More Milk, More Money

CR and his MilkMoney joined me and mine on Green Mtn this morning for a 5:00am assualt. I had the new Magicshine MJ-808 on the bars today. It really helps with the depth perception to see shadows. With a single, head-mounted, light source everything looks flat, rocks, logs, death inducing debris, land sharks. I am going to roll it out on the next ride and try to get a good discharge on the light as even the Lith Ions appear to have some memory issues.

Pictures seem like a nice way to dress up a blog. This morning was going to be one of pre-dawn Denver Metro, but the battery was completely dead, bummer, that will teach me, I think.

CR and I did not have any deep discussions this morning, but I am still working through the Greg Boyd sermons on Two Kingdoms. I am still developing my thoughts on this view but I get the feeling the his is a mis-characterization. While I agree with with much of what he says but I do also take issue with an assertion that he makes about who Jesus kept company with. Greg constantly cites Jesus' association with prostitutes and sinners. That much of what he says is true, however what he fails to communicate is that the 'lowely' characters that Jesus fellowshiped with were repentant of their sin and realized there need for the Savior and because of this they drew near to Him and He did not shun them.

The Pharisees were indignant with Jesus and used these associations as opportunities to question His character. In response, and we need to see this, Jesus says “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick..." Matt 9:12 NASB. Certainly we are all sick from sin and there is none righteous. These tax collectors and sinners realized this and repented. The Pharisees had deluded themselves by their good works and suppressed their knowledge that they were as dead on the inside as these 'lowely' ones appeared on the outside and in as much need of repentance and forgiveness as they were. Being a good person apart from the righteousness of Christ is a dangerous thing. You see, we can be just at dead in our many good works and in our self-righteousness as we can be in our liscentiousness. God help us, save us from ourselves

Now, I don't think the assertion he makes is really at the heart Two Kingdoms issue - but Greg makes a lot of mileage towards his argument with it.