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1. Matthew Eby said on Jul 23, 2009 at 3:11 am

   I have not yet read _The Fine Line_ (perhaps I will if I win a copy , but I wonder how much 1 Cor 7:29-31 (for instance) limits the extent to which Christians indulge themselves even in the so-called “good” things of culture–even things that are gifts from God (including the arts). It seems to me that the earliest Christians were too busy suffering persecution for their faith to develop their artistic side and be “relevant” to their surrounding culture. First-century believers were not any more “leading the way in the exploration of the arts” than we are today, and yet many were strangely drawn to this new faith. (Come to think of it, I’m not sure that Jesus himself led the way in the exploration of the arts. And if his church had done so, I wonder whether they would ever have been persecuted as he was.)

   Thinking further along these lines, might it be that a “separatist” and “transformist” taxonomy is falsely disjunctive? Could it be that Christians transform *by* separating?

2. Tim Sprankle said on Jul 23, 2009 at 9:47 am

   Rhett sent me a copy of your book. Thanks. I love the analogy of living ‘between two Michaels’ (Stipe and Smith) in the first chapter. Coincidentally, the first CD purchased in my family’s house was REM’s Out of Time. Profound album. Any chance we can gather some folks to play Frisbee golf at Equip09?

3. Kary Oberbrunner said on Jul 23, 2009 at 4:44 pm

   Thanks Matthew. If you can read the book and then let me know if you still have those thoughts. Thanks for weighing in.

4. Kary Oberbrunner said on Jul 23, 2009 at 4:45 pm

   Stop by the classroom I am in. Let’s set something up…at least a chat. Maybe disc I hear great things about what God is doing in you.