tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post7323529087575694980..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: When You Lose Sight of Moses, You Turn to IdolsTurretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-76466693546737095782007-10-20T13:57:00.000+01:002007-10-20T13:57:00.000+01:00Lucian,Not Moses, Aaron. Moses not only ground th...Lucian,<BR/><BR/>Not Moses, Aaron. Moses not only ground the golden calf to dust, but later when the people began to worship the serpent he destroyed that too.<BR/><BR/>Those that worship God must do so in Spirit and truth.<BR/><BR/>-TurretinfanTurretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-33219771848258166992007-10-20T02:36:00.000+01:002007-10-20T02:36:00.000+01:00Those who lose sight of Scripture make Icons and I...<I>Those who lose sight of Scripture make Icons and Images.</I><BR/><BR/>Like Moses, You mean?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-91560791980217378102007-10-19T23:38:00.000+01:002007-10-19T23:38:00.000+01:00O: "What difference does it make what he EXACTLY l...O: "<I>What difference does it make what he EXACTLY looked like? If I took a photo of him with a box brownie would you complain that the lens is poor and has distortions, and the film has limited latitude and granularity, and say that I am idolatrous because of my box brownie, but you, perhaps with your Alpa Swiss are not idolatrous because your image is more exact?</I>"<BR/><BR/>Red herring. A Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-28927953196404089982007-10-19T20:29:00.000+01:002007-10-19T20:29:00.000+01:00O: Jesus was both God and man. But Jesus himself ...O: Jesus was both God and man. But Jesus himself said, speaking not of the past but of the present and future:<BR/><BR/>John 4:23-24 <BR/>23But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. <BR/><BR/>And to Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-29134593892640248802007-10-19T11:07:00.000+01:002007-10-19T11:07:00.000+01:00Amen to your post and amen to Albert's comment!Amen to your post and amen to Albert's comment!Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04697072499214349759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-84221774519781512702007-10-19T06:58:00.000+01:002007-10-19T06:58:00.000+01:00What difference does it make what he EXACTLY looke...What difference does it make what he EXACTLY looked like? If I took a photo of him with a box brownie would you complain that the lens is poor and has distortions, and the film has limited latitude and granularity, and say that I am idolatrous because of my box brownie, but you, perhaps with your <A HREF="http://www.alpa.ch/index.php?path=products/cameras" REL="nofollow">Alpa Swiss</A> are not orthodoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09445301151975209564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-29369937098153190192007-10-19T04:14:00.000+01:002007-10-19T04:14:00.000+01:00Well said. I am following your online debate with ...Well said. I am following your online debate with "orthodox" and his defense of the use of icons for worship captured my attention. His defense is very similar to the arguments of Roman Catholic apologists in defense of the veneration of images. Personally, I find their arguments untenable. They claim that the icons/image they use represent Jesus Christ. Yet NO ONE knows how Jesus EXACTLY looked Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-1911581500478033612007-10-19T03:21:00.000+01:002007-10-19T03:21:00.000+01:00God the Father is spirit, but God the Son has fles...God the Father is spirit, but God the Son has flesh and bones. <BR/><BR/>John 20:27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.”orthodoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09445301151975209564noreply@blogger.com