tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post4937518275036100486..comments2023-07-06T15:14:57.204+01:00Comments on JOHN'S BLOG: Being True to YourselfJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-82734192311542160242009-08-10T20:46:12.495+01:002009-08-10T20:46:12.495+01:00Thank you for this. I confess that I have never fe...Thank you for this. I confess that I have never felt that to be true to oneself is necessarily a virtue, given that I was put to death with Christ in my baptism. That said, I have been mistaken for a conservative Anglo-Catholic on more than one occasion. It must be the way I walk.<br /><br />I wonder if this is creeping into our hymnody? I am thinking of John Bell and Graham Maule's <i>Will Liam Beadlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08042044098055326555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-87476272151124393302009-08-10T11:35:50.627+01:002009-08-10T11:35:50.627+01:00I think it's slightly more complex...
I am in...I think it's slightly more complex...<br /><br />I am in Christ, and I am a new creation. But there are still bits of the old me around, and still bits that need to be put to death. Some of my self-identity arises from them, and should be resisted and killed.<br /><br />Some bits of me are incidental - the fact that I am middle-class and academically inclined, for example. It is far too easy Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-13725790817939881232009-08-09T18:29:25.723+01:002009-08-09T18:29:25.723+01:00Absolutely - I wouldn't advocate using the lan...Absolutely - I wouldn't advocate using the language of "being true to yourself" from the front at all and would be very concerned if I heard it from my church leader! You're correct on the implications for our attitude towards homosexuality - that's very helpful John, thanks. <br /><br />Whilst I agree with you and John on the language that should be used in church (i.e. Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13142343886770051775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-91977656684946434482009-08-09T16:28:16.819+01:002009-08-09T16:28:16.819+01:00Lydia, whilst what you say is correct, I think it ...Lydia, whilst what you say is correct, I think it runs the risk of being misunderstood. After all, if Christians are allowed to be guided by the idea that we should be 'true to ourselves', then why shouldn't we extend that same possibility to others. Why can't being 'true to yourself' be a valid guiding principle across the whole of human society? <br /><br />The answerMike Dowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09337895548594974706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-60009475899745853432009-08-09T14:57:28.046+01:002009-08-09T14:57:28.046+01:00Apologies for rambling - I'm essentially sayin...Apologies for rambling - I'm essentially saying it's a question of identity and when your identity is in Christ, I see no problem with being true to yourself!Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13142343886770051775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-72101996652322958892009-08-09T14:52:49.638+01:002009-08-09T14:52:49.638+01:00Interesting thoughts John as always...I definitely...Interesting thoughts John as always...I definitely agree with you when "being true to yourself" is being used as an excuse for not following God's ways and living as He wants us to, but certainly when I think about "being true to myself" that isn't what I mean. I really believe that my life is hid with Christ in God. I believe that for my brothers and sisters in the Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13142343886770051775noreply@blogger.com