Henry M Imler - Latest Comments

Re: The revenge of Orality

Scott Parsons-Facetti — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:10:34 -0000

Thanks, man.

Re: The revenge of Orality

Henry Michael Imler — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:16:05 -0000

An appeal to the idea of a cyclical view of history - hear meaning that orality returns, building upon the old orality and incorporating elements of a writing-based culture. (I think)

Re: The revenge of Orality

Scott Parsons-Facetti — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:16:53 -0000

What is a "Viconian ricorso"?

Re: Slow Thinking on KONY2012 (It’s a good thing)

Henry Imler — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:32:55 -0000

Tanya,

Thanks for letting me know about my error! It has been fixed.
Regards,
Henry Imler

Re: The revenge of Orality

Henry Michael Imler — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:15:29 -0000

I know. I&#39m not through the whole thing yet. (At work!) But it is fascinating. I&#39m down so far and loving it.

Re: The revenge of Orality

Darryl Schafer — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:13:35 -0000

Interesting...

Re: Slow Thinking on KONY2012 (It’s a good thing)

Tschwarz — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:34:29 -0000

Hi Henry,

Thanks for linking to our post on Kony 2012. I just wanted to mention one error. This particular post was written by Adam Branch, not Jonathan Agensky.

Best regards,
Tanya Schwarz
The CIHA Blog

Re: Israel loves Iran

Jenni Lukac — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:04:55 -0000

Thanks very much for posting this.

Re: Pass of the Year

Henry Thomas Imler — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:49:42 -0000

That was sick! I loved it. Basketball needs more of this style of play!

Re: Let’s talk Atonement During Lent (For Insiders and Outsiders)

Nick — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:11:35 -0000

Have you looked into the Biblical evidence against Penal Substitution, namely an analysis of what the Bible actually says about "Atonement"? HERE is an Article that looks at the Biblical term for "Atonement".

Re: PHOTO: Reed and I pretending to be asleep

Jackie Imler — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:45:47 -0000

Sweet and yes love the grin.......

Re: The Problem with Student-Facing Plagiarism Detection Tools

Laura Gibbs — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:20:12 -0000

Thanks for sharing, +Henry Michael Imler - I feel terrible when I think of students not just shortchanging their own education this way... but spending money out of pocket to do so, too. OUCH.

Re: Rob Bell Interview on Unbelievable?

Henry Imler — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:57:07 -0000

Edgar,

I actually think your very last point jives with the bulk of what Bell says about the afterlife. He says:

Here are some options, but I don't know which one is the case. Sure, I like this one because of what it says about who God is, but I don't know. What I do know is that all of the NT has this implication on how we live our live right now.

I find such epistemological and interpretive humility to jive with the ways in which the Bible hints at the life to come and demands repentance now.

Re: Rob Bell Interview on Unbelievable?

Henry Imler — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:28:05 -0000

Edgar,

Let me saw that I identify with some of your frustrations. Out of all the interviews I've listened to, I think he gets the closest here to outlining some of his positions. Perhaps the nearest he got was when he said "No, I don't think God's like that" to the 17 year old being punished for 17 million years.

Additionally, I liked that he was open about not knowing what the next life was going to be like. He said he wanted it to be a certain way (and be was given a little room to flesh that out before Warnock would press him on a different question) but that eternal conscious punishment or annihilation could be true instead of the choice-after-death model.

But I think his reasoning was lost on Warnock when he tried to demonstrate that he is grounding his approach in the Scriptures, not in philosophy or sentimentality. When he went there, Warnock couldn't really answer beyond a "but that's how current Evangelicals understand it". That's where I think the charge of Liberalism falls apart. Bell grounds his reasoning in the Scriptures (people just disagree with what he concludes), not in universal human experience (though he does use it later to bolster his points, but so does every evangelical I've every talked to or read). This is evident when Bell says "That's a basic biblical studies question...".

The other point that I think was lost on Warnock was that Bell's view of God and his love doesn't lead to deathbed Christianity at all. That seemed to be one of Warnock's largest concerns and one that I think the book has the opposite effect. Nearly all of the people that I've talked to regarding the book said that it gave them a drive to do good, to be sanctified, to join in God's purposes NOW rather than later. I think this is because it changes the question away from just getting saved away from this crashing creation and towards partnering with a loving God who really wants to see everything restored and once you've accepted the call / gift, you can't help but to want to join in. Warnock doesn't seem to pause to consider that, nor to allow Bell to dwell long enough to explain it.

But - wouldn't it be nice to get Bell to give us a nice, systematic theology to judge him by? I hate having to answer all these questions myself (and in my communities)!

Re: Rob Bell Interview on Unbelievable?

TheChristianAlert — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:38:34 -0000

I finally watched this today. Overall I didn't like how Bell kept answering with more questions than answers. I agree with Adrian kept interrupting him or that perhaps his points weren't too helpful but Bell was also playing coy. Answering questions with questions is a fine debating technique. I would have liked for him to have some spiel prepared about his position and defend that. we get glimpses and beautiful smiles but nothing we can take to the bank. A question I would've loved to ask Bell would have been: Is God unjust for letting so many preachers & teachers misguide so many people when it comes to the doctrine of hell? Could the Holy Spirit had done a better job with the NT and had made it more clearer?

Re: Literally Reading Genesis 1-3

Darryl Schafer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:34:29 -0000

Yyyyyup.

Re: Review for The Resignation of Eve

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Re: Jews for the Gospel of John and Rick Santorum

Darryl Schafer — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:02:07 -0000

Oh. Oh, man. Where&#39s Prothero when you need him? #religiousliteracy

Re: Open Thread: Orthodoxy

Henry Imler — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:30:49 -0000

@hankimler Well, what a timely question in retrospect. It seems like the conversation about "what the gospel" is being actively discussed in two camps, The Gospel Coalition and the Bell-McKnight-Wright camps.
As a person who is more sympathetic to the Gospel Coalition, do you think they are, to use @scotmcknight:twitter 's words, soterians?

Re: Open Thread: Orthodoxy

Henry Imler — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:22:18 -0000

RE Orthodoxy - I like the emphasis not on an abstract list of requirements, but an active bonding, and expression of community.

We are Orthodoxy when we practice Orthodoxy.

Hot damn, I'm liking that.

But, I don't think it adequately is helpful as a outer boundary condition, only as a centering point (and I want both). And traditionally, Orthodoxy as been used (as a weapon?) to name that boundary.

Re: On Being a Post-Conservative

Henry Imler — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:32:48 -0000

Testing again for facebook and twitter comment posting.

Re: It’s not about being cool.

Henry Imler — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:30:26 -0000

Testing disqus styling and functionality.

Re: Rupturing the Rapture

Henry Imler — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:18:36 -0000

Test two

Re: Rupturing the Rapture

Henry Imler — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:17:43 -0000

Test comment.

Re: Rupturing the Rapture

Henry Michael Imler — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:32:28 -0000

Quite possibly. I&#39ll review those posts for that and get back to you.