tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.comments2008-05-27T16:11:08.360-05:00JBShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17402631780644554479noreply@blogger.comBlogger658125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-65026795144321441242008-05-27T16:11:00.000-05:002008-05-27T16:11:00.000-05:00That is my grandparents. That is exactly how they are. Whenever asked what Church you go to and you respond that you go to a Church of Christ, alot of the time they will be like "oh so you don't believe I'm going to heaven cause I'm Baptist" or stuff along the lines of that. It kinda feels like something is aching deep inside saying that this is not how its supposed to be. I love this post. I went to the Church under the Bridge in Waco a few weeks ago and it was amazing. They do nothing like we do. But it was so different, but strangely familiar. I also went to the Mercy House and had church service there last saturday and loved it. Made lots of friends. It was just an amazing experience. BTW: I think we need to take off Church of Christ off of our sign in front of the building, because we are Christians. Not church of christ. thats just a political party.Cameron Thomaswww.scandalouslove.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-66001534408851720742007-09-27T07:27:00.000-05:002007-09-27T07:27:00.000-05:00Good Day :) God is Love, May you experience God's Love this Day, may we really learn to Praise him in all things :) Lets Share God's Love today :) You are Loved!Christianhttp://www.christianmusiclyrics.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-56359395819827840932007-09-10T02:02:00.000-05:002007-09-10T02:02:00.000-05:00What a wonderful revelation! I love a God who can meet us right where we are...not condone our bad behavior (I'm speaking of me here) but not condem His beloved children when they "fall" into it. I have been struggling for many years now, with an area where I keep resorting to "lousy trust" in the Lord. I don't try to struggle with this. In fact, it's usually hardest when I think I've conquered this area and the Lord has to let me know that my instictive response when I am hurt is to withdraw from him. Yet, he always accepts me back with love and promise of future blessing. This so amazing. Good news! This time I didn't wallow in it for months and years. This time, within a week, I let him dry my tears, picked me up and helped me walk back into fellowship with him. Now mind you, I managed to separate myself from Him at the same time that I was decorating the church pews every sunday and teaching Sunday school, every week. What a blessing to experience such unconditional love! If I stay the course, I just might make it around this mountain and across the dessert in less than "40 years"...LOL... I loved your blog. I has helped me considerably!<BR/>jcJerrilynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-18663334860357558292007-08-22T13:34:00.000-05:002007-08-22T13:34:00.000-05:00um, so did you give up on the blog thing?Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08563886078048329577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-65940993839308974132007-06-18T14:22:00.000-05:002007-06-18T14:22:00.000-05:00We are going into our third game of the season in church softball and I am batting 1.00<BR/><BR/>I guess that doesn't mean much went that only counts 3 at bats because I sit the bench a lot in church softball!Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368791607689982645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-12517300012331353202007-06-13T17:06:00.000-05:002007-06-13T17:06:00.000-05:00The healing stories are always about so much more than the healing itself. Whether it is the lame man at the pool ("Do you want to be healed?") or Peter and John outside the temple ("Silver and gold I do not have...") or another lame man coming through the roof ("Your sins are forgiven") Jesus always makes healing about so much more than the act itself while never missing the importance of the act itself. So often, the church either wants to fix the immediate problem and misses the deeper and more urgent one or she focuses on the "spiritual" dilemma and almost trips over the man who cannot walk.pastorkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09747615496363160897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-72226122009647925892007-05-06T14:34:00.000-05:002007-05-06T14:34:00.000-05:00Imagine our Father's joy at watching His children finally make it to first base, after being cheered on (or possibly just yelled at) by a "great cloud of witnesses". The more we live and love and hurt and experience joy as parents, the more (ever so slightly)we come to see who God is.Monty Montgomerynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-45570931501445309452007-05-05T21:50:00.000-05:002007-05-05T21:50:00.000-05:00Please send me her schedule! Surely there is a game I can catch before we head to Florida. Or, I can just wait and watch her there when the team comes out for spring training next year...carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10412077403815544040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-3696501286479190972007-04-26T20:43:00.000-05:002007-04-26T20:43:00.000-05:00"on earth as it is in heaven" is a tough passage to get your mind around and try to put into practice as is Acts 2:41-47 and a couple of the practices of the early church that we couldn't imagine putting into practice today, regardless of our plea to follow their example.<BR/><BR/>Good thoughts.