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Re: http://christianity.tumblr.com/post/18077886682

flixi Neal — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:52:31 -0000

Hi,
I am a Christian myself and find your video and your blog very inspiring xx
Yours Senicerly
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Re: Prayer of Sir Francis Drake

Mai Takeru — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:19:56 -0000

I've never thought that someday, sir Francis Drake's - of all people I learned about in the history class - words will move me so deeply. That's a pleasant surprise.

Re: http://christianity.tumblr.com/post/1535691390

Sara_h Eart — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:18:45 -0000

yes your actions do define your beliefs, but some people do these things but don't fully understand or believe from their heart. The most important thing is to believe in what your doing, have faith in god and know that reading the bible will teach you, avoiding sins will put you in the right place jesus wants you to be in and attending church will put you into the right community, the right path in life. Wholehearted love for god comes from within you.

Re: http://christianity.tumblr.com/post/587199194

Guest — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:01:51 -0000

I love this. Amen.. Not by power nor might, but by HIS spirit.

Re: Christianity - The Bait and Switch of Contemporary Christianity

re:st.artist — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:59:38 -0000

i go bi-polarbear on this:
and sorry if i just barged in on yer scene but i got noone.
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"bait and switch" was just used rather harshly i think [that term?] unless i am so mistaken: on npr/ ira glass with christians / who would trick seemin non-believers somehow/ [i am being vague because the main story teller came out of a well known organization which my family came out of: we all "were awakened by Christ at the same time in like early mid 70's] and i was very angry and defensive because this guy seemed to sound like "trying to make up for the embarrassing Jesus thing and wotever crap i do not like/ and we all or my parents were on staff at this place and it wasnt like he was saying or at least while we were they: it was ruff times for us also: even tho i did not hear the story my husband did] but things like "come to awesome beer party tonite and it would be a Bible study over time BAIT AND SWITCH.
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okay having sed that
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i did read that article: mentioned in this link
and my husband and i were just talking: about the following

i know this is not "meant or asked over ages:" but it has become: on accident implied especially for overly tired and wounded etc
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as long as you dont kill babies
you hate gays
you do some [wotever is right for your part of the Christian culture thing is where you live]
you do NOT hang with non Christians
you do not get divorced
you go to church and get juiced
tithe etc
support missions in some way
you are a Good Christian

now:
i have NEVER FULLY thot that was good at all
i have been friend to all and have broken everycommandment we'll skip over thatsentence quickly.
i have been wrecked: and i / no more nounds.

however i cannot hold the "america is the belly of the beast etc/ the church is a whore/ jesus was a dissident bleh
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however: i cannot deal with Piper sorry i am a little scalded from
a bunch of Christian school doing papers i basically went to seminary for highschool
how shall we then live, etc memorized by juniour year and on drugs.
AND preaching. and many were saved. go effing figure. sorry i speak some french.
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i know i am starting over at age 38. i hate it.
things are happening and did/ in my soul
things i beggged God to NOT LET HAPPEN
and i didnt even know wot they meant
like
a verse would pop out
about having contention with God? [i was like 5]
and i would think
I DONT EVER EVER EVER WANT THAT
and i would beg every day please let that[wotever THAT is never happen
and that is wot happened
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and then every Worst Thing A Person could have Like THE VERY WORST MARRIAGE EVER
but i do not want a divorce
becaue that is death FOREVER?
and i LOVE HIM.
and i think i am being tricked by an imposter???
this is real words.
restartist.
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when i say the very worst marriage ever i am not speaking of my husband lee. i am speaking of/ like that is the only way i know how to describe me and God/ right now. the metafor changes. ??? i cant come up with one.

