Comments on: Speaking the Truth in Love http://kaischraml.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/speaking-the-truth-in-love/ Theology, Ethics, The Virtues, Biology, Beauty and Kai Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:19:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: reibwo http://kaischraml.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/speaking-the-truth-in-love/#comment-64 reibwo Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:40:04 +0000 http://kaischraml.wordpress.com/?p=557#comment-64 Thanks for the note. I mean to write a full post on it. For now, I'll say that one of the things that seems to characterize those who 'speak the truth in love' is that those who hear their words always feel the 'love.' It is the love that allows the truth to be heard. The truth without love is like a seed sown in good soil, but in the desert with no moisture at all. It will remain a seed only unless it receives water. Water that seed with love and it will bear fruit. Of course, as always, God provides the rain... It seems to me (and I think Halden's review is a good example) that most who intend to wound and hurt others in a public manner often grab onto this idea as a defense for their actions/words. This is wrong. I had hoped to write a post about it when I had a "right" counterexample to use. ...hopefully soon. Thanks for the note. I mean to write a full post on it. For now, I’ll say that one of the things that seems to characterize those who ’speak the truth in love’ is that those who hear their words always feel the ‘love.’ It is the love that allows the truth to be heard. The truth without love is like a seed sown in good soil, but in the desert with no moisture at all. It will remain a seed only unless it receives water. Water that seed with love and it will bear fruit. Of course, as always, God provides the rain…

It seems to me (and I think Halden’s review is a good example) that most who intend to wound and hurt others in a public manner often grab onto this idea as a defense for their actions/words. This is wrong.

I had hoped to write a post about it when I had a “right” counterexample to use.

…hopefully soon.

]]> By: YGL http://kaischraml.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/speaking-the-truth-in-love/#comment-63 YGL Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:12:44 +0000 http://kaischraml.wordpress.com/?p=557#comment-63 =( I got all excited because for a moment there I thought perhaps she had written another book (Didn't sound like her, though, but the rabid fangirl side of my brain went "what? A Lauren Winner book?!?!" and completely ignored the title at first) the whole discussion seems rather rediculous to me - I'm sorry - but getting up at arms over a book review is just not the kind of thing I think constitutes a good use of our time - I'd much rather discuss something else (not to mention your own point abotu "speaking the truth in love") =( I got all excited because for a moment there I thought perhaps she had written another book (Didn’t sound like her, though, but the rabid fangirl side of my brain went “what? A Lauren Winner book?!?!” and completely ignored the title at first)

the whole discussion seems rather rediculous to me – I’m sorry – but getting up at arms over a book review is just not the kind of thing I think constitutes a good use of our time – I’d much rather discuss something else (not to mention your own point abotu “speaking the truth in love”)

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