[TruthTalk] Judaism and Theology

[Judy Taylor]

Thanks for this paragraph David. I had recently been contemplating Jesus' words about becoming like little children in order to enter His Kingdom.  This could not mean being totally naive because He also says we are to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.   Little children continually push boundaries so this can not be total obedience. I have decided that Jesus was talking about trusting God and "living in the moment" which is what my husband and I do of necessity when we are keeping the 2yr old grandson.  He allows us no time to ponder on the past or to be be anxious about the future. We live in the moment at hand which is great.   Satan likes to take the failures of the past and project them into the future.  He also likes for us to be anxious about everything in direct disobedience to God who says we are "to be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication to let our requests be made known to God"   All of which necessitates "living in the now"   judyt     From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I read the following paragraph written by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen at the following link: http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/966_the_meaning_of_shavu.htm   --------------- It is the strength of Judaism that it is not a theology based religion.There is relatively little theology in the Talmud altogether, a handful of pages in all. This makes great sense. For most of us the theological issues that have dominated thinking these past two thousand years are relatively unimportant. Judaism is concerned primarily with living now. ---------------   I thought it was interesting in respect to the emphasis some TruthTalk members place upon theology.  It seems to point to some of the tension between members here.  Some here seem to emphasize the practical living out of God's Word whereas some others emphasize theology.  We all seem to deal with both, but the emphasis certainly is different.  I thought some of you might find this paragraph interesting to think about.   Peace be with you. David Miller.     ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man."  (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org   If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed.  If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.