Comments on: On the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month

By: Rick Frueh

Rick Frueh — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:11:14 +0000

Which always leads me to the question that never seems to be relevant, much less answered.

If a preacher starts his teaching/book/CD with an open “no one can be saved without personal faith in Jesus Christ” in some form, and then he goes the entire teaching/book/CD completely dealing with relationships and acts of philanthropy, then one could say his focus is wrong.

But when you cannot find any open statements with which language is universally understood that states unequivocally that “”no one can be saved without personal faith in Jesus Christ”, why is that not very important?

I will always believe that is due to a mixture of reaction against those who question it and a reaction in support of him who is being questioned. It certainly cannot be because the statements are there for everyone to see.

By: Rick Frueh

Rick Frueh — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:58:05 +0000

All those principles are important, but they all draw their life from redemption. If you do not have redemption right, you are dead, regardless of how many principles you obey.

By: nathan

nathan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:37:55 +0000

but that Person represents and promulgated “principles”…

By: mrs k

mrs k — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:23:22 +0000

It turned out to be the first of many subsequent, hard lessons testing our faith in Christ that we’re still learning decades later: we don’t serve our principles; we serve a Person.

By: nathan

nathan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:28:49 +0000

i think that’s a great way to remain true to the principles of non-violence…

By: Rick Frueh

Rick Frueh — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:20:31 +0000

It is encouraging to see someone who wrestled with his convictions and was redemptive in his decision, regardless of which decision he made. Thank you.

By: mrs k

mrs k — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:51:58 +0000

The draft caught my husband during the last days of the war in Vietnam. We were childhood sweethearts then and pacifists as well having been raised as evangelical Quakers. What to do? Conscientious objector status was an option. However, after much prayer seeking God’s leading he decided to enlist in the navy and became a hospital corpsman. He never saw action there but treated and sewed up a lot of marines in his sick bay on board a troop transport ship stationed in southeast Asia. He had many opportunities to win men to Christ. As he likes to say, those guys were a “captive” audience.

By: Brendt

Brendt — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:31:07 +0000

My first exposure to this poem was when the TV show came out that this video comes from. Perhaps it may seem cheesy to some, but the childlike innocence juxtaposed against the serious nature of the poem hits it perfectly for me. And ranks this as Linus' second greatest recitation behind Luke 2.

By: Rick Frueh

Rick Frueh — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:44:41 +0000

As I have made clear before, it is possible, and probably in accordance with Scripture, that pacifists like me affirm our admiration for those who have been willing to put their lives on the line for a righteous cause here on earth. In the historical scheme of things, there are many heros whose lives indeed did make a difference for others here.

It is also worth noting that many soldiers have been won to Christ while at war overseas. I know this personally to be true. The Spirit can move to God’s glory in any place. I admire men like Scotty and Joe C..