Theological Offspring

Posted by expatminister on November 24, 2009 · 3 Comments 

Our son Ben, along with his sister, is staying with his aunt for a few days before Thanksgiving. He has been fascinated with the Salvation Army volunteers ringing bells, and today engaged one of them in a theological conversation. It went something like this…

Why are you an Army?
I don’t think Jesus would like that very much.
Jesus likes love and grace.
Jesus wouldn’t want us to fight for salvation.
I think you should change your name to grace or mercy.

Well, I guess it wasn’t much of a conversation since apparently the volunteer never responded.

He raises a good question. And at 4, he’s already a theologian: speaking the Good News about God. Are you?

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3 Responses to “Theological Offspring”
  1. Maggie says:
    24 November 2009 at 10:53 am

    He did manage to clean out the change from my car and now wants to talk to every single Salvation Army bell ringer he sees….

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  2. Katy says:
    24 November 2009 at 11:20 am

    That’s absolutely adorable. And it made my Tuesday.

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  3. VERONIC says:
    24 November 2009 at 5:27 pm

    THAT IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, GOD USES WHO HE WANTS THAT IS THE GOOD THINK ABOUT IT.

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