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How might reading TFT benefit you? At the lowest
level, it'd provide text on which to base your asides. At the highest level, it
might deepen your relationship with The Father, through The Son, by The
Spirit.
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Sent: August 28, 2005 04:20
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Dangerous Minds
and Salvation
It ain't 'Saint' David Judy, it's just David Miller. He
might be the first to acknowledge a lack of understanding in some areas.
It's his theology that's in question, not his character.
Actually it is Saint David Lance, since he is a
member of the body of Christ who are a nation of kings and
priests.
By the by, the coffee smells great. Beverley and I are
about to pick up my sister, drive to Windsor to have breakfast with one
of my brothers and my Mom.I'll keep an eye open for 'slippery slopes' along
the way.
And you can smell it from Windsor - or are you
speaking of the coffee at your house? Hope you enjoy your breakfast
along with the family time.
Would you like a copy of TFT's 'Mediation of Christ'? I'll
send one to you gratis.
Very kind of you to offer Lance, if I could promise
to commit the time necessary to read it I may take you up on that.
First tell me how you think it might benefit me because from my
perspective right now I see ppl spending a lot more time and effort on
understanding TFT and other theologians like him than on understanding the
Word of God.
Uh huh! Right
Lance! You and your protegees are sounding more and more
confused and unworthy to even question the motives of someone like David Miller because you seriously lack
understanding. There is no way that anyone who has the mind of
Christ would want to watch the movie below; however to watch it and
speak of the leading character as a "type of Christ" is
completely over the top. AntiChrist would be much more
accurate. A lot of good TFT, Dylan and their poetry is going to do
them on the last day. Let's wake up and smell the
coffee!!! You are all walking on the edge of a slippery slope
jt
So am I 'surprised'. I've known dozens who've read
and, apprehended it. I've known of a couple, David among them, who
didn't. I do believe he's in some kind of theological 'bondage'. No, I
am not kidding. Yes, Iz and Judy, I do know how presumptuous this
sounds. IMO, it is the apprehension of the double move of God in Christ,
undercutting David's 'works righteousness' framework, emphasizing the
ALL OF CHRIST that eludes him.
A partial review of the movie JD watched by James
Berardinelli as follows:Ex-Marine Louanne Johnson (Michelle
Pfeiffer) comes to a Palo Alto high school in search of a job as a
student teacher. What she gets instead is a full-time position teaching
English to a group of bright but "socially challenged" students that she
quickly dubs as the "rejects from hell." When her first-day wardrobe
choice and meek attitude earn her the nickname of "White Bread", she tries a radical approach: wear a leather jacket,
curse as proficiently as the kids, and teach karate as a lead-in to
English Lit. It works, and the students start to come around.
Despite protestations from an uptight, by-the-book principal (Courtney
B. Vance), lives are changed as a result of
Louanne's unorthodox approach of using Bob Dylan lyrics to teach poetry
and rewarding completed assignments with trips to amusement parks and
dinners at fancy restaurants.
How much of Dangerous Minds ended up on the cutting room
floor? A good question, and the answer may explain why this film is so
erratic. Relationships that should have been better developed are left
in an embryonic stage. The most notable is between Louanne and an
especially difficult pupil, Emilio (Wade Dominguez). There's obviously
something missing in the way these two learn to relate to each other.
The result of this incomplete, hit-and-miss approach diminishes the
impact of the film's central tragedy.
Dangerous Minds has a heart, but no soul. In the face of
hard-hitting pictures like Kids and Teen
Dreams, it's difficult not to see this movie as
trivializing serious issues. The seams in the script show a little too
clearly, and the heavy-handed attempts at audience manipulation stand
out. Michelle Pfeiffer gives a solid performance, as do a number of the
young actors playing Louanne's students, but Dangerous Minds is
in desperate need of more than good acting. It demands substance rather
than the filler that the film makers thought would make an acceptable
substitute.
© 1995 James Berardinelli
G and all:
Watched "Dangerous Minds" this afternoon -- between spurts of The
Mediation of Christ (yes, I am a little behind schedule,
Debbie). I thought of G while watching this movie because Bobby D 's work played a
major role in the life of the main character of the film.
There are many ways of "accepting Christ" into one's
life. I believe this teacher demonstrated one of those ways. She became
the light for her students....... an extra ordinary pronouncement if ever applied
to any of us ------- and, from to time, it
has, I am sure.
Its 6:30 here and 102 !! Its pool time for the short
fat guy.
And then, back to Torrance. I am surprised that this
book did not have more of an impact on DM.
JD
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