Comments on: The Difference Between Intention and Perception http://philcooke.com/intention/ Change Revolution Tue, 22 May 2012 02:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Anonymous http://philcooke.com/intention/#comment-3152 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/intention#comment-3152 <p>Love your blog, Phil. You're right on target here, for all the grief that I give the concept of 'church marketing' in general....<br /></p><p> What do you think of this idea?:</p><p>http://beyondfundamentalism.net/node/13 </p> Love your blog, Phil. You're right on target here, for all the grief that I give the concept of 'church marketing' in general….

 What do you think of this idea?:

http://beyondfundamentalism.net/node/13 

]]> By: Anonymous http://philcooke.com/intention/#comment-3153 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/intention#comment-3153 <p>That was:</p><p><a href="http://beyondfundamentalism.net/node/13" rel="nofollow">http://beyondfundamentalism.net/node/13</a> </p> That was:

http://beyondfundamentalism.net/node/13

]]> By: E. Espinosa http://philcooke.com/intention/#comment-3154 E. Espinosa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/intention#comment-3154 <p>Great word, Phil!</p><p>It's upsetting to see much of the damaging influence of poorly planned, poorly executed presentations of Christ, His message, His power, and His love, and of the church that bears His name. As a former street-outreach worker, I can tell you that the Gospel is already a hard enough sell to the vast majority of humanity without someone's foolishness being broadcast all over the air and confusing the issues.</p><p>Like you, however, I have tried to look at all of the silliness in Christian Media as bad execution of good intentions. I try to judge those who commission these works fairly and I always want to believe that the root of their decisions is to propagate the Gospel in an effective and engaging manner. I have certainly seen those ministries that truly act without integrity, but even then I'd like to believe that they were not always that way - that they became that way over time, forgetting why they went into ministry in the first place.</p><p>Of course, I don't always live up to my intentions, either. I'm about as rough a critic of the church as they come, but I do try.</p><p>I guess I just really wanted to add an Amen to your post. People are not always what they do, just like sin and the sinner are two different things. I am trying to keep my perceptions clear, as clear as I can at least, and I appreciate your word on this. <br /></p> Great word, Phil!

It's upsetting to see much of the damaging influence of poorly planned, poorly executed presentations of Christ, His message, His power, and His love, and of the church that bears His name. As a former street-outreach worker, I can tell you that the Gospel is already a hard enough sell to the vast majority of humanity without someone's foolishness being broadcast all over the air and confusing the issues.

Like you, however, I have tried to look at all of the silliness in Christian Media as bad execution of good intentions. I try to judge those who commission these works fairly and I always want to believe that the root of their decisions is to propagate the Gospel in an effective and engaging manner. I have certainly seen those ministries that truly act without integrity, but even then I'd like to believe that they were not always that way – that they became that way over time, forgetting why they went into ministry in the first place.

Of course, I don't always live up to my intentions, either. I'm about as rough a critic of the church as they come, but I do try.

I guess I just really wanted to add an Amen to your post. People are not always what they do, just like sin and the sinner are two different things. I am trying to keep my perceptions clear, as clear as I can at least, and I appreciate your word on this.

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