{"id":3877,"date":"2008-02-29T08:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T08:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/02\/looking-forward-to-gods-surprises\/"},"modified":"2008-02-29T08:56:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-29T08:56:00","slug":"looking-forward-to-gods-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/02\/looking-forward-to-gods-surprises.html","title":{"rendered":"Looking Forward To God&#8217;s Surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>There\u2019s been an <a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/take-flaming-meteorite-challenge.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ongoing bloggersation<\/a> about pluralism, universalism, inclusivism and so on involving this blog and several others. I\u2019ve already posted a quote of the day for today, but then I came across this:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">I can\u2019t help but think of the scenario in Jn 8.1-11 involving the woman caught in adultery. I wonder, if at the moment of judgment, once we have been fully confronted with both our own sinfulness, our own complicity in the broader structures of sin, and the ways in which those who sinned against us have been sinned against, if what will result is similar to what happens to the woman. In 1 Cor 6.2, Paul tells us that the saints will judge the world. I wonder if this means that God will say \u201cIf any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone.\u201d I wonder then, if we are unable to throw stones, if God will also say to those being judged, \u201cthen neither do I condemn you. Come now and leave your life of sin.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This comes from a <a href=\"http:\/\/poserorprophet.livejournal.com\/133982.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">blog belonging to Dan<\/a> (HT <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christilling.de\/blog\/2008\/02\/dan-reflects-on-nt-wright-and-hell.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chrisendom<\/a>). It represents an impressive attempt to think about some troubling aspects of the Bible in relation to its more fundamental principles, and thus seems to me to illustrate nicely how one might apply today\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/quote-of-day-harold-s-kushner.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">quote of the day<\/a>\u201d to our <a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/muslim-who-loves-jesus.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ongoing bloggersation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">UPDATE: Another blogger, <a href=\"http:\/\/prophetsandpopstars.com\/?p=150\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Prophets and Pop Stars<\/a>, has joined the bloggersation.<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-3185545361481044663?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s been an ongoing bloggersation about pluralism, universalism, inclusivism and so on involving this blog and several others. 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