Comments on: You’ve Got to Want It http://prophets-priests-poets.info/2007/08/23/youve-got-to-want-it/ Engaging the depths of God and life in the Kingdom Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:39:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: iggy http://prophets-priests-poets.info/2007/08/23/youve-got-to-want-it/comment-page-1/#comment-14509 iggy Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:49:46 +0000 http://christianresearchnetwork.info/2007/08/23/youve-got-to-want-it/#comment-14509 One of the most interesting commentaries I have read was by the atheist Isaac Asimov... why? Here is an atheist who seemed to understand certain passages that many "Christians" do not... Was he regenerate? No... did he know God? Nope... Yet, he went passage by passage and gave me more insight in how to reach atheists... To this day I have never met an atheist I have not turned into an agnostic! The point is we can have immense head knowledge yet miss the point completely... we can know the bible and memorize it... yet without the Holy Spirit one cannot understand it... even then our own ego and preassumption can cause us to filter the bible to our OWN understanding... of the source is "hermeneutics" (I am not against ole Herman) yet man do not realize there are more than 21 different hermeneutics which all "filter" the scripture in some way. It is that we must be careful to not just trust tradition, but as good Bereans go back to scripture and test and prove and question all teachings and traditions... and yet there are those that mock the "emerging church" for doing just that... and claim we are "reinventing" whatever they think we are reinventing... So, I take heat for asking questions and seeking to understand by the Holy Spirit deeper knowledge of the Grace and Truth of Jesus Christ... rather bizarre to condemn and attack someone for that don't you think? Blessings, iggy One of the most interesting commentaries I have read was by the atheist Isaac Asimov… why? Here is an atheist who seemed to understand certain passages that many “Christians” do not…

Was he regenerate? No… did he know God? Nope… Yet, he went passage by passage and gave me more insight in how to reach atheists…

To this day I have never met an atheist I have not turned into an agnostic!

The point is we can have immense head knowledge yet miss the point completely… we can know the bible and memorize it… yet without the Holy Spirit one cannot understand it… even then our own ego and preassumption can cause us to filter the bible to our OWN understanding… of the source is “hermeneutics” (I am not against ole Herman) yet man do not realize there are more than 21 different hermeneutics which all “filter” the scripture in some way.

It is that we must be careful to not just trust tradition, but as good Bereans go back to scripture and test and prove and question all teachings and traditions… and yet there are those that mock the “emerging church” for doing just that… and claim we are “reinventing” whatever they think we are reinventing…

So, I take heat for asking questions and seeking to understand by the Holy Spirit deeper knowledge of the Grace and Truth of Jesus Christ… rather bizarre to condemn and attack someone for that don’t you think?

Blessings,
iggy

]]> By: Henry Frueh http://prophets-priests-poets.info/2007/08/23/youve-got-to-want-it/comment-page-1/#comment-14506 Henry Frueh Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:31:26 +0000 http://christianresearchnetwork.info/2007/08/23/youve-got-to-want-it/#comment-14506 Thank you, Chris, and I count it a privilege to write for Jesus. By the way Suzanne was caught trolling on another blog and someone outed her. Just so you know, my oldest son, Jonathan, who is attending Bible college with his younger brother has about ten tattoos, all Scriptures and other spiritual things like a lion (of Judah). I personally am against pain and certainly against PAYING for pain, but I have no problem with tattoos especially visible witnesses for Christ. Jonathan is a weight lifter and his tattoos draw questions that lead to opportunities for witnessing. The tattoo that you have must have really hurt. I'll take mine with a magic marker! Thank you, Chris, and I count it a privilege to write for Jesus. By the way Suzanne was caught trolling on another blog and someone outed her. Just so you know, my oldest son, Jonathan, who is attending Bible college with his younger brother has about ten tattoos, all Scriptures and other spiritual things like a lion (of Judah).

I personally am against pain and certainly against PAYING for pain, but I have no problem with tattoos especially visible witnesses for Christ. Jonathan is a weight lifter and his tattoos draw questions that lead to opportunities for witnessing. The tattoo that you have must have really hurt. I’ll take mine with a magic marker!

]]> By: Chris L http://prophets-priests-poets.info/2007/08/23/youve-got-to-want-it/comment-page-1/#comment-14503 Chris L Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:24:17 +0000 http://christianresearchnetwork.info/2007/08/23/youve-got-to-want-it/#comment-14503 Rick, You do such a great job showing a glimpse of what it means to "count the cost", and it is both encouraging (looking back) and discouraging (looking forward). One thing, though, it does not make it comfortable standing still... Blessings, Chris Rick,

You do such a great job showing a glimpse of what it means to “count the cost”, and it is both encouraging (looking back) and discouraging (looking forward). One thing, though, it does not make it comfortable standing still…

Blessings,

Chris

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