tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30043595.post3374972227528593975..comments2023-10-15T05:32:17.988-05:00Comments on The Deacon's Slant: What is a Prophet?plsdeaconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18039800243898137584noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30043595.post-35495208684214967902008-05-23T11:05:00.000-05:002008-05-23T11:05:00.000-05:00Thanks for this, Deacon Phil.It was the prophet Je...Thanks for this, Deacon Phil.<BR/><BR/>It was the prophet Jeremiah (31:31) who opened our expectation of the New Covenant - the Covenant in which we have life through the blood of Christ.<BR/><BR/>I very much appreciate your call to the Baptismal Covenant - not just the last, lately created, largely political part favored by the institutional "prophets" - but the ancient renunciation of the world, the flesh and the devil in order clothe ourselves with Christ.<BR/><BR/>You are right that the prophets were the advocates of return to the covenant relationship with God. Such an irony (for TEC) that some described this as a "husband -wife" relationship.TLF+https://www.blogger.com/profile/01650010433581488888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30043595.post-76697229270445239832008-05-23T10:52:00.000-05:002008-05-23T10:52:00.000-05:00Good for you, Phil If I thought my brother and sis...Good for you, Phil If I thought my brother and sisters were all falling into heresy, I wouldn't want to leave them alone, either. <BR/><BR/>I would be all the more wanting to stay, and make a difference in the love of Christ. <BR/><BR/>And, sometimes the folks in the church who we disagree with the most, are the ones we need to be hanging out with working through differences together.<BR/><BR/>Grace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com