Re: Christianity - I beseech you to consider that God does not deal...

re:st.artist — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:51:33 -0000

it.s just hard when things had gone sour since before He even said "you and Me kidd"
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and that was 1975
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i don.t remember accusing Him of anything until 2007. as in outwardly. with my mouth. it was a slo weird frog boiling:
i had ceased to ssay the most simplle thing
He is Good/ and He gives Good Gifts. [saying this by faith of course. because things have always been pretty unmanageable]
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that slo burn started i think in 03? i dont recal: but i went crazy.
I stll love Him. and i am sure this is all that Glory to Glory stuff. but ia m so unhappy. it is unbelievable. and there is not any place here i would even have community/church with/ and besides my hubby has to work like almost every day AND we live with folks: and most of our support: tho i love them dearly and theyare doing better off then US really, even lifestyle wise by now, dont really believe there is a Jesus anymore. [mostly becasue of pain: it is perfectly understandeable to me] i dont have that switch for some reason to "flip off". like the Truth switch is on/on. al the time. iam done here. i followed "un" here. i do not know why or how i started folowing him. both my husband and i are diehard believers but we are messed up.
my real name is ramsie shick. but that is easy to trace even from restartist page. that is my new art name/ it was thredd. i just keep renaming myself when another era whithers. our whole family's friggin life verse: tho He slay me yea i still love Thee" but that was nt mine: mine was i just want to be in the house of the Lord forever. hen it waped to all things to all people and : like all my life i am this weird double agent Jesus which has so worked and SO NOT. this is lengthy. sorry. I feel so guilty for being mad at my BEST FRIEND and also feeling completely abandoned by Him like He never exsisted. so i am speechless: and i have told like everybody about Him in the most outrageously non-conventional ways: before peoople were using these words like "missional". UGGGGHH. i am not mad i am desperate. xo.eternal r.

Re: An Interview with D.A. Carson on Gospel-Centeredness

hilker — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:36:35 -0000

not to brag (ok, maybe a little bit), but the first pastor he mentions - tom nelson - is the senior pastor of our church :). THAT'S HOW AWESOME WE ARE.

Re: Christianity - I kid! I kid!

Stephanie Drury — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:56:10 -0000

This is dead on.

Re: Christianity - I kid! I kid!

Stephanie Drury — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:55:55 -0000

This is dead on.

Re: Christianity - It is less evil to do immoral things yet not love...

sds — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:18:21 -0000

I appreciate your comment, Mills. I think some further explanation of the context to this quote would be helpful.

The particular topic in the sermon at the time of the quote was the difference between (and hypocrisy of) being publicly without reproach vs indulging evil secretly and internally. Jesus ripped the Jewish religious leaders a new one when he called them out on this: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence." (http://www.esvstudybible.org/s...

The discussion was not about the tension and constant battle between our inherent, sinful tendencies and our actions--although that IS an important topic.

I believe speaking harshly to my wife is wrong, but sometimes I do it anyway. It's a struggle. Yet it would be far worse were I to bite my tongue and not speak trash to my wife--while at the same time speaking it in my heart and reveling in it, enjoying it. The first is a failure to live up to my beliefs. The second is a far worse hypocrisy--to appear righteous while indulging in muck.

Re: Christianity - It is less evil to do immoral things yet not love...

Mills Baker — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:54:23 -0000

Wait, is it? This seems to place a strange moral burden on partly unwilled internal drives, to speak in psychological terms; in Christian terms, this seems a lot to ask of those touched by Original Sin. That is: we ask that they modify their behavior and their hearts, but since the former is easier to control than the latter I think we make a mistake if we value unprovable, imperceptible interior urges more than willed decisions.

To think of an example: if a Christian considers homosexuality an immoral sin, would that Christian prefer (1) that homosexuals practice their preference but not love it, from guilt or some such alienating sense, or that (2) they feel in themselves the drive to practice, which feels like love, of course, but restrain themselves?

(I doubt it needs noting that I do not consider homosexuality in any way immoral). I think this quote is backwards: we lead the heart with the will. As St. Augustine wrote, the mind easily-enough directs the body but finds it nearly impossible to direct itself. Anytime we disregard the willed actions of a man and instead interrogate his inner spaces for sincerity or authenticity, we usurp the role of any supernatural judge and deny that man the right to reform himself.

At least, that is what I think.

Cheers!

Re: Christianity - adrianmartinez: TOP 5 FAVORITE PASSAGES THAT...

Adrian Martinez — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:05:49 -0000

Thank you. Glad that this is getting around. Praise God for being sovereign over His creation!

