[Faith-talk] Daily Thought for Tuesday, May 20, 2014

[sheila via Faith-talk]

Hi, that is a great post. It looks like to me that you know the Jesus of 
the Bible. He is the one that I want to know better every day.
On 5/22/2014 12:44 AM, Poppa Bear via Faith-talk wrote:
> Debby these are all good points. I think that many people don't want to be
> as out spoken as Jesus a lot of times because for one, they don't want to
> feel like they are being too religious, they don't want to turn people off
> of Christianity, sometimes they feel that they are not being loving, and of
> Corse people are often too scared to be looked at as that Christian fanatic,
> that Jesus freak, But as Jesus said, "If you deny me before men, I will deny
> you before my father in heaven." Some of the most authentic, gentle and
> loving Christians I have met, were the most valiant when it came to taking a
> stand for Christ, not compromising truth and displaying courageous
> selflessness in situations they could have just walked away from because the
> cost was so demanding that know one would have thought any less of them if
> they didn't touch the situation because the need was so great. It is strange
> to me to listen to Christians sometimes say things about other Christians
> that would have been the same things that the Pharisees would have said to
> Jesus, or the Athenians and Romans would have said to Paul and the other
> disciples. When People take a real good look at Jesus, and don't paint him
> as some kind of flower waving weepy eyed martyr they will see the , Rock,
> the King of Kings, Lord of Lords, the Captain of the host, somebody who was
> unflinching, uncompromising, followed the letter of the law both in deed,
> and Spirit, captivated crowds of thousands, Roman soldiers who needed him to
> grant miracles, drove out business men, IE rascals and hustlers from the
> temple, turned away demons with a look and yet, was the tendorest person who
> ever walked the face of the earth. I often think that some people are in
> love with a Jesus who is not even in the Bible, it is a imaginary Jesus that
> isn't the same Jesus in the Gospels, it may have a few sprinkles of the
> Jesus in the Bible, but beyond a few quotes I don't see him. I am not
> talking about judging others either, because that seems to be another thing
> that some Christians get hung up on. They say, "I don't want to be
> judgmental", but we all have to judge things, relationships, actions and
> more all the time, but as soon as somebody calls something sin, people start
> saying, "your judging them." We are not called to condemn others, but if we
> read are Bibles and know what sin is, and if sin kills people, their
> relationships, their childhoods, dreams, futures, poisons their lives then
> is it loving to say nothing, or more loving to come along side of them and
> in loving ways help them to understand that God has a plan for each of us
> and when we do certain things that are sinful they destroy the good that he
> wants for his children. If you told a person that their car needed oil or it
> would blow a head gasket, that would be loving I think, but if you tell a
> married friend that if they keep flirting with their co worker that it could
> hurt their marriage, some people will think that you are judging them. Well,
> I could write on and on about all of this, but I have to get back to my
> family and live this love stuff out.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Faith-talk [mailto:faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of debby
> phillips via Faith-talk
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 8:26 PM
> To: Brandon Olivares; Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and religion;
> oilofgladness47 at gmail.com; faith-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Daily Thought for Tuesday, May 20, 2014
>
> Hi ghrandon, I have done some studying about the Founding Fathers.  Most of
> them were Christian, although not all Protestant.  However, having said
> that, I do believe the Founders would agree that people should have freedom
> of religion.  I do not think it is fair though that we must remove all
> Christian symbols from our schools, parks, etc.  If I lived in an Islamic
> nation I would not be shouting that they shouldn't pray publicly because it
> offends me.  I believe that people need to stop telling Christians that we
> can't pray, can't have crosses, or whatever.  Whether other people want to
> admit this or not, within the tapestry of our culture, it is very Christian.
> Should we allow other religious groups to have public displays, etc.? Yes!
> I love the sound of church bells, so if there was a minaret, that wouldn't
> bother me either.  Or a shofar, which is the horn that
> is used in Israel to call Jews to Shabbat worship.    Blessings,
> Debby
>
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