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368791607689982645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-46039522967678417732007-04-17T21:35:00.000-05:002007-04-17T21:35:00.000-05:00Wow, I wish I had been there for that game.Tim Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857824702421873032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-24918749449012488062007-04-13T09:05:00.000-05:002007-04-13T09:05:00.000-05:00That was great! Way to go Katie!Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658970201031150831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-73338672495951527822007-04-09T10:22:00.000-05:002007-04-09T10:22:00.000-05:00AWESOME!Chris Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04615825297900946578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-27343121038054641672007-04-08T15:59:00.000-05:002007-04-08T15:59:00.000-05:00OVER 450 JEHOVAH'S WITNESS LAWSUITS, COURT CASES, ETC. SUMMARIZED<BR/> <BR/> <BR/>This website summarizes 300 United States court cases and lawsuits affecting children of Jehovah's Witnesses, including dozens of cases where the Parents refused to consent to life-saving blood transfusions:<BR/> <BR/>DIVORCE, BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS, AND OTHER LEGAL ISSUES AFFECTING CHILDREN OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES<BR/> <BR/>http://jwdivorces.bravehost.com/<BR/> <BR/> <BR/> <BR/>This website summarizes 160 United States court cases and lawsuits filed by Jehovah's Witnesses against Employers:<BR/> <BR/>EMPLOYMENT ISSUES UNIQUE TO JEHOVAH'S WITNESS EMPLOYEES<BR/> <BR/>http://jwemployees.bravehost.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-87282481141974754542007-04-04T16:39:00.000-05:002007-04-04T16:39:00.000-05:00Thanks for the play by play! Made my day!!! Those are priceless memories and I'm so proud of her! Be sure to take lots of pictures and video! Love, Aunt AmandaAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06916624431199785047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-52407769857423296422007-03-30T17:57:00.000-05:002007-03-30T17:57:00.000-05:00I think the rising gap is a result of the emerging global economy. With all the outsourcing of once high paying jobs such as engineering, the world just got a lot more competitive.Fremen_Warrior66http://www.blogger.com/profile/06207978317233148414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-35310464865025884072007-03-29T15:31:00.000-05:002007-03-29T15:31:00.000-05:001. Where the disciples expressing the general idea of the day: “Bad things happen to people because of sin?”<BR/>2. The disciples know for some reason this man was blind from birth, but do not name him, so was their concern for this particular person or were they using him as an example?<BR/>3. Is this another example of Jesus answering the real question on the hearts of those asking and not necessarily the exact question being verbalized?<BR/>4. There are lots of reasons Jesus does not give and yet others have given for “needy people in this world”. Christ does not blame Adam and Eve, Satan, fate, God, the sinful world, or bad genes. So can we conclude these are not the reasons?<BR/>5. Would the disciples’ reason for all other needy people (beside this blind man) have been the same as for this man? <BR/>6. Would Jesus not address the bigger general question?<BR/>7. Could the reason Jesus gave for this one man being needy, be the same reason for all needy people?<BR/>8. Did God allow satan to blind this man at birth or did God cause this man to be born blind? Did God want this man to be born blind? Was it God’s desire or His will that this man be born blind? <BR/>9. Was this man lucky or unlucky to be born blind? What if had never been healed because he lived in Dallas today would he have been lucky?<BR/>10. We know sometimes good things can come out of tragedies, but could good things always come out of all tragedies?brother2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12694109868160294525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-28153818504879724792007-03-29T15:30:00.000-05:002007-03-29T15:30:00.000-05:00Do we have to take care of the immediate physical needs of the audience before teaching them?<BR/>Did those that sought Jesus out the next day get the message of the feeding? <BR/>What is the message of the feeding and who was it for?<BR/>Did Jesus have to feed them?<BR/>Is Jesus a meal ticket we can tap into?<BR/>If this is what Jesus will do for a group of strangers that just came out to hear Him talk and expecting nothing more, how much more would He do for them if they went to work for Him?<BR/>What job did Christ have for them? <BR/>Did Christ answer the question they verbalized or the question on their heart? <BR/>How do we figure out the question or comment Jesus is addressing if it is not verbalized? <BR/><BR/>You feel there is some significance to the few wealthy in this country and the less wealthy in this country. Are we that much different then the rest of the world? Are the poor in this country rich in resources and opportunities compared to the rest of the world? Is the answer for the rich to become poor or the poor to become rich? Do you feel sorry for the poor or the rich? Who would Christ feel sorry for? Does tithing help us to feel good about keeping the 90% and using it for ourselves? Does the amount of the money have anything to do with the generosity? If you had the gift of generosity would you become richer or closer and closer to being like the widow?brother2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12694109868160294525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-29487291260422157852007-03-27T17:21:00.000-05:002007-03-27T17:21:00.000-05:00John asked:<BR/>I am stunned by Jesus' question--do you want to me made well?