Comments on: Justin Taylor Just Sold Me A Book http://forgodsfame.org/2008/02/25/justin-taylor-just-sold-me-a-book/ Spreading the fame of God by reaching, building, and equipping people in the character and priorities of Christ. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:59:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Larry http://forgodsfame.org/2008/02/25/justin-taylor-just-sold-me-a-book/#comment-5287 Larry Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:52:59 +0000 http://forGodsfame.org/2008/02/25/justin-taylor-just-sold-me-a-book/#comment-5287 I would agree with much of what Guinness says here. However, I'd like to know specifically what tactics he puts in this category. I don't think for example that calling for fairness and justice or publicly decrying immorality is the same thing as not loving one's enemies. Nor is standing up for our rights as citizens. Was Paul, for example, 'playing the victim' when he pointed out his Roman citizenship and obtained an apology after being illegally beaten by the authorities at Phillipi? Guinness also seems to assume that persecution does not happen unless one is a true minority. We need look no further than the South Africa of the recent past to see that this is a faulty assumption. However, I would agree that what we consider persecution in this country pales by comparison to what believers experience in many other places in the world. I would agree with much of what Guinness says here. However, I’d like to know specifically what tactics he puts in this category. I don’t think for example that calling for fairness and justice or publicly decrying immorality is the same thing as not loving one’s enemies. Nor is standing up for our rights as citizens.

Was Paul, for example, ‘playing the victim’ when he pointed out his Roman citizenship and obtained an apology after being illegally beaten by the authorities at Phillipi?

Guinness also seems to assume that persecution does not happen unless one is a true minority. We need look no further than the South Africa of the recent past to see that this is a faulty assumption. However, I would agree that what we consider persecution in this country pales by comparison to what believers experience in many other places in the world.

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