tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post3096739699906546676..comments2024-03-29T17:32:49.778+13:00Comments on Anglican Down Under: Getting our theology right about natural disastersPeter Carrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-47300837843328616072010-09-13T18:40:37.901+12:002010-09-13T18:40:37.901+12:00I hope this doesn't sound boringly repetitive,...I hope this doesn't sound boringly repetitive, Peter, but I'm thinking of it as a parable (rather than the event itself) and the insight for me is that it's not about what we know but what we think we can take for granted. Maybe the man who built the house on the sand wasn't supposed to a complete idiot, just someone who didn't dig down far enough to be sure or (maybe) didn't allow for the eventuality of something that hadn't happened before. In other words, just like most of us.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with the church metaphor.<br /><br />*<:o)xRoscoe Mishmackhttp://jrmccomish2010.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-23573172710986639582010-09-13T14:52:47.144+12:002010-09-13T14:52:47.144+12:00Hi Roscoe,
I don't think it is the houses buil...Hi Roscoe,<br />I don't think it is the houses built on river gravel that are suffering so much as the ones built on river sand. And the question which will be addressed eventually is what people knew and didn't know about the sand under their houses.<br /><br />But you are right about the beginnings of a metaphor for the church!Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-18361740766490815642010-09-13T14:49:26.905+12:002010-09-13T14:49:26.905+12:00Is that perhaps the point of the parable, Peter - ...Is that perhaps the point of the parable, Peter - that we go ahead and build the elaborate structures of our lives, assuming that the foundation we're building on will stand the test when it comes? And wasn't it known that half of Christchurch was built on top of the gravel beds of a braided river? Wasn't the problem more one of not expecting to be put to this particular test? Not this sort of flood?<br /><br />This is starting to sound to me like a metaphor for the church (as we know it), but what would I know? I'm not a theologian.Roscoe Mishmackhttp://jrmccomish2010.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-75434385919156214802010-09-13T12:15:02.553+12:002010-09-13T12:15:02.553+12:00Hi Roscoe,
Luke 6:48-49 is very much in people'...Hi Roscoe,<br />Luke 6:48-49 is very much in people's minds. Sadly some will now realise what they did not realise, that their houses were, effectively, built on sand.<br /><br />Luke 14:28-30 may apply very directly to those contemplating the difference between insurance pay out and cost of restoration.Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-83203345581049099002010-09-13T10:29:19.214+12:002010-09-13T10:29:19.214+12:00Perhaps, knowing what we know now, we might pay mo...Perhaps, knowing what we know now, we might pay more attention to Luke 6.48-49 and perhaps even Luke 14.28-30?Roscoe Mishmackhttp://jrmccomish2010.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com