Kommentarer til: When praises go up http://www.raabjerg.eu/2008/02/12/when-praises-go-up/ on life Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:31:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Af: raabjerg http://www.raabjerg.eu/2008/02/12/when-praises-go-up/comment-page-1/#comment-128 raabjerg Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:15:54 +0000 http://www.raabjerg.eu/2008/02/12/when-praises-go-up/#comment-128 Nice - very fitting song in this context :) Nice – very fitting song in this context :)

]]> Af: Lars http://www.raabjerg.eu/2008/02/12/when-praises-go-up/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Lars Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:22:22 +0000 http://www.raabjerg.eu/2008/02/12/when-praises-go-up/#comment-124 "I’ve heard it before on the same event last year, and it seems to be a statement embedded in some parts of the Adventist Church culture in the UK." I guess you find the God-is-a-vending-machine theology in all denominations to some extent. This Santa Clause perception of God does not rely on tradition of any sort; it just grows out of nowhere. And Saturday night, it felt like a good punchline. Then you started to think a little about it, realizing it ought to be the other way around: "Every blessing you pour out I'll turn back to praise." (from Blessed Be Your Name) “I’ve heard it before on the same event last year, and it seems to be a statement embedded in some parts of the Adventist Church culture in the UK.”

I guess you find the God-is-a-vending-machine theology in all denominations to some extent. This Santa Clause perception of God does not rely on tradition of any sort; it just grows out of nowhere.

And Saturday night, it felt like a good punchline. Then you started to think a little about it, realizing it ought to be the other way around: “Every blessing you pour out I’ll turn back to praise.” (from Blessed Be Your Name)

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