tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16818808.post4958723856316964067..comments2023-10-16T05:20:27.672-05:00Comments on the Contender: Christmas thought #2: Children and ChristmasEJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10885830096757444438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16818808.post-19360418070549712082007-01-05T13:06:00.000-06:002007-01-05T13:06:00.000-06:00Pastor Steve, by all means go ahead and use the po...Pastor Steve, by all means go ahead and use the post. <br /><br />It is a blessing and a privilege to teach my son. It is challenging, but, Lord willing, it will show as being worth it as my son not only confesses his faith, but also bears fruit keeping with repentance throughout his life.EJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10885830096757444438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16818808.post-62856644111234001832007-01-05T01:01:00.000-06:002007-01-05T01:01:00.000-06:00EJ,
I loved your post, especially the conversatio...EJ,<br /><br />I loved your post, especially the conversation with your son. It recalled to me the many times that my wife and I had such talks with our own kids, though you have dug deeper with your son at a younger age than we did. <br /><br />This will pay off for you and your wife when you have the joy of watching your children grow to be godly people, marry and have children and then pass the truth o to your grandkids. <br /><br />If I can have your permission, I would like to link to this on my church website as an example of how to train children to know the Word. <br /><br />Blessings,<br />Steve LammSteve Lammhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08152841069204189090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16818808.post-17613916119347679732006-12-31T18:13:00.000-06:002006-12-31T18:13:00.000-06:00YOU SAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The rest of your burning s...YOU SAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />The rest of your burning sarcasm and baseless personal attacks aside<br />[ i say!!!!!!!!!!!],<br />HUH? LIGHTEN UP .HARDLY SARCASM. burning?? hahahahaahaha . that's silly. <br /> ITS JUST THE WAY I SEE IT AND HOW YOU COME ACROSS. BUT THEN AGAIN I SUPPOSE YOU DON’T SEE YOURSELF OTHER THAN SOME SELF APPOINTED KNOW IT ALL[ OPPS.] sorry. I MEANT TO SAY “ GREAT TEACHER!!!”.<br />ITS ALWAYS AMAZED ME WHEN YOUR ILK IS CHALLENGED YOU INSTANTLY COME ACROSS TO OTHERS AS “ GEE YOUR SARCASTIC ETC”. . YOUR TYPES NEVER CAN NEVER DEAL WITH OTHER PEOPLES PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE EVERYTHING YOU BASE YOUR SELF RIGHTEOUS PHILOSOPHY HAS BE JUSTIFIED THROUGH SOME OTHER FABLE AND MYTH OUT OF THAT GREAT BOOK OF CONTRADICTIONS CALLED THE BIBLE. <br /> how can you believe in the greatness of Christ and yet deny His claims of deity,<br /> I NEVER SAID THAT . YOU SAID THAT . AND THAT STATEMENT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. TIS A ROMANTIC SWEEPING GENERALIZATIONS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO WITH CHRIST. ITS TYPICAL WHAT YOUR TYPE DOES., . YOU DON’T COME TO CONCLUSIONS YOU LEAP AT THEM , WHEN SOMEONE DOESN'T READ IT INTO YOUR BRAINWASHED MENTALITY THE WAY YOU SEE IT. <br />. CHRIST WAS A MAN . HE WAS BORN TO GREATNESS. [ ON A SPIRITUAL PLANE]. AND HIS IMAGE IS TO BE USED A S REFERENCE SO OTHERS MAY ATTAIN THE SAME STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY THEMSELVES WERE BORN INTO . SO WHERE DO YOU GET OUT OF MY PRESENTATION I DENY HIS “ DEITY”. ?? ITS VERY EASY TO BELIEVE IN CHRIST. AGAIN I SAY. ITS HIS FOLLOWERS THAT ONE HAS TO BE WARY OF. AND YOUR STATEMENT JUST PROVED IT. <br /> or how do I (since your comment condemning "his followers that totally awe me with thier arrogence," awe you with my arogance or diminish what Christ said? <br /> IF YOU CANT SEE YOURSELF AS OTHERS SEE YOU THEN , HOW CAN IT BE EXPLAINED TO YOU ? IT WONT CHANGE A THING. <br /><br />And I suppose that you would make the accusation that religion, even Christian religion & followers, have been the cause of great suffering and pain in the world.