tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post8456246968964547564..comments2024-03-29T12:03:37.344+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Active versus passive ChristianityBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-4770120328960873772018-09-28T21:40:36.526+01:002018-09-28T21:40:36.526+01:00I would offer the term "personally committed/...I would offer the term "personally committed/noncommittal" to replace the confusing double usage of "active/passive" here.<br /><br />It is of course my view that "the authoritative leadership, peer groups and high status intellectual influences" were always instituted from their beginning as a means of undermining Christianity. Christ had and taught but authority, but His kingdom was not of this world. He walked alone in all the most crucial moments of His ministry. His was the greatest mind of all mankind, but He neither had nor sought high status.<br /><br />Then said Jesus unto his disciples, "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works."Chiu ChunLinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519192610708043962noreply@blogger.com