tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post116568228098622103..comments2023-11-05T04:58:15.443-07:00Comments on Straight and Narrow Blog: (t)Cross TalkJettboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00300495482595955440noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-1166110460729154322006-12-14T08:34:00.000-07:002006-12-14T08:34:00.000-07:00Michelle, that is actually a question that I posed...Michelle, that is actually a question that I posed here, or rather in response to another blog. I stated:<BR/><BR/>"Mainly I would like to know where I can find a history of the Cross (specifically as it relates to "aniconic" and "anti-papist evangelical Protestantism"). What I have found, or not found in this case, is a nearly silent record of the subject."<BR/><BR/>It is definately an open Jettboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300495482595955440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-1166074416258302412006-12-13T22:33:00.000-07:002006-12-13T22:33:00.000-07:00This is an interesting piece. I love the quotes. I...This is an interesting piece. I love the quotes. I wonder, though, if there is more to not having the cross than just history. Otherwise, we could have adopted it at any point along the way. The fact that there are deliberate comments to the fact that we don't have the cross in our symbolism tells me there might be more than just history at play here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-1165956651610020912006-12-12T13:50:00.000-07:002006-12-12T13:50:00.000-07:00I am grateful this Christmas season that we can jo...I am grateful this Christmas season that we can join with other Christians in celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.<BR/><BR/>Isn't it odd that we are accused of worshipping a "different Jesus" when in fact it is the same baby Jesus we all look to as our Savior and Redeemer during this time of year?<BR/><BR/>Maybe one day we will get past the iconography and realize that our lives of service and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-1165773671095262382006-12-10T11:01:00.000-07:002006-12-10T11:01:00.000-07:00Jettboy, I think you distilled it down just right ...Jettboy, I think you distilled it down just right when you said that we "internalize the Cross." That's it exactly. <BR/><BR/>It is strange that our usage of iconography can discredit our faith in the eyes of others, when in the purest sense there is no 'worship' of the cross, only worship of the Father.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com