"A person has to be thoroughly disgusted with the way things are to find the motivation to set out on the Christian way. As long as we think that the next election might eliminate crime and establish justice or another scientific breakthrough might save the environment or another pay raise might push us over the edge of anxiety into a life of tranquility, we are not likely to risk the arduous uncertainties of the life of faith. A person has to get fed up with the ways of the world before he, before she, acquires an appetite for the world of grace."
- Eugene Peterson
Sunday, April 12, 2009
I was in the checkout lane at our local mega-grocery store yesterday and I ended up standing behind one of my favorite theologians, Roger Olson. I was itching to engage him in a conversation on modalism, but he seemed to be in a hurry, so I chickened out.
I just thought I'd share that with the world. I'm a chicken.
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Comments on "Even Theologians Shop For Groceries":
2. Bob Sacamento
- 04/13/2009 8:58 am CDT
I actually had the opportunity to sit down for lunch with none other than J.I. Packer several years ago. It was at an Indian restaurant. I had all kinds of questions I wanted to ask him, but he was really chowing down on the tandoori chicken and I didn't have the heart or nerve to interrupt.
Hmmm. Theologians and chicken. Is there a pattern here?
3. Shrode
- 04/13/2009 10:08 am CDT
Bob, if you are sitting across from a guy at lunch, I think it's OK to ask questions.
Now Bird I have sympathy for.... When I've run into celebrities (to me) that I admire or whatever, I have the tendency to just smile and say "Hi" and leave it at that. I figure if they our out shopping or whatever they deserve to be left alone.
But it was really hard to resist the temptation to run up and say something really intelligent like, "Oh my gosh! I'm your biggest fan! You're the coolest!!!!!" when I saw John Elefante at a music industry event in Nashville, or Paul Q-Peck browsing in our bookstore in Nashville. :)
I did approach the great Bob Beeman (of Sanctuary Church in California) when I saw him. I thanked him for all the Christian heavy metal he exported. It was hard not giving him a big man-hug.
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I love fried chicken.