Comments on: Salvation from an Orthodox Christian perspective http://www.elementalcm.com/2009/12/04/salvation-from-an-orthodox-christian-perspective/ Moving Children's Ministry Forward Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Johnny Ehm http://www.elementalcm.com/2009/12/04/salvation-from-an-orthodox-christian-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-1969 Johnny Ehm Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:58:04 +0000 http://www.elementalcm.com/2009/12/03/salvation-from-an-orthodox-christian-perspective/#comment-1969 The concept of the "was, am being, and will be" (past, present, future) facets of salvation is not new and it explains and explores the depth of the Christian concept. However, it seems to me the focus in this video is too much on what WE do, rather than on the work of Christ, especially with regards to the present and future salvation. Even so, I recognize there are passages that exhort us to "work out our salvation." Admitedly, it's hard to put all orthodoxy into 3 minutes, but I would have l like to see more of Christ's hand explained. I found the questions that were posed though to be difficult to follow (the first one I am sure does not even make grammatical sense - the need to do what? ). The topic in my mind shifted to our Christian duty and away from salvation, but perhaps I was missing the nuances. Overall though, I found the second half more confusing than illuminating. The concept of the "was, am being, and will be" (past, present, future) facets of salvation is not new and it explains and explores the depth of the Christian concept. However, it seems to me the focus in this video is too much on what WE do, rather than on the work of Christ, especially with regards to the present and future salvation. Even so, I recognize there are passages that exhort us to "work out our salvation." Admitedly, it's hard to put all orthodoxy into 3 minutes, but I would have l like to see more of Christ's hand explained.

I found the questions that were posed though to be difficult to follow (the first one I am sure does not even make grammatical sense – the need to do what? ). The topic in my mind shifted to our Christian duty and away from salvation, but perhaps I was missing the nuances. Overall though, I found the second half more confusing than illuminating.

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