Re: Christianity - I don’t want to rag on [Miss California], but...

sds — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:28:42 -0000

Yes, yes, agreed. A wife always has that right. And if someone is causing a disturbance, leering, pinching, etc.--then anyone can and should step in.

My aim was directed at generalized exhortations to men and women, such as on a blog, or the sort of thing that occurs at a youth group or college event. At the school I went to, every fall some freshman guy would inevitably start a debate on the online campus forums about "girls need to dress modestly," and some freshman girl would inevitably respond with "I can dress how I want, so get over it"...

Basically, it's often counterproductive for men to preach the issue to women (even if they are technically correct), and vice versa. Generally men need to keep men accountable, and women women.

Re: Christianity - I don’t want to rag on [Miss California], but...

squashed — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:17:41 -0000

"Exhortations for men to get their act together should not come from women, only from other men, because only men truly understand their side of this."

No! If I'm lustfully checking somebody on the street, my wife is entirely right to "exhort" me to knock it off. If I go about pinching places I ought not to pinch, people, regardless of gender, can absolutely tell me that I'm making it an unsafe environment for them.

That doesn't excuse poor presentation and so on.

Re: Simplified Missional Living

Aaron J. — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:03:43 -0000

Great stuff!

Re: Christianity - Are You a Christian Hipster?

rodmitch — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:08:25 -0000

I think saying "Christian Hipster" is equivalent to saying "Christian Accountant" or "Christian Yuppie" or "Christian Dad". It doesn't really say anything about how good of a Christian you are.

Lots of Christian Dads like thinking and acting like heretics and sinners too. Or maybe those aren't the Christian ones.

Re: Christianity - Are You a Christian Hipster?

Sharonthemom — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:08:24 -0000

I think "Christian Hipsters" like thinking and acting like heretics and sinners.

Re: How to Handle Criticism When You Defend Doctrine

davereed — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:18:34 -0000

Ligon Duncan is my homeboy!

Re: Christianity - Pastor Shot Dead in the Pulpit Preaching at his 8...

davereed — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:10:01 -0000

dang

Re: Thoughts on Original Sin

davereed — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:07:32 -0000

I just began "Why We're Not Emergent", and am very saddened to read this. I don't buy the "misinterpretation" of Paul; he couldn't be more clear in Romans 5. And that is why Jesus was not sinful; he was not of the line of Adam; He was the NEW Adam, the new "Head" for God's people through whom the curse would NOT be inherited. Paul's whole point in explaining this doctrine is to show that just as your curse was not attained by your own works, so your salvation would not be attained by your own works, either. If you discount Romans 5 and maintain that your curse is the result of your OWN sins, then you have doomed yourself to require that your own deeds be the merit for your salvation, as well.
I find most Christian liberals clearly disagree with Paul, but most don't want to come right out and say it.

Re: Christianity - I know that some in my generation have a hard time...

hilker — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:05:08 -0000

this concept is what i first thought of when i read this article about twitter regarding how we don't know who we are. it's the most logical result from a relativistic worldview because we have nothing static against which we can define ourselves. everything is moving. yet God does not move, He does not change.

Re: Christianity - “The pew must not control the pulpit. We must not...

Sharonthemom — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:41:39 -0000

Hoorah and amen!

Re: Christianity - Pastor worried outspokenness may cost him job - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Sharonthemom — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:42:29 -0000

Agreed. I just pray that God would preserve His remnant (assuming He has one here).

Re: Christianity - Pastor worried outspokenness may cost him job - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

sds — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:24:40 -0000

Thompson, 65, who has been active in interfaith efforts since he became pastor eight years ago, has received support from faith leaders throughout the area. "David is deeply respected in the interfaith community, and a lot of people are concerned," said Dexter McNamara, executive director of the Interfaith Service Bureau in Sacramento.

Who gives a DAMN what "inter-faith" (euphemism for relativistic tripe) leaders say about a pastor actively campaigning against his own religion?

Re: Christianity - sds: Uh-oh. I suppose He already was following...

sds — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:20:06 -0000

Very nice. I should have thought of that one...