<br />WELL YEAH !!!!!!!!!! JUST LOOK AT ITS HISTORY. THAT'S THE HIPOCRASY OF IT ALL<br /> I don't disagree with you that people who have claimed alegiance to Christ have done horrible and despicable things.<br />BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />! BUT ‘ LETS LOOK THE OTHER WAY” . AND PRETEND IT DIDN’T HAPPEN?????”[ THAT'S WHAT CHRISTIANS DO AS A RULE.] <br /> However, in all fairness, even when you count the bloody history of tryanny in the Roman Catholic Church,<br /> THAT'S FANTASTIC. YOU SEE IT YOURSELF. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE IT. AND YOU GO ON TO “ JUSTIFY IT”. HOW SICK IS THAT ?? MURDER IS MURDER. NO MATTER WHO IS DOING IT !!!!!!!!!!! HOW CAN YOU SAY IN " ALL FAIRNESS". WHAT IS " FAIR" ABOUT MURDER. ?????<br /> it is nothing to compare with what godless men and godless regimes have done in history - even in the last 150 years. Stalin, Hitler,<br />BOTH THESE MEN CAME FROM RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS AND EVEN HITLER WAS WANTING TO BE A PRIEST. SO GO FIGURE. ! YOU JUSTIFY KILLING AND MURDER BY THOSE WHO ARE CHRISTIAN OR NOT? “ WELL [ A SCENARIO] THE CHURCH KILLED AND TORTUERED ONLY 2 MILLION PEOPLE, BUT STALIN AND HITLER ETC, TORTUERED 2 MILLION AND ONE”. THEY ARE GODLESS”. SEE HOW STUPID THAT COMES ACROSS? <br /> THATS NOT ONLY SHORTMINDED ITS SICK!!!!!<br /> Pol Pot, and Kim Jong-il, to name a few.<br /> WHAT HAVE THOSE DORKS WHO WERE VERSED IN OTHER THAN CIRISTIANITY HAVE TO DO WITH THIS ? NOTHING. THEY WERE SUPPOSEDLY EDUCATED IN EASTERN PHILOSOPHY. <br />Christ will not judge people on a standard of who thought He was great or not, but on a standard of righteousness.<br />OH GOOD GRIEF. . THAT IS SUCH [ ANOTHER] SWEEPING SELF RIGHTEOUS ROMANTIC GENERALIZATION THAT REEKS OF BRAINWASHING IF THERE EVER WAS STATEMENT.<br />AND WHOSE STANDARD OF “ RIGHTEOUSNESS”? YOURS? OR WHAT SOMEONE TELLS YOU ? [ PROBABLY THE LATTER] WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE “ ABSOLUTE “ ON WHAT IS RIGHTEOUSNESS? THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND EGO MANIA IF THERE EVER ONE STATEMENT TO BE READ. <br /> Examine yourself next to the 10 commandments: have you stolen (anything), have you ever lied, have you ever looked with lust, have you ever covetted, have you always put God as 1st priority? Answering these questions honestly will show you your condemnation before God (as it shows the same answer to every man, woman, and child who has ever lived - except Christ Himself), and only then can you see and understand God's grace in offering salvation through Jesus Christ that is totally of grace (not of works) and obtained through true repentance and faith.<br />THE ONLY WAY THESE QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED HONESTLY IS IF THEY MEET YOUR APPROVAL AND NO ONE ELSE'S. . IT’S A COP OUT. HOW STUPID DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE? THERE ARE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO NEVER HEARD OF THE” COMMANDMENTS” AND HAVE A TRULY LOVING AND INTERNAL RELATIONSHIP WITH WHAT THEY CALL GOD. ITS CALLED COMMON SENSE!!!!!!!!!! ITS NOT ONLY ARROGANT [ ANOTHER Christian TRAIT] OF YOU TO THINK THAT PEOPLE DON’T USE THEIR BRAINS TO FIGURE OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD [ AND ONLY “ CHRISTIANS” CAN DO THAT ]. . IT SEEMS A B IT DOWNRIGHT SELFISH AND CONTROLLING OF YOU [ THAT'S VERY Christian ALSO BY THE WAY]. TO MAKE IT A PRESENTATION AS YOUR WAY IS THE ONLY WAY TO THINK BECAUSE PROBABLY SOMEWHERE ALONG THE ROAD YOU NEEDED TO BE BRAINWASHED IN TO SPIRITUALITY TO CONFIRM YOUR OWN EXISTENCE WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GREATNESS OF GOD. <br /><br />may God grant you grace. <br /> THANK YOU . NOT ONLY HAS HE GRANTED ME GRACE, BUT PEACE, AND THE ABILITY TO SEE THROUGH “ FALSE PROPHETS”. ITS CALLED KNOWLEDGE. WHICH IS THE DIVINE LUMINOUS WISDOM THAT DISPELS THE DARKNESS. NOT A BOOK OF FABLES AND MYTHS CALLED THE BIBLE WHICH IS RIFE WITH MURDER AND INCEST, LIES AND CONTRADICTIONS AND DECEIT. <br />HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />12/31/2006 11:23:00 AMsattvicwarriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12223480813668927698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16818808.post-91575420787709956222006-12-31T13:23:00.000-06:002006-12-31T13:23:00.000-06:00I appriciate that you see my zeal, but I do not un...I appriciate that you see my zeal, but I do not understand how a system of grace and faith in salvation has anything to do with ego or self righteousness. I proclaim a gospel that is antithetical to one of self righteousness. Please see my post on Law vs. Liberty (1 & 2) for that clear distinction.<br /><br />The rest of your burning sarcasm and baseless personal attacks aside, how can you believe in the greatness of Christ and yet deny His claims of deity, or how do I (since your comment condemning "his followers that totally awe me with thier arrogence," awe you with my arogance or diminish what Christ said? <br /><br />And I suppose that you would make the accusation that religion, even Christian religion & followers, have been the cause of great suffering and pain in the world. I don't disagree with you that people who have claimed alegiance to Christ have done horrible and despicable things. However, in all fairness, even when you count the bloody history of tryanny in the Roman Catholic Church, it is nothing to compare with what godless men and godless regimes have done in history - even in the last 150 years. Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, and Kim Jong-il, to name a few. <br /><br />Christ will not judge people on a standard of who thought He was great or not, but on a standard of righteousness. Examine yourself next to the 10 commandments: have you stolen (anything), have you ever lied, have you ever looked with lust, have you ever covetted, have you always put God as 1st priority? <br /><br />Answering these questions honestly will show you your condemnation before God (as it shows the same answer to every man, woman, and child who has ever lived - except Christ Himself), and only then can you see and understand God's grace in offering salvation through Jesus Christ that is totally of grace (not of works) and obtained through true repentance and faith.<br /><br />may God grant you grace.EJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10885830096757444438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16818808.post-23346648470781836132006-12-30T17:39:00.000-06:002006-12-30T17:39:00.000-06:00SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!! really SCARY!!!!!!. whew!!!!...SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!! really SCARY!!!!!!. whew!!!!!<br /> thanks for sharing. now i know WHY i would RUN from CHRISTIANS!!!. if CHRIST came back to day the last thing he would be would be a CHRISTIAN !!.<br /> your post give a NEW meaning to the word ZEAL, SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS ,PONTIFICATION , and EGO!!!!! wow. <br />" thanks for sharing!!!!!!!! <br />by the way . im a FIRM beleiver in the GREATNESS OF CHRIST. its his followers that totally awe me with thier arrogence. [ but im SURE you know nothing of THOSE sins" o sacred one. ] you have WAY to much knowledge to be so caught up in such triteness.<br /> all the world should bow to you oh great pillar of wisdom .sattvicwarriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12223480813668927698noreply@blogger.com