tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post4099652326890634882..comments2024-03-24T19:55:32.537-05:00Comments on The View from This Seat: Going to Nineveh, Leaving NinevehLKSeathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-57562292990050094392014-06-25T12:00:39.870-05:002014-06-25T12:00:39.870-05:00Local Thinking Friend Joe Barbour sends these pert...Local Thinking Friend Joe Barbour sends these pertinent comments:<br /><br />"Thanks for the blog today. It is good one and gives the true picture of what the book of Jonah is all about.<br /><br />"I remember being in R. A’s as a child and our leader made a very strong effort teach us that it is a missionary book. Of course when in seminary that was the strong emphasis the missions professor made as we looked at it. He used to say quite often that if we were not involved in missions we were not the church, but something less than what God intended. Of course he was a great fan of W.O Carver.<br /><br />"But your emphasis is well stated and much needed today. When we keep our emphasis on being a missionary people, we cannot ignore what is happening in our world today. And it seems to me that many of the groups in Christianity have lost that focus. This loss of Christians in Nineveh, probably points out the loss of that emphasis by too many."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-16711058747462474552014-06-25T11:19:30.680-05:002014-06-25T11:19:30.680-05:00Esteemed Thinking Friend Glenn Hinson writes,
&qu...Esteemed Thinking Friend Glenn Hinson writes,<br /><br />"An interesting thought, Leroy. I shudder at what is happening in Iraq. With John Kerry I'm praying that the Shiites will find a way to bring Sunnis into the government. <br /><br />"Our invasion destabilized the country."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-12018200430845942882014-06-25T11:17:50.787-05:002014-06-25T11:17:50.787-05:00Kelly, thanks for writing. It was good to hear fro...Kelly, thanks for writing. It was good to hear from you. And thanks for mentioning my blog in your class this morning.<br /><br />I can't remember having met Kenny Joseph, Jr., but his father was certainly a very interesting person. LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-46125024121727384722014-06-25T11:16:18.207-05:002014-06-25T11:16:18.207-05:00A while later Kelly wrote in another email,
"...A while later Kelly wrote in another email,<br /><br />"One other comment: in my Old Testament course this morning we were talking about both Jonah and Nahum, two minor prophets that deal with the 'fate of Nineveh.' <br /><br />"I told the students that neither prophet tells us the 'end of the story.' Rather, the story of the Assyrians in Nineveh continues to unfold in our own day, and related to them some of what you had written in your blog.<br /><br />"Very interesting to look at the big picture in biblical context."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-70591671703645957482014-06-25T11:12:57.625-05:002014-06-25T11:12:57.625-05:00More interesting comments, this time from Dr. Kell...More interesting comments, this time from Dr. Kelly Malone, a Thinking Friend who is a former (younger) missionary colleague in Japan (and certainly not the colleague I recently quoted anonymously) and is currently a professor at Southwest Baptist University:<br /><br />"Interesting post Leroy. Probably few people consider the Christian element of the population in Iraq which has been decreasing numerically since the U.S. forced Saddam Hussein from power. <br /><br />"Of course, the problem now is that Iraq seems to be on the verge of civil war. I regret the loss of life that is going on now in that area of the world.<br /><br />"If you have ever met Kenny Joseph, he is a very interesting person. He talks openly about his Assyrian heritage, which is fascinating."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-37856344427487937392014-06-25T09:43:54.848-05:002014-06-25T09:43:54.848-05:00Interesting comments from local Thinking Friend St...Interesting comments from local Thinking Friend Steve Hemphill:<br /><br />"Thanks for your comments about Nineveh. As you know, I served with the State Department in Iraq in 2004-2005. Due to the difficult security situation, I was only able to Mosul one time. I was thrilled to drive by a very ancient pyramid in the city center which is the Jonah memorial...built thousands of years ago!"<br /><br />"I got a Facebook report yesterday from a couple of friends of mine (one American, one British) still serving in Iraq. 'Last Sunday was the first time in 1600 years that no Mass was held in Mosul.'<br /><br />"Amazingly sad."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-52263297410956378452014-06-25T09:15:39.738-05:002014-06-25T09:15:39.738-05:00Most Americans have no clue of the Christians of t...Most Americans have no clue of the Christians of the middle east, whose Christianity was not brought by missionaries from the west, but by the Apostles and other early disciples. St. Peter was the first bishop of Antioch (Syria), which turned into a key missional church to the world. Apparently both he, St. Matthew, St. Thomas, and St. Mark all helped in the founding of the Church in what is now Iraq. The western Church needs to once again take seriously Christ's command to "Love one another" (fellow believers), especially the least of our brothers in Christ who are in trouble because of their faith.1sojournernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-4174540956115287892014-06-25T06:42:23.424-05:002014-06-25T06:42:23.424-05:00Yes, they should. A fascinating and informative st...Yes, they should. A fascinating and informative story today, Leroy. ThanksAntonkjacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01734526091623931154noreply@blogger.com