tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617239.post1248641521716741951..comments2023-09-12T11:31:50.064-05:00Comments on Kingdom Come: The Missional SwanPastor Rodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00219078094185232711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617239.post-18151528715698058112007-09-25T11:42:00.000-05:002007-09-25T11:42:00.000-05:00Dave,Thanks for stopping by. You'll be glad you re...Dave,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by. You'll be glad you read this book.<BR/><BR/>RodPastor Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219078094185232711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617239.post-18118129280318356162007-09-21T11:04:00.000-05:002007-09-21T11:04:00.000-05:00"You need to apply these principles in your own li..."You need to apply these principles in your own life, church, community."<BR/><BR/>Do this for several hundred years and you get strongholds of thought that are impossible to bring down. And yet, all of us "don't know what we don't know." And because of the strongholds of tradition, doctrine, etc. most of us also "don't know what we know."<BR/><BR/>I will now have to go read your source. ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617239.post-37525746991048561362007-09-08T08:47:00.000-05:002007-09-08T08:47:00.000-05:00Jim,Some of the more savvy have said things like, ...Jim,<BR/><BR/>Some of the more savvy have said things like, "This is what worked for us. You need to apply these principles in your own way in your own community."<BR/><BR/>But this doesn't go far enough. As you mention, they often don't know what "worked" or why it did.<BR/><BR/>Then everyone starts imitating them. And buying all their books.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for taking the time to add you voice Pastor Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219078094185232711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617239.post-31893696208945141852007-09-07T22:42:00.000-05:002007-09-07T22:42:00.000-05:00yes, yes, yes...I read this book too and was helpe...yes, yes, yes...I read this book too and was helped so much by what it said. The idea that there is some formula to apply to make "it" happen (whatever "it" happens to be) is ludicrous. <BR/><BR/>I have long suspected that all of the gurus fumble their ways forward, "succeed" for reasons they do not know but narrate their experience in such a way that it appears to give credence to some recipe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com