[Mad Dawg]

Periodically Paul hits one WAY over the center field wall.

Today the friar who will join the team in November preached at the 9:00 and 11:30 Masses. He said “It’s not that God loves us because we’re good; we’re good because God loves us.”

Where my probing now is in thinking about our will “in” Jesus. And I think the translation of verse 5 is scandalous. I think the older translations preserve the mystery better, while this one amounts to saying, “Think like Jesus,” which strikes me as shallow, as explaining away.

But, other than that ... Good eats.

[boatbums]

Thanks! Yeah, that guy had a way with words! On the other hand, he was inspired to say it by God, so he can't take all the credit, not that I think he ever would, not now at least,..oh, never mind, I knew YOU'D get it.

Can you expand a little more on verse 5, “let this mind be in you which was also in Christ.” and what you see as “scandalous”?

[RnMomof7]

He said “It’s not that God loves us because we’re good; we’re good because God loves us.”

Actually that is a quote from CS Lewis