<BR/><BR/>What was the lame man thinking about or talking to when Jesus came up? The question does get the man thinking on topic. Sometimes the question is better asked of the care takers, do they want him healed? He has been this way long enough that it is a part of who he is. So does The lame man realty want to change? If the lame man had expressed the idea that he deserved to be healed by God, since he had been there the longest would Christ have then been even able to heal him? Does the lame man have a part to play in this exchange of a free unwarranted gift? <BR/><BR/>John said:<BR/>I am surprised that the lame man follows Jesus' commands when he doesn't even know who he is.<BR/><BR/>He was already cured when Jesus asked him to get up, so what is the issue?<BR/><BR/><BR/>John asked:<BR/>And what is the deal with the Jewish leaders? Why would they be offended by a lame man being healed even if it is on the Sabbath? <BR/><BR/>The Jewish leaders were paid to advise and pray over the sick, blind, lame, and demon possessed. Jesus is cutting into their livelihood by healing them. That was work for them that they could not do on the Sabbath and here comes competition working on the Sabbath for free. Greed, revenge and power are all good reasons for some to murder. <BR/><BR/>John asked:<BR/>And why is it that they begin to persecute Jesus for doing good? See above.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>John asked: <BR/>And what does all this mean for us? Where are we in the story?<BR/><BR/>That’s a good question. Why did Jesus just heal this one lame man, because it sounds like there were lots of people there? Can the Spirit lead us to the person that really wants to be healed? Does it matter to some and not to others? Are we the lame man that Jesus is asking, “Do you really want to change?” Do you want to be a modern day Lydia, Barnabas, Peter or Paul for I can make that of you?brotherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11902219396931821141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-19991175497728402952007-03-27T00:12:00.000-05:002007-03-27T00:12:00.000-05:00I think of all the people in the bible, I can relate to Thomas the most. My faith is a day to day affair of perseverance. It seems like everyone else is so sure of everything. I feel like I'm getting left behind; asking God to just show himself, when everyone else has seen him and moved on.Fremen_Warrior66http://www.blogger.com/profile/06207978317233148414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-89217658361135922162007-03-21T03:06:00.000-05:002007-03-21T03:06:00.000-05:00One of my most favorite books is Tony Compolo's, The Kingdom of God Is A Party! I am thankful we have a party giving God!Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17487096791088042955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-1821150385743003522007-03-20T21:53:00.000-05:002007-03-20T21:53:00.000-05:00Fr. Ron Rolheiser is full of theological Gobbyldegook. His book The Holy Longing is perhaps the smelliest pile of gobbledegook out thereJoseph Frommhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16759274486679530625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-14296650408808911652007-03-20T10:45:00.000-05:002007-03-20T10:45:00.000-05:00I agree I agree wouldn’t it be wonderful if we looked at our time with Jesus as a "party" a celebration. I am going to think that all day today. He is my best friend so I can also be sad with him but I knew that, but to think I can PARTY with Jesus and laugh how much fun is this??owldoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04510479314594065447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-14813642657120868832007-03-19T09:10:00.000-05:002007-03-19T09:10:00.000-05:00I-75? wouldn't that put you in Florida or Georgia?Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368791607689982645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-15747390422195974822007-03-18T20:56:00.000-05:002007-03-18T20:56:00.000-05:00I think everyone tends to gravitate towards those areas of their spiritual life that are easiest for them.<BR/><BR/>Its not hard for me to be compassionate or extend myself to others. If someone needs an ear to listen, then I'm their man. It doesn't take much effort to read my bible pretty regularly and meditate on it. However, I find prayer and fasting difficult. It may be because I'm young, but I just have a hard time concentrating on such an important act. Prayer takes effort from me, so I don't do it as often.<BR/><BR/>This pretty much leaves me spiritually stagnant until I finally get the strength to extend myself to work on it. This is a cycle that I cannot seem to break.Fremen_Warrior66http://www.blogger.com/profile/06207978317233148414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11515814.post-60635626817674340102007-03-13T15:28:00.000-05:002007-03-13T15:28:00.000-05:00I love being able to open all the windows, feel the cool breeze, and hear the birds chirp. This time of year the sounds and smells of nature brings me feelings of peace and remind me that God is the creator and is continually creating and redeeming our lives from the death of winter.<BR/><BR/>I also love the lower energy bills.Kaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11141030567182335595noreply@blogger.com