I too felt a desire to return to the safety of the sofa when they were on :-)<br /><br />Thanks for loving the blog too :-)Vic Van Den Berghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-40423103067883181312014-03-31T17:55:18.400+01:002014-03-31T17:55:18.400+01:00Honesty (including the accompanying photo) is one ...Honesty (including the accompanying photo) is one of the main things which attracts me here.<br />I share your suspicions of academic theology. Screwtape says a lot about academia and the Historical Point of View, which: ".. put briefly, means that when a learned man is presented with any statement in an ancient author, the one question he never asks is whether it is true. He asks who influenced the ancient writer, and how far the statement is consistent with what he said in other books, and what phase in the writer's development, or in the general history of thought, it illustrates,and how it affected later writers, and how often it has been misunderstood (specially by the learned man's own colleagues) and what the general course of criticism on it has been for the last ten years, and what is the "present state of the question"."<br /><br />Even in my field of medicine, a lot of "research" is generated because to climb the academic greasy pole, you need to get publications, and quantity may make up for deficiencies in quality.<br /><br />Christianity, to me, is far more to do with Gardeners than with Botanists!JonGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-23765697860231892802014-03-31T17:21:19.350+01:002014-03-31T17:21:19.350+01:00I love the blog - although a little scared by the ...I love the blog - although a little scared by the Weeping Angel in the picture here! (must watch less Doctor Who... )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-45039015298486083552014-03-31T10:04:27.209+01:002014-03-31T10:04:27.209+01:00A mea culpa with regards to the Caption Contest - ...A mea culpa with regards to the Caption Contest - it will return shortly.<br /><br />Thanks for the encouragement <br /><br />VVic Van Den Berghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-74149665181766695982014-03-31T09:12:07.844+01:002014-03-31T09:12:07.844+01:00As someone who visits intermittently I have to say...As someone who visits intermittently I have to say that this blog is exquisitely unique and refreshingly honest. I find so many clergy sites to be preachy and grasping towards cleverness, things not found here.<br /><br />I love your sometimes zany take on things and the refreshing honesty and ability to laugh as others as you laugh at yourself and thank you for this oasis of often concealed theological depth.<br /><br />One question though: What has happened to the caption contest? RevTrevnoreply@blogger.com